BKV CEO: IPO Driven by AI Power Demand, Improving Natgas Macro

BKV Corp. IPO’d on Sept. 26, nearly two years after the Barnett Shale’s top gas producer first filed to go public.

BKV Prices IPO at $270MM Nearly Two Years After First Filing

BKV Corp. priced its common shares at $18 each after and will begin trading on Sept. 26, about two years after the Denver company first filed for an IPO.

Oil, Gas Completions Company Covenant Testing Rebrands as One X

Covenant Testing said the name change to One X is meant to bring awareness to the company’s “comprehensive, end-to-end solutions for our clients.”

Mach to Sell Additional Common Units to Fund A&D

Mach Natural Resources announced that the underwriters of its public offering of 7.27 million units have exercised an option to purchase an additional 1 million common units at $16.50 per unit.

Carnelian Backs Williston E&P Zavanna as Bakken M&A Heats Up

Carnelian Energy Capital Management LP invested in Zavanna LLC, a longtime producer in the North Dakota Bakken and Three Forks plays.

Quantum Backs Tug Hill Team in New E&P Vickery Energy

Quantum Capital Group is backing the executives behind Tug Hill Operating, which sold to EQT Corp. for $5.2 billion, in a new Appalachian Basin company Vickery Energy Partners.

Trafigura Appoints Holtum to CEO, Weir Appointed Chairman

Richard Holtum will assume the CEO position on Jan. 1, 2025, and current CEO Jeremy Weir will assume his new position as chairman of the board.

Diamondback to Sell $2.2B in Shares Held by Endeavor Stockholders

Diamondback Energy, which closed its $26 billion merger with Endeavor Energy Resources on Sept. 13, said the gross proceeds from the share’s sale will be approximately $2.2 billion.

Optimizing Direct Air Capture Similar to Recovering Spilled Wine

Direct air capture technologies are technically and financially challenging, but efforts are underway to change that.

Analyst: Is Jerry Jones Making a Run to Take Comstock Private?

After buying more than 13.4 million Comstock shares in August, analysts wonder if Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones might split the tackles and run downhill toward a go-private buyout of the Haynesville Shale gas producer.