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Investing ‘Generationally’: The Family Office View of Oil and Gas
Key family offices, whose wealth developed from other industries, are filling in oil and gas investment gaps left by the flight of endowment and institutional capital from the space.
SM Energy Offers Senior Notes to Help Fund $2B XCL Resources’ Deal
SM Energy said it intends to use the net proceeds from the notes to fund its pending $2.04 billion purchase of XCL Resources.
New Wells Underway: Private E&Ps Pulled 40% of US Permits in May
Private E&Ps are keeping pace with public operators in taking permits for new-drill horizontals across the Lower 48, according to a research report.
Trio Chairman Robin Ross Named CEO Less Than a Month After Return
Robin Ross, who last month returned to Trio Petroleum as board chair, has been named CEO while predecessor Michael Peterson will remain as a consultant.
Supreme Court’s Uinta Basin Rail Case Raises Stakes for LNG, Pipelines
The lawsuit, involving crude transport via railway in the Uinta Basin, is part of a larger intragovernmental fight that could have implications for how FERC decides pipeline and LNG plant permitting.
M&A Values: Permian Still No. 1 as U.S. Average Falls Sharply
Gas-weighted assets’ M&A values have declined with gas futures since 2022, according to J.P. Morgan Securities analysis.
D-J’s Elevation Midstream, ARB Midstream Subsidiary to Merge
Elevation Midstream and Platte River Holdings, a subsidiary of ARB Midstream, are merging to create a D-J Basin midstream company of scale.
It’s All Relative: Family Oil Companies Attract Huge M&A Attention
What role do firms controlled by descendants of the original Permian Basin wildcatters play in a sector increasingly dominated by scale?
SM Stock Dives Over 10% as Investors Weigh $2B Uinta Basin Deal
Shares for SM Energy were trading down after announcing a multibillion-dollar entry into Utah’s Uinta Basin, an unusual move that nonetheless adds scale to the company’s Eagle Ford Shale and Permian Basin operations.
SM Energy to Buy XCL Resources in $2.55B Entry into Uinta Basin
SM Energy has entered into a joint acquisition with Northern Oil and Gas to buy XCL Resources’ oil-heavy Uinta Basin assets in a core area that SM says competes with the Midland Basin.