Sitio Fights for its Place Atop the M&R Sector

The minerals and royalties space is primed for massive growth and consolidation with Sitio aiming for the front of the pack.

April 2, 2025

ConocoPhillips Shopping Marathon’s Anadarko Assets for $1B— Source

ConocoPhillips is marketing Anadarko Basin assets it picked up through a $22.5 billion acquisition of Marathon Oil last year, Hart Energy has learned.

April 2, 2025

Diamondback Energy Closes $4.1B Double Eagle IV Acquisition

Diamondback Energy Inc. closed on its approximately $4.1 billion deal to buy EnCap Investments’ Double Eagle IV, adding approximately 40,000 net acres in the Midland Basin to its portfolio.

April 1, 2025

SM Energy Marries Wildcatting and Analytics in the Oil Patch

As E&P SM Energy explores in Texas and Utah, Herb Vogel’s approach is far from a Hail Mary.

April 1, 2025

Waterous Raises $1B PE Fund for Canadian Oil, Gas Investments

Waterous Energy Fund (WEF) raised US$1 billion for its third fund and backed oil sands producer Greenfire Resources.

April 1, 2025

Ring Energy Closes Central Basin Platform M&A from Lime Rock

Ring Energy added 17,700 net acres and 2,300 boe/d of production in the Central Basin Platform through an acquisition from Lime Rock Resources IV.

April 1, 2025

Haynesville Horsepower: Rigs Needed to Crest the Coming ‘Wall of Demand’

How many drilling rigs are needed in the Haynesville Shale to meet growing natural gas demand for LNG exports? Keybanc ran the numbers.

April 1, 2025

‘We’re Not Going Anywhere’: Sabine CEO on Haynesville Growth, M&A Talks

Sabine Oil & Gas CEO Carl Isaac shares insight into the company’s addition of a fourth Haynesville rig and future development plans in the play, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.

April 1, 2025

TG Natural Resources Wins Chevron’s Haynesville Assets for $525MM

Marketed by Chevron Corp. for more than a year, the 71,000-contiguous-net-undeveloped-acreage sold to TG Natural Resources is valued by the supermajor at $1.2 billion at current Henry Hub futures.

March 31, 2025

Japan's Tokyo Gas to Buy Stake in Texas Shale from Chevron

The deal estimated to be worth tens of billions of yen, the Nikkei reported on March 31.

March 31, 2025