(WO) — Continental Assets remained the biggest personal oil and fuel producer in the USA, in keeping with Enverus‘ newest annual rating of the nation’s prime 100 personal E&P operators.
The corporate topped the checklist with common manufacturing of roughly 707,000 boed, adopted by Mewbourne Oil at 575,000 boed and Aethon Vitality at 443,000 boed. Ascent Assets and Hilcorp rounded out the highest 5, with no modifications among the many main operators from the earlier 12 months’s rankings.
The annual report tracks manufacturing volumes, oil and pure fuel output, nicely counts, major working areas, rig exercise and year-over-year rating modifications throughout the personal upstream sector.
One of many greatest movers on this 12 months’s rating was Flywheel Vitality, which climbed to No. 6 from No. 21 a 12 months earlier.
In accordance with Enverus, the rankings mirror continued exercise throughout main U.S. producing areas, together with the Permian Basin, Rockies, Gulf Coast, Mid-Continent and Jap U.S.
“We’re within the opening innings of one other cycle of personal capital deployment, with funded groups aiming to construct new positions and carve out property from publics following the consolidation wave of the previous few years,” mentioned Drew Depoe, senior analyst at Enverus Intelligence Analysis. “Non-public operators drive a major share of U.S. upstream exercise, but a lot of it stays off the radar.”
Among the many top-ranked firms, Continental Assets led liquids manufacturing at roughly 354,000 bpd, whereas Aethon Vitality recorded the very best pure fuel output at greater than 2.65 Bcfd. Mewbourne Oil operated a median of 21 rigs through the first quarter of 2026, the very best rig depend among the many prime three producers.
Enverus mentioned the rankings spotlight the continued significance of privately held operators in U.S. upstream growth as buyers start deploying capital following a number of years of business consolidation.
