After $2.55B Deal, NOG and SM to Buy More Uinta Basin Assets
Northern Oil & Gas and SM Energy, which are acquiring Uinta Basin E&P XCL Resources, will acquire additional assets in the basin with the purchase of Altamont Energy, which XCL had been trying to buy.
NOG’s Banner 2Q: Biggest M&A Deals, New Basins, Record Production
Non-operated specialist Northern Oil & Gas (NOG) had a banner second quarter, inking its largest acquisition ever in Utah and hitting record quarterly production.
2Q Upstream M&A Tops $30B as Deals Hit Utah, Eagle Ford, Bakken
A historic run of U.S. upstream M&A transactions continued unabated during the second quarter, according to Enverus data.
SM Energy Offers Senior Notes to Help Fund $2B XCL Resources’ Deal
SM Energy said it intends to use the net proceeds from the notes to fund its pending $2.04 billion purchase of XCL Resources.
Trio Chairman Robin Ross Named CEO Less Than a Month After Return
Robin Ross, who last month returned to Trio Petroleum as board chair, has been named CEO while predecessor Michael Peterson will remain as a consultant.
Supreme Court’s Uinta Basin Rail Case Raises Stakes for LNG, Pipelines
The lawsuit, involving crude transport via railway in the Uinta Basin, is part of a larger intragovernmental fight that could have implications for how FERC decides pipeline and LNG plant permitting.
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 Stock Dives Over 10% as Investors Weigh $2B Uinta Basin Deal
Shares for SM Energy were trading down after announcing a multibillion-dollar entry into Utah’s Uinta Basin, an unusual move that nonetheless adds scale to the company’s Eagle Ford Shale and Permian Basin operations.
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.
Watching the Uinta: XCL Petitions the FTC to Approve Altamont Acquisition
XCL Resources' petition was required under a prior agreement EnCap Energy Capital Fund XI struck with the FTC in 2022, which required the private equity group to sell off EP Energy’s Utah oil business.