Thursday, August 7, 2025

Alibaba’s $22B Grabs Single IPO Record, but Oil & Gas & MLP IPOs are on the Rise

In case you missed it, Alibaba Group (ticker: BABA), the China-based e-commerce group, commenced the world’s largest initial public offering (IPO) today. Its release was delayed hours due to demand imbalances before finally reaching the market. The end result: $22 billion raised in capital, the largest IPO in history, beating out Visa’s six year old record. Oil and gas companies

MLPs:  Moving Energy from Wellhead to End User

Midstream infrastructure has emerged as a hot topic in the oil and gas space. A common theme heard at E&P investor conferences and recent earnings calls is new supply is being produced from the shale basins at a faster rate than the amount of midstream infrastructure available to collect, process and transport it to market. While E&Ps are focused on finding

MLPs are All the Rage in Growing Oil & Gas Industry

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 2014. The MLP offering is expected to consist of the company’s Pennsylvania gas gathering assets and will likely close in

Magellan Petroleum’s CO2 Injection Project in the Williston is Underway; Results Expected by Q4’14

Magellan Petroleum Corporation (ticker: MPET) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the US, Australia, and the UK.  The Company is primarily focused on the development of a CO2-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) program at Poplar Dome in eastern Montana.  The Poplar, acquired by Magellan in 2009, is the largest geologic structure in the western

Magellan Petroleum Centralizes Assets, Sells Australian Onshore Plays for $35 Million

Magellan Petroleum Corporation (ticker: MPET) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The development of a CO2-enhanced oil recovery program at its Poplar Dome assets in eastern Montana is its primary focus. Magellan’s U.K. properties are onshore and include the Weald and Wessex Basins prospective for unconventional

Magellan Petroleum Aims to Capitalize on Australia’s Growing Natural Gas Market

Magellan Petroleum Corporation (ticker: MPET) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The development of a CO2-enhanced oil recovery program at its Poplar Dome assets in eastern Montana is its primary focus. In Australia, Magellan operates two onshore gas fields in the Amadeus Basin in the Northern

Magellan Petroleum Aims to Exploit Unconventional Wells in the Gas-Hungry U.K.

Magellan Petroleum Corporation (ticker: MPET) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The development of a CO2-enhanced oil recovery program at its Poplar Dome assets in eastern Montana is its primary focus. Magellan’s U.K. properties are onshore and include the Weald and Wessex Basins prospective for unconventional

Magellan Petroleum’s CO2 Injection Program Highlights Operations in the Williston Basin

Magellan Petroleum Corporation(ticker: MPET) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the US, Australia, and the UK.  The Company is primarily focused on the development of a CO2-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) program at Poplar Dome in eastern Montana.  The Poplar, acquired by Magellan in 2009, is the largest geologic structure in the western Williston