Acquisition

Southwestern Energy Co. is moving beyond the Appalachian Basin to expand its natural gas opportunities with a $2.7 billion takeover of Haynesville Shale pure-play Indigo Natural Resources LLC. The Houston independent, a Lower 48 pioneer in unconventional drilling techniques, said the merger would boost production to 4 Bcfe/d, 85% weighted to natural gas. Indigo, which…

Houston-based Stabilis Solutions Inc. is expanding its reach in the growing liquified natural gas (LNG) bunkering sector with the acquisition of a production facility in Port Allen, LA. The fuels specialist said Tuesday it had completed the acquisition of the facility from HR Nu Blu Energy LLC for an undisclosed amount.  The small-scale plant came…

Southwestern Energy Co. is moving beyond the Appalachian Basin to expand its natural gas opportunities with a $2.7 billion takeover of Haynesville Shale pure-play Indigo Natural Resources LLC. The Houston independent, a Lower 48 pioneer in unconventional drilling techniques, said the merger would boost production to 4 Bcfe/d, 85% weighted to natural gas. Indigo, which…

Houston-based Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) is expanding its footprint in the Northeast with the $1.225 billion purchase of the Stagecoach natural gas pipeline and storage system from a joint venture between Crestwood Equity Partners LP and Consolidated Edison Inc. (ConEd). The Stagecoach system consists of 185 miles of pipeline with multiple interconnects to major interstate…

American Energy Partners Inc. said this week that it would acquire three oil and natural gas producers in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia in a deal valued at nearly $11 million.  The Allentown, PA-based company, traded over the counter, said it would acquire 100% of the stock and units of the three undisclosed companies. “This…

Liquids-rich natural gas and prolific oil properties in northwestern Alberta, known as the Charlie Lake field, inspired C$526 million (US$421 million) in deals announced this week by Calgary-based operators.  In one transaction, Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. paid C$247.5 million ($198 million) cash and traded 105.3 million shares valued at C$2.34/share ($1.87) for Anegada Oil Corp.…

Global investment firm KKR is buying a stake in a Sempra Energy business unit that manages liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Mexico and along the U.S. Gulf Coast as it anticipates growth in North American energy infrastructure. Under the terms of the deal announced Monday, KKR will pay  $3.37 billion for a 20% non-controlling…

Houston-based Evolution Petroleum Corp. is set to enter the Barnett Shale in North Texas with the acquisition of 23,000 net acres from Tokyo Gas Americas Ltd. Evolution said Wednesday it would pay $23.25 million for the nonoperated position, which currently produces about 22 MMcf/d of natural gas and 13,000 b/d of liquids. In percentage terms,…

India’s Reliance Industries Ltd. has agreed to divest its entire stake in 64,000 net acres in the Appalachian Basin, continuing its exodus from unconventional oil and natural gas assets in the United States.  Northern Oil and Gas Inc. (NOG) agreed to acquire the nonoperated stake from Reliance Marcellus LLC in exchange for $175 million and…