Midland Basin
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?
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.
Surge Holds Dry Powder for Northern Midland Growth
Surge is holding out liquidity for growth in the Midland Basin, said Linhua Guan, CEO of Surge Energy America, at Hart Energy's SUPER DUG Conference.
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.
Found in Mitchell County, Permian Basin: 2.5-mile Wolfcamp Stepouts
Bayswater Exploration & Production has taken its Midland Basin oil play far east into Mitchell County where a high carbonate content “gives us a chance to really compete with the big guys.”
Diamondback, Five Point JV Buys More Midland Water Infrastructure
Deep Blue, the joint venture between Diamondback Energy and Five Point Energy, has acquired pipeline and hundreds of thousands of barrels of water disposal capacity from Lagoon Operating Midland.
Adding Green: HighPeak, Priority Power Advance WildHorse Solar
Developed and owned by Priority Power, the facility is expected to lower costs and minimize HighPeak’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Energy Transfer to Buy Permian Midstream Player WTG for $3.25B
Energy Transfer has agreed to purchase WTG Midstream Holdings’ assets, including Midland Basin core infrastructure, from Diamondback Energy, Stonepeak and the Davis Estate in a cash and stock deal.
CEO: FireBird II Prowls Western Midland Basin for M&A, Deep Exploration
After selling the first FireBird Energy to Diamondback for $1.6 billion, the FireBird II team is adding leases and scaling oil production in the western Midland Basin, CEO Travis Thompson said at Hart Energy’s SUPER DUG Conference & Expo.
CEO: FireBird Energy Constantly Scouring the Midland Basin for Deals
Travis Thompson, CEO of FireBird Energy II, said the company has made about 13 acquisitions since its inception in April 2023 and currently has two rigs running.