Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Colorado Amendment 74 Would Require the State to Pay Property Owners for Lost Value, Including Destruction of Mineral Value from Proposition 112

Paying for economic damage: proposed Amendment 74 ensures that state and local governments that cause reduction in private property value must pay for what they take Colorado’s Proposition 112—the proposed mandatory 2,500-foot setback for new oil and gas development—has been getting the bulk of the attention in the energy industry. But there is another ballot proposal that would affect mineral

Bonanza Creek Divests Cotton Valley Assets, Becomes Wattenberg Pure Play

Bonanza Creek Energy (NYSE: BCEI) sold its Mid-Continent assets this week to an undisclosed buyer for $117 million in cash, based on a February 1, 2018 effective date, the company reported. The divested operations include approximately 11,000 net acres located in Lafayette and Columbia Counties, primarily targeting the Cotton Valley formation. The divested operations include proved reserves as of December 31, 2017 of approximately 12 MMBoe (100% proved developed) and

Bonanza Creek Energy Bumps XRL Type Curves by 35%

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (ticker: BCEI) posted a net income of $13.9 million, or $0.68 per share for the first quarter of 2018. Last year, the company had a net loss of $94.3 million, or $(1.91) per diluted share – the net loss in Q1 2017 was driven by reorganization items of $89.0 million, Bonanza Creek said. Exceeding its original

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New SandRidge Energy Letter Responds to Icahn Claims

Transaction represents 8% premium, not 75%: SandRidge letter November 15: SandRidge announces acquisition of Bonanza Creek Energy for $746 million November 27: SandRidge creates “poison pill” to fight Icahn November 30: Icahn responds to SandRidge December 11: SandRidge publishes new letter ‘dispelling myths’ SandRidge Energy, Inc. (ticker: SD) issued a letter today addressed to shareholders, highlighting the benefits of the

Bonanza Creek Shares Drop as Company Elects Not to Make Interest Payment

Bonanza Creek has sufficient cash to make payment, but chooses to maintain liquidity Denver-based Bonanza Creek Energy (ticker: BCEI) announced that it will not make the scheduled payment on its $500 million 6.75% senior notes due in 2021. The company has enough cash to make the $16.9 million payment, but has elected to enter into a 30-day grace period, the

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Bonanza Creek Elects Not to Make Interest Payment, Suspends Asset Sale

Bonanza Creek’s situation continues to sour The situation for Bonanza Creek Energy (ticker: BCEI) continues to worsen, as the company announced Monday as part of its second quarter press release that it will not make a scheduled interest payment on its 5.75% senior unsecured notes, and that the company has decided to suspend its asset sales.  The company has been