After a two-year dealmaking frenzy, the U.S. oil M&A engine is stalling as wild price swings and geopolitical tremors unsettle both buyers and sellers. M&A experts tell Hart Energy it could be months before big-ticket oil deals regain momentum.

Researchers at Southwest Research Institute and UT Austin say they have found a way to squeeze more oil from reservoirs and to keep sequestered carbon from migrating to the surface using supercritical CO₂ foam injection.

The new 2025 ranking of top U.S. private producers demonstrates changes in the space following a massive consolidation trend in the upstream sector, Enverus says.

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including an oil discovery by Equinor and an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of America.

Former Weatherford International CEO Bernard Duroc-Danner is planning Pyrophyte Acquisition Corp. II, a blank check company led and advised by a wide range of financial and energy executives including Riverstone Holdings’ co-founders.