WhiteHawk Proposes 17% Premium Cash Takeout Offer for PHX Minerals

WhiteHawk Energy, in pursuit of a merger with PHX Minerals for at least 18 months, has proposed an offer representing a 17% premium to the mineral company’s 30-day average weighted price.

‘Worried’ E&Ps Keep Merging as Shale Ages, Costs Rise—Kimmeridge

With just half as many public E&Ps around today as there were in 2017, Kimmeridge and Managing Partner Ben Dell think the E&P space still has—and needs—plenty more M&A.

After M&A, Some ‘Stingy’ E&Ps Plan to Hold Operated Shale Inventory

After a whirlwind run of upstream consolidation, experts anticipated a wave of portfolio rationalization and divestitures. But with high-quality drilling locations already scarce, E&Ps may cling to operated inventory.

Howard: The Implications of ONEOK's M&A Binge

ONEOK’s M&A binge has propelled it to near the top of the sector. With so much midstream consolidation, what are its implications? 

Bankers' Outlook for A&D: A Slow Unwinding of Asset Sales

Bankers from CrossFirst, Texas Capital, BOK Financial and Comerica say that after a sluggish season of asset level deals, divestitures will come from larger-scale M&A, but it will take time.

Tellurian Stockholders Approve $900MM Woodside Acquisition

Woodside Energy has said it expects to close the acquisition of Tellurian, and its Driftwood LNG permitted facility, by December.

Growth Through M&A: The Making of an Eagle Ford and Uinta Giant

Crescent Energy CEO discusses the expanding gravitational pull of Crescent after acquiring SilverBow and others.

Chesapeake, Southwestern Complete Merger to Create Largest US Natgas Co.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has closed on its $7.4 billion takeover of Southwestern Energy Co. to create Expand Energy.

EQT to Cut Workforce 15% Following Close of Equitrans Acquisition

EQT Corp. closed its $5.5 billion all-stock buy of Equitrans Midstream Corp. on Sept. 22.

Midstream Players Awaiting the Merge Surge

Midstream growth prospects limit funding at the moment, but the coming consolidation should shake things up.