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Sitio Royalties Corp. (NYSE: STR) and Brigham Minerals, Inc. (NYSE: MNRL) completed their agreement to combine in an all-stock merger, with an aggregate enterprise value of about $4.8 billion. The combination brings together two of the largest public companies in the oil and gas mineral and royalty sector with high-quality assets in the Permian Basin […]
Permian Resources acquired Occidental Petroleum's New Mexico Delaware Basin assets for $817.5 million. The deal added approximately 27,500 net acres in Reeves and Lea counties and 15,000 boe/d of production. The acquired assets in Reeves County also include a fully integrated midstream system. Infrastructure on the acquired assets includes over 100 miles of operated oil […]
Murphy Oil subsidiary, Murphy Exploration & Production Company – USA, closed the transaction for the sale of its entire 50% stake in the Kin's Quay floating production system and associated export lateral pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico. The King's Quay FPS will be co-owned in a joint venture with entities managed by Ridgewood Energy […]
Earthstone Energy (NYSE: ESTE) acquired EnCap-backed Novo Oil & Gas Holdings for $1.5 billion in August 2023. Concurrently, Earthstone flipped a one-third working interest to Northern Oil and Gas for $500 million, effectively reducing the net cost to $1 billion. The deal added approximately 38,000 boe/d of production from 114 wells and approximately 11,300 net […]
Talos Energy completed its $1.29 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of QuarterNorth Energy. The deal added approximately 30,000 boe/d of deepwater Gulf of Mexico production. QuarterNorth is a privately-held U.S. Gulf of Mexico exploration and production company with ownership in several prolific offshore fields.
Vital Energy acquired Forge Energy II Delaware from Quantum Energy Partners for $540 million in October 2023, marking its entry into the Delaware Basin. The deal added approximately 14,000 boe/d and 24,000 net acres in Reeves and Pecos counties, Texas. Vital Energy agreed to acquire 70% of the assets for $378 million and will operate […]
Northern Oil and Gas acquired MPDC Mascot Project's Permian Basin non-operated working interests for $320 million in 2023. The deal added approximately 4,300 boe/d of production and 4,200 net acres concentrated in the Midland Basin. Citigroup Global Markets served as NOG’s financial advisor. Kirkland & Ellis LLP is serving as the Company’s legal advisor. Petrie […]
Continental Resources acquired Pioneer Natural Resources' Delaware Basin assets for $3.25 billion in cash in 2021. The deal added approximately 92,000 net acres in Texas and 50,000 boe/d of production. The transaction marked Continental's entry into the Delaware Basin and positioned the company in three of the most prolific U.S. unconventional plays alongside the Bakken […]
ConocoPhillips closed its $13 billion all-stock acquisition of Concho Resources in 2021, becoming the largest independent producer in the Permian Basin at the time. The combined company held approximately 700,000 net acres in the Permian. The deal was the largest U.S. shale acquisition since the COVID-19 pandemic-induced oil price crash and signaled a wave of […]
Cabot Oil & Gas merged with Cimarex Energy in an all-stock $17 billion deal, forming Coterra Energy. The combined company holds approximately 600,000 net acres across the Marcellus, Permian, and Anadarko basins. The deal created a diversified upstream operator with both natural gas (Marcellus) and oil (Permian) exposure. Coterra established a hybrid capital return framework […]