Marathon Oil
ABOUT THE PLAY
PERMIAN
The Northern Delaware basin, which is located within the greater Permian area, has been drawing a lot of attention and for good reason. The geology with 5,000 feet of oil-rich stacked pay creates outstanding well economics. We closed on our two acquisitions in May and June of 2017, giving us a strong foundational footprint in the region where we've begun developing the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays.
"While we expect to pursue additional trades and grassroots leasing, this bolt-on achieves the scale necessary for efficient long-term development in the basin," said CEO Lee Tillman in March 2017 following the announcement of the acquisition of Black Mountain assets. The acreage is estimated to hold approximately 1.45 billion BOE of total resource potential.