The market dislocations of the past year and a half really took the wind out of the sails of many U.S. hydrocarbon plays. Not the Permian, of course. Sure, production there declined some in the spring of 2020, but has been on the rebound ever since — aside from a brief, Deep Freeze-related downward spike back in February, that is. But the recovery in many other leading production areas was short-lived. Production in the Bakken has stayed close to flat lately, and output in the Eagle Ford has been slipping. The same is true in SCOOP/STACK, which only a few years ago was hailed as maybe the next big thing. What happened? And is there hope for a comeback? In today’s RBN blog, we discuss the once-hot Oklahoma play and its prospects.
Back in the early-to-mid 2010s — after the booms in the Bakken and the Eagle Ford, and before the Permian took (and held) center stage — it seemed for a moment that all eyes were on the Anadarko Basin or, more specifically, the Cana Woodford basin and SCOOP/STACK within it. That’s not to say the Anadarko was new in any sense. Similar to other basins that found new life with the advent of the Shale Revolution, parts of it have been producing hydrocarbons as far back as the 1920s. While the greater Anadarko covers a huge swath in the Midcontinent, its heart is in Oklahoma, and within the Sooner State the basin has multiple producing plays including the Granite Wash, the Cana Woodford, and the Ardmore Woodford (see Panhandle Hog Shoot).
Canadian crude output is rising, requiring new export routes. As traditional pathways face constraints, the U.S. Rockies—especially the Guernsey, WY hub—are emerging as key corridors for moving Canadian heavy crude to downstream markets, including the Gulf Coast.
The excitement that developed around the Anadarko a decade ago was warranted. The “good rock” we talked about in our first blogs about the Cana Woodford is primarily located around Oklahoma’s Kingfisher, Blaine, and Canadian counties in STACK (yellow-shaded area in Figure 1) and Grady, Caddo, Grady, McClain, Stephens, and Carter counties in SCOOP (blue-shaded area). Those areas did, in fact, produce a lot of crude oil and rich, NGL-soaked associated gas. From January 2013 to September 2019, oil production in the Cana Woodford increased 460%, from 84 Mb/d to 470 Mb/d, and for much of that time midstreamers were working flat-out to try to keep pace. (We’ll discuss the natural gas and NGL part of the story in Part 2.)
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About the song
“Standing Still” was written by Jewel Kitcher and Rick Nowels and appears as the first song on Jewel’s fourth studio album, This Way. According to Jewel, the song is about stepping back from a busy career and wanting a change of scenery. Released as a single in September 2001, the song went to #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and #3 on the Adult Top 40 Singles charts. Personnel on the song were: Jewel (vocals), John Willis, Dan Huff and Jerry McPherson (guitar), Jimmie Sloas (bass), Chris McHugh (drums), Eric Darken (percussion), and Tim Akers (keyboards).
This Way was recorded between November 2000 and August 2001 at the Emerald Entertainment, Ocean Way, and Soundstage studios in Nashville. Produced by Jewel and Dan Huff, the album was released in November 2001. It went to #9 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Four singles were released from the LP.
Jewel (Jewel Kitcher) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actress, and author. She has released 12 studio albums, four live albums, five compilation albums, eight soundtrack albums, four EPs, and 35 singles. She has sold more than 30 million records worldwide and has appeared in six motion pictures and 17 television shows. Jewel is the author of five books. She has won four ASCAP Awards, one American Music Award, one BMI Award, one Billboard Music Award, and one MTV Video Music Award. She still records and plans to release another full-length album soon.
