Monday, August 31, 2026

Another Blockbuster Oil Deal Creates Largest Bakken Pure-Play

After QEP Williston asset buy, Vantage Energy will be $1.5 billion Bakken operator QEP Resources (ticker: QEP) continued its shift toward a pure-play Permian company today, selling its Williston Basin assets. Vantage Energy Acquisition Corp. (ticker: VEAC), a SPAC backed by NGP and led by former Encana President and Vantage Energy LLC Chairman and CEO Roger Biemans, is the buyer.