Exclusive: How Liberty’s ‘Improved’ Operations Transformed the Bakken’s Core

Liberty Resources II’s president and CEO Mark Pearson walks through the sale of its Bakken assets to Silver Hill Energy Partners and highlights a few M&A drivers in the play, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.

June 12, 2024

Permian To Drive Two-thirds of US Oil Output Growth Through '25 – EIA

The Permian Basin will drive U.S. oil production growth for the foreseeable future, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. But Permian associated gas growth continues to pressure the natural gas industry.  

June 12, 2024

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.

June 7, 2024

Exclusive: Continental Dives Deep Into Anadarko's Complexities

The Anadarko Basin's complexities are not stopping Continental Resources from capitalizing on its resources and eyeing acreage that may possibly be on the market soon following the closing of some big deals, the company's Vice President of the Anadarko Basin Aaron Chang told Hart Energy's Nissa Darbonne at SUPER DUG. 

June 3, 2024

The OGInterview: Building a Bakken Beast

Chord Energy CEO Danny Brown breaks down the M&A strategy that is hitting all the right notes.

June 3, 2024

Chord Closes $4B Enerplus Acquisition for Williston Basin Scale

The Enerplus transaction gives Chord Energy another decade of drilling runway in the Bakken Shale play—the nation’s second-largest oil field.

May 31, 2024

Multi-basin Mayhem: Conoco, Marathon Tout Eagle Ford, Bakken Runway

ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil—which both trace their roots to the breakup of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Trust more than a century ago—are combining in a $22.5 billion deal.

May 31, 2024

The Shape of M&A to Come: Is Devon Up Next to Join the Spree?

ConocoPhillips' recent $17.1 billion deal to acquire Marathon Oil came after the company missed out on buying CrownRock and Endeavor, two companies Devon Energy took a hard look at, Moelis’ Stephen Trauber said.

May 30, 2024

Enerplus, Chord on Track to Close $4B Williston Deal on May 31

Enerplus Corp. shareholders will vote on the deal, which was already approved by Chord stockholders, on May 24.

May 23, 2024

Empire Petroleum’s Williston Drilling Program Identifies New Zones

Empire Petroleum provided updates on its Williston Basin development drilling program in its first quarter 2024 earnings results.

May 16, 2024