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
‘Golden Age’ of NatGas Comes into Focus as Energy Market Landscape Shifts
As prices rise, M&A interest shifts to the Haynesville Shale and other gassy basins.
March 31, 2025
NatGas Rising: WhiteHawk Inks $118MM Marcellus Royalties Deal
WhiteHawk Energy is getting deeper in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale with a $118 million deal as demand for natural gas grows.
March 31, 2025
In Inventory-Scarce Permian, Could Vitol’s VTX Fetch $3B?
With recent Permian bids eclipsing $6 million per location, Vitol could be exploring a $3 billion sale of its shale business VTX Energy Partners, analysts say.
March 28, 2025
Japan’s JAPEX Backs Former TreadStone Execs’ New E&P Peoria
Japanese firm JAPEX U.S. Corp. made an equity investment in Peoria Resources, led by former executives from TreadStone Energy Partners.
March 26, 2025
Japan’s Mitsui Testing Western Haynesville Alongside Comstock, Aethon
Japanese firm Mitsui has plans to drill a horizontal well in the emerging western Haynesville play as renewed foreign investment in U.S. shale continues to pick up steam.
March 26, 2025
E&P Execs Level Scathing Criticism at Trump's Drill Baby Drill 'Myth'
E&P executives pushed back at the Trump administration’s “drill, baby, drill” mantra in a new Dallas Fed survey: “’Drill, baby, drill,’ does not work with [$50/bbl] oil,” one executive said.
March 26, 2025
Uncoiled: Viper Energy Rides Investor, M&A Wave to New Heights in ‘24
With its units coming off an all-time high, Viper Energy made a $4.45 billion Permian acquisition. VNOM units are gaining favor among Wall Street investors. It took more than a decade and several economic downturns to get there.
March 25, 2025
Improving Gas Macro Heightens M&A Interest in Haynesville, Midcon
Buyer interest for Haynesville gas inventory is strong, according to Jefferies and Stephens M&A experts. But with little running room left in the Haynesville, buyers are searching other gassy basins.
March 24, 2025
Validus Pays $850MM for 89 Energy as Midcon M&A Heats Up
Elliott Investment Management-backed Validus Energy continues to roll up Midcontinent assets, closing an $850 million acquisition of 89 Energy III.
March 24, 2025