Diamondback’s Stice to Step Down as CEO, Van’t Hof to Succeed
Diamondback CEO Travis Stice, who led the company through an IPO in 2012 and a $26 billion acquisition last year, will step down as CEO later this year.
February 20, 2025
Occidental to Up Drilling in Permian Secondary Benches in ‘25
Occidental Petroleum is exploring upside in the Permian’s secondary benches, including deeper Delaware Wolfcamp zones and the Barnett Shale in the Midland Basin.
February 19, 2025
Diamondback, Double Eagle Form JV to Drill in Southern Midland Basin
Double Eagle IV is selling mostly undeveloped, core Midland Basin acreage to Diamondback Energy for $4.1 billion. Double Eagle will retain a significant amount of existing production in the southern Midland Basin, where it’s partnering with Diamondback to “accelerate development.”
February 18, 2025
Devon, BPX to End Legacy Eagle Ford JV After 15 Years
The move to dissolve the Devon-BPX joint venture ends a 15-year drilling partnership originally structured by Petrohawk and GeoSouthern, early trailblazers in the Eagle Ford Shale.
February 18, 2025
Antero Stock Up 90% YoY as NatGas, NGL Markets Improve
As the outlook for U.S. natural gas improves, investors are hot on gas-weighted stocks—in particular, Appalachia’s Antero Resources.
February 14, 2025
Report: Diamondback in Talks to Buy Double Eagle IV for ~$5B
Diamondback Energy is reportedly in talks to potentially buy fellow Permian producer Double Eagle IV. A deal could be valued at over $5 billion.
February 14, 2025
Expand CFO: ‘Durable’ LNG, Not AI, to Drive US NatGas Demand
About three-quarters of future U.S. gas demand growth will be fueled by LNG exports, while data centers’ needs will be more muted, according to Expand Energy CFO Mohit Singh.
February 14, 2025
BP’s Eagle Ford Refracs Delivering EUR Uplift, ‘Triple-Digit’ Returns
BP’s shale segment, BPX Energy, is seeing EUR uplifts from Eagle Ford refracs “we didn’t really predict in shale,” CEO Murray Auchincloss told investors in fourth-quarter earnings.
February 14, 2025
NOG Spends $67MM on Midland Bolt-On, Ground Game M&A
Non-operated specialist Northern Oil & Gas (NOG) is growing in the Midland Basin with a $40 million bolt-on acquisition.
February 13, 2025
NAPE Panelist: Occidental Shops ~$1B in D-J Basin Minerals Sale
Occidental Petroleum is marketing a minerals package in Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg Basin valued at up to $1 billion, according to a panelist at the 2025 NAPE conference.
February 5, 2025