Post Oak, Genesis Park Sell Permian’s Layne Water Midstream

PE firms Post Oak Energy Capital and Genesis Park sold the Delaware Basin’s Layne Water Midstream to an undisclosed buyer.

July 10, 2024

The OGInterview: BPX E-fracs Push ‘Values Up, Emissions Down,’ CEO Says

BPX Energy CEO Kyle Koontz discusses the company’s role as the “nimble entrepreneurial” arm of supermajor BP in the Permian Basin and Haynesville and Eagle Ford shales.

July 2, 2024

It’s All Relative: Family Oil Companies Attract Huge M&A Attention

What role do firms controlled by descendants of the original Permian Basin wildcatters play in a sector increasingly dominated by scale?

July 1, 2024

Permian’s LandBridge Prices IPO Below Range at $17/Share, Raising $247MM

Houston-based LandBridge, which manages some 220,000 surface acres in the Permian Basin, kicked off trading at $19 per share, more than 10% above its listing price.

June 30, 2024

LandBridge Chair: In-basin Data Centers Coming for Permian NatGas

Newly public Delaware Basin surface-owner LandBridge Co. has a 100-year lease agreement with one developer that could result in ground-breaking in two years and 1 GW in demand.

June 28, 2024

SM Energy to Buy XCL Resources in $2.55B Entry into Uinta Basin

SM Energy has entered into a joint acquisition with Northern Oil and Gas to buy XCL Resources’ oil-heavy Uinta Basin assets in a core area that SM says competes with the Midland Basin.

June 27, 2024

U.S. Energy Development Corp. Plans $750MM Permian-heavy Program

Fort Worth, Texas-based U.S. Energy Development Corp. continues to add to its operated footprint in the Permian’s Delaware Basin.

June 25, 2024

Kinetik Closes Acquisition of Durango’s New Mexico Delaware G&P Assets

Kinetik Holdings closed a $765 million acquisition of Durango Permian LLC, deepening Kinetik’s footprint of gas gathering and processing assets in the Delaware Basin.

June 25, 2024

From South Texas to the World: International E&Ps Drill Deep in the Eagle Ford

While U.S. E&Ps squabble for pieces of the Permian Basin, international energy giants are all-in on the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.

June 20, 2024

Coterra Energy’s 54-well Wolfcamp-Harkey Test

The operator plans to experiment where it has Harkey Mills sandstone in the Delaware Basin by landing three wells in it while making 51 Wolfcamp wells.

June 19, 2024