Oil production, fueled mainly by gains in the Willison basin, swelled 37% to 29,000 barrels per day in the three months to June.
Overall production was off by 1% to 1.2 million cubic feet equivalent per day thanks to lower gas and natural gas liquids output in several regions including the Piceance, Powder River and San Juan basins.
WPX also booked - among other things - impairment costs on exploration properties of $36 million and charges of $195 million on a deal to sell its interests in Piceance basin assets.
