Merger

Minerals firm Sitio Royalties Corp. closed the books on a successful merger with Brigham Minerals Inc., combining “two of the largest public companies in the mineral and royalty sector,” the companies said. The $4.8 billion all-stock transaction has added 15,000 boe/d of oil-weighted pro forma production to Denver-based Sitio’s portfolio, which now stands at about…

Texas-based exploration and production (E&P) firms Independence Energy LLC and Contango Oil & Gas Co. have created Crescent Energy Co. after completing an all-stock transaction. Houston-based Crescent, whose assets are across the Lower 48, had pro forma production of about 119,000 boe/d during 3Q2021. The Independence portfolio spanned the Eagle Ford Shale, Rockies, Permian Basin…

Dallas-based Energy Transfer LP owns and operates another 14,000 miles of natural gas and oil pipeline in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas after completing its merger earlier this month with Enable Midstream Partners LP. The $7.2 billion tie-up, first announced in February, strengthens the midstream and gas transportation systems in the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma,…

Permian Basin-to-Gulf Coast pipeline giant Altus Midstream Co. has agreed to merge with fellow West Texas operator BCP Raptor Holdco LP in an estimated $9 billion transaction. The combination would operate 2 Bcf/day of cryogenic natural gas processing facilities in the Permian Delaware sub-basin of West Texas, with more than 850,000 acres under fee-based, long-term…

Focused on enhancing interconnectivity and efficiency, Permian Basin operators Plains All American Pipeline LP and Oryx Midstream Holdings LLC have agreed to merge in a transaction that would bring together 5,500 miles of oil and liquids pipeline systems. The joint venture (JV) would include all of Oryx’s Permian assets. With the exception of a Plains…

Setting up to be Colorado’s largest pure-play, Bonanza Creek Energy Inc. and Extraction Oil & Gas Inc. have agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at around $2.6 billion. The combined exploration and production (E&P) company, to be called Civitas Resources Inc., would operate across roughly 425,000 net acres in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin.…

Canadian producer Enerplus Corp. has gained more exposure in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale with a $465 million takeover of Houston-based Bruin E&P HoldCo LLC. The deal announced Monday for the North Dakota assets of the Bakken pure-play is forecast to propel a 20% production jump for Calgary-based Enerplus to a combined 103,500-108,500 boe/d.  The acquired…

Devon Energy Corp. has completed its all-stock merger of Lower 48 rival WPX Energy Inc., giving the independent an even bigger toehold in the Permian Basin’s Delaware formation. The combined company, operating under the Devon moniker, would continue to be headquartered in Oklahoma City. The takeover of WPX was announced in September.  The transaction gives…

Cenovus Energy Inc. announced Sunday it would take over Canadian oil and gas rival Husky Energy Inc., combining two of the country’s top producers, in a share swap valued at C$3.8 billion ($2.85 billion). Total estimated value of the transaction, including debt, is C$23.6 billion ($17.7 billion). The run rate synergies achieved by the corporate…