Energen cuts gas production

Cut: The company will stop all drilling activity on the San Juan basin in June.

Alabama-based oil and gas explorer Energen Resources says low natural gas prices will compel it to cut production at the San Juan basin as it buys more land in the Permian basin.

Energen said it would stop all drilling activity on the San Juan basin, when drilling on all its highest return wells had been completed “in light of continued weakness in natural gas prices.”

The company also cut its planned capital investment on the San Juan basin by $45 million from the company-wide capital budget of $935 million announced in January, it told the New York Stock Exchange.

“This capital reduction is a direct result of the current outlook for low natural gas prices,” Energen said in an announcement.

Instead, Energen would spend $855 million…

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