As Private Equity Funds Shrink, Strategies Shift to Mirror Publics

Private equity firms are seeking to make money through the drill bit and by buying noncore assets that large companies are shedding, while family offices are starting to make more aggressive moves.

Oil, Gas Private Equity Funds May Escape New SEC Transparency Rules

A new batch of SEC reporting and transparency requirements “scares the hell out” out of private equity funds, but an 83-year-old exemption may mean oil and gas funds are off the hook.

Permian Gas Could Make Mexico No. 4 LNG Exporter

Quantum Energy Partners-backed LNG project on Mexico’s West Coast to rely on gas from the Permian Basin.

SPAC Attack: Clean Energy, Oil & Gas Cashed In on Pandemic-Era Frenzy

The pandemic’s wild SPAC boom helped launch several new public companies in the energy space. But federal intervention and souring investor appetites brought the historic boom back down to earth.

Private Equity Ownership in E&Ps Slips, Reducing Overhang: Truist

A Truist Securities study finds more diversity in private equity ownership of E&Ps and predicts more of them will keep their ownership for the longer term.

‘Free Cash Flow Utopias’ Offset E&Ps Hurdles to Accessing Capital

High FCFs allow companies to fund their own projects, return capital to investors and pay off debt without having to delve into high-interest debt.

NGP’s Latest Fund to Stick with Existing Teams, Add Few Newcomers

NGP is targeting low breakeven upstream opportunities in the Permian Basin, Bakken and the Haynesville, Marcellus and Eagle Ford shales.

Blackstone Closes $7.1 Billion Energy Transition Private Credit Fund

The New York credit-focused asset management firm said there may by $100 billion in energy transition opportunities throughout its portfolio.

Tailwater Capital Partners with Ash Creek Renewables

Details about the partnership between Tailwater Capital and Ash Creek Renewables, a provider of renewable fuel feedstocks, were not disclosed.

Pearl Energy Backs Voyager Midstream's M&A Aspirations

Voyager Midstream Holdings secured an initial capital commitment from Pearl Energy Investments for the acquisition and development of midstream infrastructure in North America.