Acquisition

One of West Virginia’s largest natural gas local distribution companies (LDC) is further expanding its customer base in the Mountain State with a new acquisition months after coming under new ownership. Hope Gas Inc. disclosed Tuesday an agreement with Essential Utilities to purchase Peoples Gas WV, which serves 15 counties in the state. The deal…

With the aim of better serving West Coast natural gas markets, midstreamer Tallgrass said Friday it has agreed to purchase Houston-based Ruby Pipeline LLC, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March. Tallgrass said the acquisition of the 1.5 Bcf/d line checks two boxes in the company’s current strategy. In addition to enhancing natural gas…

Houston-based Par Pacific Holdings Inc. is snapping up ExxonMobil’s 63,000 b/d Billings, MT, oil refinery and associated assets to expand and diversify its portfolio. The transaction also is to include hydrocarbons and inventory, which would be valued at closing.  Par’s total throughput capacity would increase to 218,000 b/d. More than $30 million in commercial and…

Talos Energy Inc. plans to acquire privately held deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM) operator EnVen Energy Corp. in a $1.1 billion deal, the Houston-based independent said. The acquisition, slated to close by the end of the year would expand the company’s production by 40% and gross acreage by 35%. The buy would give Talos another…

Williams, building its natural gas portfolio to move more supply to the Gulf Coast and beyond, has snapped up NorTex Midstream Partners LP in a $423 million deal that expands Texas opportunities. The NorTex purchase, from an affiliate of private equity firm Tailwater Capital, includes 80 miles of gas transportation pipelines, 36 Bcf of storage…

Diversified Energy Co. plc said Thursday it is acquiring about 1,500 producing Midcontinent wells from ConocoPhillips. The $240 million Anadarko Basin bolt-on, funded with existing cash and debt, would expand Diversified’s Oklahoma and Texas footprint in the company’s Central Region. The former Appalachian Basin pure play also holds assets in the gassy Barnett and Haynesville…

Pickering Energy Partners (PEP) said Wednesday it is looking to acquire and develop Permian Basin oil and gas interests alongside public and private operators. The new entity, PEP Development, was formed in alliance with “a large institutional investor” to focus on deploying at least $300 million of equity capital, said the Houston-based financial services and…

Earthstone Energy Inc. is continuing its Permian Basin acquisition spree with plans to purchase the assets of privately held Titus Oil & Gas Production LLC in the New Mexico portion of the Permian Basin in a $627 million cash-and-stock deal. Located in the northern portion of the Delaware sub-basin, the assets produced 31,800 boe/d (65%…

Houston-based Targa Resources Corp. has clinched an agreement to buy Lucid Energy Group’s Permian Basin Delaware natural gas processing business, which would add 1,050 miles of pipeline and 1.4 Bcf/d of capacity.The all-cash deal for Lucid Energy Delaware LLC, valued at $3.55 billion, was reached with sponsors Riverstone Holdings LLC and Goldman Sachs Asset Management.…