Saturday, June 21, 2025

Buyout Debt Threatens Apollo’s Big Shale Bet

From The Wall Street Journal Apollo Global Management APO -0.73% LLC and a group of other big investors had black gold in mind when they acquired oil-and-natural-gas producer EP Energy Corp. in a leveraged buyout seven years ago. Instead, the debt-fueled deal has delivered black eyes. Last month, EP warned in a securities filing that its ability to remain a going concern is in

Double Eagle III’s Wingspan Covers $1 Billion

Double Eagle Energy Holdings III announced that inclusive of a recent capital raise, the company has secured equity commitments of more than $1 billion. The equity commitments are anchored through funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC (ticker: APO). Double Eagle’s equity commitments will support the company’s ongoing acquisition and development initiatives in the Permian Basin and will

Northwoods Energy Receives $850 Million Commitment for PRB Play

Northwoods is buyer of SM Energy’s PRB acreage; Apollo commits up to $850 million of funding Northwoods Energy LLC, a portfolio company of certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC (ticker: APO), has plans to acquire SM Energy’s core Powder River Basin assets (read more below). The acquisition is comprised of over 112,200 predominantly contiguous net acres