Gulf of Mexico explorer McMoRan Exploration Co. (MMR) is no longer a publicly traded stock after shareholders on Monday (June 3) approved a merger with a subsidiary of affiliated conglomerate Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Under a friendly agreement in late 2012, Freeport agreed to pay close to $3 billion for MMR and more than $9 billion including debt for Plains Exploration & Production Co.; the Plains deal closed at the end of May (see Daily GPI, June 3; Dec. 6, 2012). Freeport Chairman Jim Bob Moffatt co-chaired McMoRan with Freeport CEO Richard Adkerson. MMR shareholders are to receive $14.75/share in cash, or $2.2 billion for shares not owned by Freeport, as well as 1.15 units in Gulf Coast Ultra Deep Royalty Trust, which would hold a 5% overriding royalty stake in future output from 20 specified ultra-deep exploration targets.
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Niobrara Gas Gusher Found in Colorado, WPX Says
One of the 10 largest U.S. natural gas producers, Tulsa, OK-based WPX Energy Inc., said Monday that its Niobrara formation discovery well in the Piceance Basin of western Colorado has exceeded 1 Bcf of production in a little more than 100 days of operation.
Mississippian Paying Off for SandRidge; Market Wary
SandRidge Energy Inc.’s transition from a natural gas producer to an oil explorer appears to be paying off, with the company’s Mississippian Lime operations experiencing success and its bottom line improving, but the market seems unconvinced.
Mississippian Paying Off for SandRidge; Market Wary
SandRidge Energy Inc.’s transition from a natural gas producer to an oil explorer appears to be paying off, with the company’s Mississippian Lime operations experiencing success and its bottom line improving, but the market seems unconvinced.
WPX: Piceance Results May Double 3P Reserves
WPX Energy Inc. said its first horizontal test well targeting the Niobrara formation in western Colorado’s Piceance Basin has produced encouraging results, with the potential of more than doubling its proved, probable and possible (3P) reserves.
WPX Takes 3Q Loss, But Bakken Oil and Marcellus Gas Booming
WPX Energy Inc. announced a net loss of $64 million for 3Q2012 on Thursday, but it also reported significant growth in oil production in the Bakken Shale and tripled natural gas production in the Marcellus.
BP Takes Stake in Rosneft for Hefty Payday
BP plc last week clinched a mega-deal to sell its troubled half-stake in Russian explorer TNK-BP to Russian energy giant OAO Rosneft for $17.1 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction.
BP Takes Stake in Rosneft for Hefty Payday
BP plc on Monday clinched a mega-deal to sell its troubled half-stake in Russian explorer TNK-BP to Russian energy giant OAO Rosneft for $17.1 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction.
ExxonMobil, Energy XXI to Partner in GOM Shallow Water
Gulf of Mexico (GOM) explorer Energy XXI Ltd. on Monday said it has two deals on the table with ExxonMobil Corp. to buy some shallow water properties in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and to jointly explore some adjacent targets.
BP Exec to Take Over Talisman Operations
Jim Buckee, an astrophysicist who helped build Talisman Energy Inc. into Canada’s third-largest explorer, announced his plans to retire as CEO last week. John Manzoni, who, like Buckee is a veteran of London-based BP plc, will take over Sept. 1.
