BKV CEO: IPO Driven by AI Power Demand, Improving Natgas Macro

BKV Corp. IPO’d on Sept. 26, nearly two years after the Barnett Shale’s top gas producer first filed to go public.

September 27, 2024

BKV Prices IPO at $270MM Nearly Two Years After First Filing

BKV Corp. priced its common shares at $18 each after and will begin trading on Sept. 26, about two years after the Denver company first filed for an IPO.

September 25, 2024

Barnett Shale’s BKV to Launch Delayed IPO of Natgas-focused E&P

BKV Corp. has positioned itself as an LNG supplier near Gulf Coast markets with production averaging 718 MMcfe/d across about 460,000 Barnett acres, supported by 778 miles of associated gas gathering pipelines and 65 compression units.

September 20, 2024

Jack Vaughn-Led Peak Resources Files for Powder River Basin IPO

Peak Resources LP, a Powder River Basin E&P led by industry veteran Jack E. Vaughn, is positioning itself for an IPO, filings show.

September 16, 2024

EQV Ventures Raises $350MM in IPO for E&P, Midstream M&A

EQV Ventures reported “there is approximately $75 billion of private upstream assets held by aging private-equity funds that may require liquidity over the next five years.”

August 13, 2024

International OFS Firm HMH Plans to IPO, Activate in M&A

The firm is a 50/50 joint venture of Baker Hughes and Akastor ASA formed in 2021 to include brands such as Hydril and Vetco Gray as well as Wirth and Maritime Hydraulics.

August 13, 2024

Permian’s LandBridge Prices IPO Below Range at $17/Share, Raising $247MM

Houston-based LandBridge, which manages some 220,000 surface acres in the Permian Basin, kicked off trading at $19 per share, more than 10% above its listing price.

June 30, 2024

LandBridge Chair: In-basin Data Centers Coming for Permian NatGas

Newly public Delaware Basin surface-owner LandBridge Co. has a 100-year lease agreement with one developer that could result in ground-breaking in two years and 1 GW in demand.

June 28, 2024

Scott Sheffield Among Investors in Australian Shale Gas IPO

The operator who sold Pioneer Natural Resources Co. to Exxon Mobil in May for $59.5 billion joins his son Bryan Sheffield in shale gas investment Down Under.

June 27, 2024

Aussie Shale’s Tamboran Resources Prices IPO in Range but for Fewer Shares

Among those buying the Australian shale-gas developer’s pre-trade shares were U.S. wildcatter Bryan Sheffield and completions pressure-pumper Liberty Energy.

June 26, 2024