Despite gains in its drilling program, U.S. shale player Sanchez Energy said first-quarter production was impacted by incidents outside of its control. Total first quarter production for the company averaged 80,572 barrels of oil equivalent per day, divided more or less evenly between oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas. That’s at the low end of its second quarter guidance between 80,000 boe per day and 84,000 boe per day. “Among the factors that impacted production were a weather-related disruption, a temporary third-party bottle neck in natural gas take-away capacity, and certain operational impacts stemming from the testing of a variety of completion methods across the asset base,” CEO Tony Sanchez III said in a statement . The company during the […]