Diamondback Energy – Oil & Gas 360

Diamondback says it should be Permian’s ‘consolidator of choice’ as oil outlook dims

August 5, 2025

(BOE Report) – Shale driller Diamondback Energy said on Tuesday it should remain the Permian Basin’s “consolidator of choice” as shale activity slows and the company focuses on shareholder returns following its $26 billion merger with Endeavor Energy. “We should naturally be the consolidator of choice as we execute a lower-cost and better overall development strategy,” a key company executive

Viper Energy, Inc., a Subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc., to Acquire Sitio Royalties Corp. in All-Equity Transaction; Increases Base Dividend

June 3, 2025

(Oil & Gas 360) – MIDLAND, Texas, June 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) (“Viper” or the “Company”), a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) (“Diamondback”), and Sitio Royalties Corp. (NYSE:STR) (“Sitio”) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Viper will acquire Sitio in an all-equity transaction valued at approximately $4.1 billion, including

Diamondback exec calls out Trump as tariff concerns mount for U.S. shale industry

April 8, 2025

(World Oil) – A top executive at Diamondback Energy Inc. called on President Donald Trump’s administration to explain how the global trade war will help shale producers, a rare instance of public pushback from a U.S. oil boss. “This administration better have a plan @SecretaryWright,” Kaes Van’t Hof, president of Diamondback, said April 6 in a post on X. He added

Diamondback pursues JV for gas-fueled plants to power Permian data centers

February 26, 2025

(World Oil) – (Bloomberg) – Diamondback Energy Inc. is in talks to form a power joint venture that would solve some of the shale giant’s own needs in the Permian Basin while also selling electricity to artificial intelligence data centers in West Texas. Diamondback says it’s looking for an equity stake in a gas-fired power plant that would be built on

Diamondback Energy, Inc. announces fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial and operating results; increases base dividend

February 25, 2025

(Oil & Gas 360) – MIDLAND, Texas, Feb. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) (“Diamondback” or the “Company”) today announced financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024. FOURTH QUARTER 2024 HIGHLIGHTS Average production of 475.9 MBO/d (883.4 MBOE/d) Net cash provided by operating activities of $2.3 billion; Operating Cash Flow

Diamondback Energy, Inc. announces midland basin acquisition

February 18, 2025

(Oil & Gas 360) – MIDLAND, Texas, Feb. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) (“Diamondback” or “the Company”) today announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire certain subsidiaries of Double Eagle IV Midco, LLC (“Double Eagle”) in exchange for approximately 6.9 million shares of Diamondback common stock and $3 billion of cash, subject to customary adjustments (the “Double Eagle Acquisition”).

Diamondback’s Viper Energy finalizes $459 million acquisition of Tumbleweed royalty assets

October 4, 2024

(World Oil) – Viper Energy Partners has agreed to acquire mineral and royalty interests in the Permian Basin from affiliates of Warwick Capital Partners and GRP Energy Capital for $1 billion in cash and stock. The deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2023, will increase Viper’s exposure to one of the most productive oil regions in

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Diamondback Energy eyes natural gas to electrify Permian fracing operations

September 18, 2024

World Oil (Bloomberg) – Diamondback Energy Inc., one of the Permian basin’s biggest oil companies, is considering using some of the natural gas it produces to generate electricity to run drilling and fracing operations. Permian producers have increasingly shifted operations from diesel generators to electricity supplied by the local power grid. But the Texas grid can be unreliable at times,

Another world first in the Permian, natural gas to gasoline

July 26, 2024

Oil and Gas 360 Finding another way to avoid the waste and lost revenue from stranded gas in a pipeline-constrained portion of the Permian Basin could have global applications, according to two business partners in Texas interviewed in the June-July Oil and Gas Journal. Boosted by a $20 million investment by Midland-based partner and producer Diamondback Energy, Houston-based Verde Clean

FTC begins “baseless” investigation into Hess, Oxy, Diamondback, OPEC collusion allegations

July 22, 2024

World Oil (Bloomberg) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether executives at major oil companies including Hess Corp., Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Diamondback Energy Inc. improperly communicated with OPEC officials. FTC investigators are looking for evidence of executives attempting to collude with OPEC officials on oil market dynamics, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not

Diamondback Energy, Inc. announces sale of WTG Midstream

May 28, 2024

Oil and Gas 360 MIDLAND, Texas, May 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) (“Diamondback”) today announced the sale of WTG Midstream Holdings LLC to Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET) (“ET”) resulting in total pre-tax consideration net to Diamondback of approximately $375 million, subject to customary closing conditions and adjustments. Consideration for the transaction will consist of a mix of cash and ET common units. The

Energy Transfer to buy Permian operator WTG for $3.3 billion

May 28, 2024

Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg) — Energy Transfer LP agreed to buy WTG Midstream in a $3.25 billion deal that will expand the US pipeline giant’s already sprawling network in the Permian Basin. Energy Transfer will pay $2.45 billion in cash and about 50.8 million newly issued Energy Transfer common units to acquire the Midland, Texas-based company from affiliates of Stonepeak, the

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