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Matador Plans to Cut Drilling Activity, Drop One Rig by Mid-2025
A Matador Resources Co. site in the Permian Basin area of Loving County, Texas.
Photographer: Angus Mordant/BloombergTexas shale-oil company Matador Resources Co. plans to drop one of its nine drilling rigs by the middle of the year in response to plunging crude prices.
The move will slice $100 million from Matador’s planned capital expenditures for the year, according to a statement Wednesday. Matador is the first significant shale company to announce it’s cutting back on drilling since crude futures began nosediving earlier this month.