Private E&P Point Energy Triples Delaware Basin Production to 15,000 bbl/d
Point Energy Partners has since brought on an additional 15 wells and has 12 more coming online later this year in Ward County, Texas, while its leasehold in northern Loving County is tied up in a dispute with Matador Resources.
Permian Surface-owner LandBridge to Raise up to $367MM in IPO
Houston-based LandBridge holds some 220,000 surface acres in the Delaware Basin.
Sea Power: Noble’s Deal Fires Major Volley in Offshore, Services M&A
Noble Corp.’s $1.6 billion acquisition of Diamond Offshore Drilling may seem like small potatoes compared to the upstream sectors’ massive megadeals, but service sector consolidation could snowball, analysts said.
By the Horns: Matador Wrangles Ameredev Deal for Delaware Scale
Matador Resources expects its enterprise value to reach $11.5 billion after acquiring Ameredev II for $1.9 billion in cash—not bad for a brand launched in 1983 with friends-and-family financing.
CPX Energy Grows in the Delaware with Farm-in, Development Agreements
CPX Energy also began spudding a three-well pad in the Wolfcamp Shale.
Matador Resources Buys EnCap E&P Ameredev II for $1.9B
Matador Resources is expanding its Delaware Basin footprint in West Texas and New Mexico with the acquisition of EnCap-backed operator Ameredev II.
Hunting for Growth: Petro-Hunt Digs Deeper into Delaware, Williston
Dallas-based Petro-Hunt, one of the nation’s largest private oil and gas producers, is drilling in the Permian and Williston basins—and keeping an eye out for accretive M&A.
Vital Energy’s 57 Miles of Completed Lateral: A Midland Mega-unit
Vital Energy’s 20-well unit in southwestern Glasscock County, Texas, is producing some 18,000 bbl/d from some 300,000 feet of horizontal hole — the equivalent of more than two marathons.
Kinetik Sells $540MM Stake in Gulf Coast Express Pipeline
Kinetik Holdings’ $540 million deal will help the midstream company pay for its recently announced acquisition of Durango Permian Infrastructure.
Permian Pulse: Franklin Mountain Stands Out Among Delaware M&A Targets
Franklin Mountain was a relative nobody when the company bid for Delaware Basin acreage in a 2018 BLM auction. Today, it’s one of the largest private U.S. oil producers and a major target for acquisition.