Central Basin Platform

Acquisitions & Divestitures

Flurry of Deals from Canada to the Permian Basin Close Out 2023

Several Canadian E&Ps are adding scale and undrilled inventory in prolific resource plays in Alberta, while in the Permian Basin, Ring Energy finalized an acquisition in the Central Basin Platform.

December 21, 2023

Trends , Acquisitions & Divestitures

Fury Road: Will $450MM Battalion M&A Fuel More Go-private Deals?

Delaware Basin E&P Battalion Oil is being acquired in a go-private transaction by a newly formed E&P Fury Resources. Could go-private sales become more common for small E&Ps with limited runway in the public markets?

December 21, 2023

Acquisitions & Divestitures

Ring Energy Bolts-on Assets in Permian’s Central Basin Platform

Ring Energy said it would buy approximately 3,600 net acres in Ector County, Texas from Founders Oil & Gas IV LLC.

July 11, 2023

Acquisitions & Divestitures

Anatomy of a Deal: Ring Energy’s Conventional Wisdom

The purchase of Stronghold Energy II allows Ring to keep its focus on mature, conventional assets in the Permian’s Northwest Shelf and Central Basin Platform.

June 15, 2023

Acquisitions & Divestitures , Trends , Mergers

Energy A&D Transactions from the Week of Sept. 21, 2022

Here’s a snapshot of recent energy deals including SilverBow Resources adding a new Webb County position in South Texas plus the acquisition of core Permian Basin acreage by U.S. Energy Development Corp. for more than $60 million.

September 21, 2022

Acquisitions & Divestitures , Trends , Mergers

Energy A&D Transactions from the Week of Sept. 14, 2022

Here’s a snapshot of recent energy deals including EQT’s monster $5.2 billion acquisition plus the acquisition of NorTex Midstream by Williams in a $423 million transaction.

September 14, 2022

Acquisitions & Divestitures , Trends , Mergers

Energy A&D Transactions from the Week of Sept. 7, 2022

Here’s a snapshot of recent energy deals including the sell of Aera Energy, one of California’s largest oil and gas producers, by Exxon Mobil and Shell plus the debut of Permian Resources Corp.

September 7, 2022

Shale Plays , Acquisitions & Divestitures

Ring Energy Completes $465 Million Acquisition of Stronghold

Ring Energy announced in July an agreement to acquire Stronghold Energy II Operating LLC and Stronghold Energy II Royalties LP for up to $465 million.

September 2, 2022

Lease Sales

On the Market Oil and Gas Quicklist (Week of July 27, 2022)

Here’s a quicklist of oil and gas assets on the market including a BLM Nevada geothermal lease sale covering roughly 232,500 acres plus an Eagle Resources Group Mississippi Lime package.

July 27, 2022

Acquisitions & Divestitures , Trends , Mergers

Energy A&D Transactions from the Week of July 20, 2022

Here’s a snapshot of recent energy deals including the acquisition by ConocoPhillips of a stake in a Texas LNG project plus a $307 million stock-for-stock deal by Houston’s VAALCO Energy.

July 20, 2022