Darren
Barbee
Oil and Gas Investor
BP, ADNOC Investment Firm Launch NatGas-Focused JV
BP and ADNOC agreed to establish a new regional gas firm, Arcius Energy, to focus on developing Egyptian gas assets.
Freehold Closes $182MM Acquisition of Midland Basin Interests
Freehold Royalties’ acquisition from a private seller includes around 1,300 boe/d of net production and 244,000 gross drilling acres largely operated by Exxon Mobil and Diamondback Energy.
Vitesse Energy to Buy Bakken Pureplay Lucero in $220MM Deal
Vitesse Energy will acquire Lucero Energy’s Bakken/Three Forks assets, including 25 net remaining locations, 1.9 net DUCs and 20 wells that are candidates for recompletions.
Phillips 66 Sells Stake in Gulf Coast Express for $865MM
After the sale, the ownership of the line will be split between affiliates of ArcLight Capital Partners and subsidiaries of Kinder Morgan, which owns the operating interest in the pipeline.
China's CNOOC Sells US Assets to Britain's INEOS
The Chinese oil and gas major said CNOOC Energy Holdings U.S.A. entered into a sales agreement with a subsidiary of INEOS relating to CNOOC's upstream oil and gas assets in the U.S. part of the Gulf of Mexico.
Energy Transition in Motion (Week of Dec. 13, 2024)
Here is a look at some of this week’s renewable energy news, including the latest on explosive growth in grid-scale energy storage installations.
PHX Minerals Explores Sale After Rejecting Acquisition Bids
PHX Minerals hired bankers to explore a potential merger or sale of the firm, which manages assets across the Midcontinent and Haynesville Shale play. PHX has rejected multiple unsolicited acquisition bids in the past two years.
Delek to Buy Permian's Gravity Water Midstream for $285MM
Delek Logistics' purchase of Permian-focused Gravity Water Midstream adds more than 200 miles of permanent pipeline and 46 saltwater disposal facilities.
CEO: Berry Gears Up for Horizontal Drilling in Uinta Stacked Pay
Berry Corp.’s legacy roots are in California’s Central Valley—but its growth engine is in Utah’s emerging Uinta Basin, CEO Fernando Araujo told Hart Energy.
NOG Commits Up to $160MM to Appalachian Basin Joint Venture
Northern Oil and Gas has entered a joint development program with an Appalachian Basin operator, which wasn’t named, in exchange for a 15% working interest, the company said.