America’s Biggest Natural Gas Well Operator Is Not Who You’d Expect

America’s Biggest Natural Gas Well Operator Is Not Who You’d Expect

Wellhead with valves and manometer. Oil and gas concept.

If you asked the average person on the street which company operates the most oil and gas wells in the United States, it’s a safe bet the most common answer would be ExxonMobil. But the correct answer to that question is actually a little-known company based in Birmingham, Alabama called Diversified Energy, which operates about 69,000 mature oil and gas wells with a heavy focus on natural gas production in the northeast and central parts of the country. I was able to spend an hour interviewing Diversified’s founder and CEO, Rusty Hutson, Jr., when he was in Houston recently for an investor day.