Ovintiv is exiting Utah’s Uinta Basin in a $2 billion sale to FourPoint Resources, which will take over some of the play’s highest quality acreage.
The SPAC will be Riverstone Holdings co-founder David Leuschen’s eighth, following the Permian Basin’s Centennial Resources, the Anadarko’s Alta Mesa Holdings and the Montney’s Hammerhead Resources.
With fewer acquisition targets, Enverus Intelligence Research said the quality of acquired inventory is declining, with breakevens averaging $50/bbl in 2024 versus $45/bbl in 2022 and 2023.
For oil and gas, big M&A deals will probably encounter less resistance, tariffs could be a threat and the industry will likely shrug off “drill, baby, drill” entreaties.
After two large-scale transactions by SM Energy and Ovintiv, the Uinta Basin is ready for development—and stacked pay exploration.
MVP Lithium said it produced 99.9% pure battery-grade lithium hydroxide from brine via direct lithium extraction.
Surge Energy said it has focused on developing its core Sparky and southeast Saskatchewan crude oil assets, leaving the Alberta non-core assets undercapitalized.
Logan Energy Corp. paid approximately $37 million for 50% working interests in Gran Tierra’s Simonette Montney assets and will assume operatorship.
In addition to its joint venture with Logan Energy Corp., Gran Tierra Energy Inc. also announced a seventh successful discovery well in Ecuador.
Ovintiv is expanding greatly in the Canadian Montney Shale play through a US$2.38 billion deal with Paramount Resources and exiting the newly booming Uinta Basin in Utah with a $2 billion sale to FourPoint Resources.