Texas/La Gulf Coast

Acquisitions & Divestitures , Shale Plays , Crude Oil , Transactions

Multi-basin Mayhem: Conoco, Marathon Tout Eagle Ford, Bakken Runway

ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil—which both trace their roots to the breakup of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust more than a century ago—are combining in a $22.5 billion deal.

May 31, 2024

Acquisitions & Divestitures , Shale Plays , Finance , Exploration & Production

The Shape of M&A to Come: Is Devon Up Next to Join the Spree?

ConocoPhillips' recent $17.1 billion deal to acquire Marathon Oil came after the company missed out on buying CrownRock and Endeavor, two companies Devon Energy took a hard look at, Moelis’ Stephen Trauber said.

May 30, 2024

Acquisitions & Divestitures , Shale Plays , Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , Natural Gas , Finance

Tellurian Goes All in on LNG with Upstream Divestiture to Aethon

Tellurian, which is developing the 27.6 mtpa Driftwood project in Louisiana, relaunched itself as a LNG pure play with the sale of its Haynesville upstream assets to Aethon Energy, but analysts see lingering financial problems for the company.

May 29, 2024

Energy Transition , Renewables , CCS/CCUS , Wind

Global Energy Watch: How the Lone Star State is Leading the US’ Clean Energy Future

While Texas leads the U.S. in energy production, providing nearly one-fourth of the country’s domestically produced energy, is truly an all-of-the-above energy state as solar, wind and other renewable sources are rising within the energy matrix.

May 29, 2024

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , Acquisitions & Divestitures , Crude Oil

Aethon to Acquire Tellurian Haynesville Shale Assets for $260MM

Aethon Energy is acquiring Tellurian Inc.'s Haynesville Shale assets in a $260 million deal, allowing Aethon to continue growing as the basin's top private producer and for financially struggling Tellurian to prioritize its flagship Driftwood LNG project.

May 29, 2024

Shale Plays , Field Development , Crude Oil , Natural Gas , Super DUG , Hart Energy Exclusive

Exclusive: Devon Energy Weighing More ‘Unmatched’ Delaware Inventory

Devon Energy’s John Raines delves into capital allocation trends in the Delaware Basin and why the region is attractive to Devon’s operations, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.

May 29, 2024

Restructurings , Acquisitions & Divestitures , Crude Oil

Earthstone’s Anderson Relaunches, Seeks Conventional

The new E&P PetroPeak Energy will also take a look at unconventional property in the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk.

May 24, 2024

Natural Gas , Pipelines , Midstream , Field Development

Future Permian Gas Pipeline May Have a Difficult Route to Follow

Kinetik Midstream’s CEO Jamie Welch sees more expensive and longer pipeline paths causing complications for midstream companies.

May 22, 2024

Shale Plays , Exploration & Production , Acquisitions & Divestitures , Crude Oil

Kimmeridge Exits SilverBow Proxy Fight, Takes Credit for $2.1B Crescent Deal

Kimmeridge will withdraw from a proxy fight with SilverBow Resources in light of a $2.1 billion offer by Crescent Energy for the Eagle Ford Shale E&P.

May 22, 2024

Acquisitions & Divestitures , Restructurings , Exploration & Production

Top US Natural Gas Producer Chesapeake Energy Cuts Jobs

This week's layoffs follow its divestment of its Eagle Ford assets, not the company's pending merger with Southwestern Energy, Chesapeake said.

 

May 21, 2024