Chesapeake Energy (ticker: CHK), a pioneer in the Marcellus/Utica region, announced the sale of $5.375 billion in regional assets to Southwestern Energy (ticker: SWN) in the early morning hours on October 16, 2014. Per the terms of the deal, Southwestern …
Dawson Geophysical (ticker: DWSN), a leading provider of U.S. onshore seismic data acquisition services, announced a proposed merger with TGC Industries (ticker: TGE) on October 9, 2014. TGC is also involved in the seismic field and has operations in Canada …
Middle East and North Africa also on the Block
Multiple divestitures appear to be coming for Occidental Petroleum (ticker: OXY), the $75 billion (market cap) diversified oil company.
In June the company filed a Registration Statement with the SEC to …
LINN Energy (ticker: LINE) announced the sale of $2.3 billion in assets on October 3, 2014. The sale comes, as promised, to finance its previous acquisition of $2.3 billion in assets from Devon Energy. The Devon purchase was announced …
Calling the move “transitional,” Encana Corp. (ticker: ECA), Canada’s largest natural gas company, has announced it will acquire all shares and assume the senior notes of Fort Worth’s Athlon Energy (ticker: ATHL) in a US$7.1 billion cash offer, which Encana …
Cabot Oil & Gas (ticker: COG) is the second-largest producer by volume in the Marcellus Shale, but the E&P continues to dial up operations in another prolific shale play: the Eagle Ford.
On September 24, 2014, Cabot announced the acquisition …
Rice Energy (ticker: RICE) announced the intent to form a master limited partnership (MLP) prior to its Q2’14 earnings release on August 11, 2014. The announcement comes less than seven months after Rice closed its initial public offering in January …
Energy XXI (ticker: EXXI) is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company whose growth strategy emphasizes acquisitions, enhanced by its value-added organic drilling program. The company finalized the acquisition of EPL Oil & Gas on June 3, …
Sanchez Energy Corporation (ticker: SN), based in Houston, Texas, announced a landmark acquisition in its Eagle Ford focus area on May 21, 2014. Sanchez will acquire 106,000 contiguous net acres in the Dimmit, LaSalle and Webb Counties of Texas from …
Rosetta Resources Inc. (ticker: ROSE) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Permian Basin assets from Comstock Resources, Inc. (ticker: CRK) for a purchase price of approximately $768 million, subject to customary closing adjustments.
Aurora Oil & Gas Limited (tickers: AEF and AUT) is a Perth and Houston-based oil and liquids company with operations solely in the Eagle Ford shale of South Texas. At year-end 2012, the company exited the year producing approximately 13,850 …
Even though oil is trading at a ratio approximately 25.7 times higher than the energy equivalent 6:1 ratio, the market is still showing natural gas operators love – predominantly Marcellus Shale producers.
As of October 2012, EnerCom’s Marcellus Shale peer …
Magnum Hunter Resources Corp (ticker: MHR) announced it will acquire Viking International Resources, a private company with approximately 51,500 net acres primarily in the Marcellus and Utica plays, for $106.7 million. The deal will be funded with $37.3 million …
Canada blocks Petronas’ bid for Progress Energy – AP
TORONTO — Canada has blocked the Malaysian state-owned oil firm Petronas’ US$5.2 billion (CA$5.17 billion) bid for gas producer Progress Energy Resources, saying the proposed investment would not provide a net …
According to Credit Suisse’s September 2012 research report titled “Oil: Fundamentals & US Oil Production Outlook,” U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) production could increase by 700,000 barrels per day between 2012 and 2018.
Super majors have long since realized the …
In two separate transactions, Plains Exploration and Production (ticker: PXP) purchased approximately 67,000 BOEPD (combined 84% oil and NGLs) of Gulf of Mexico production for $6.1 billion. The largest chunk, 59,500 BOEPD, was purchased for $5.5 billion from BP (ticker: …
On August 23, 2012, QEP Resources, Inc. (ticker: QEP) announced it increased its operations in the Williston Basin to approximately 118,000 net acres with the acquisition of 27,600 net acres from multiple sellers in a new core area targeting the …
In only six months, Magnum Hunter Resources (ticker: MHR) increased its estimated total proved reserves by 51%, or 22.8 MMBOE. The company now estimates owning 67.7 MMBOE of proved reserves, 64% oil.
What caused the increase? A combination of …
BP (NYSE: BP) announced an agreement to lease approximately 84,000 acres in northeast Ohio targeting the Utica/Point Pleasant shale formation from the Associated Landowners of the Ohio Valley (ALOV). The ALOV is a local Ohio group representing area mineral owners.…
