M&A

After scrapping its own plans to construct a deepwater crude oil facility, Enbridge Inc. is set to acquire North America’s largest crude export terminal after agreeing to pay $3 billion in cash for rival Moda Midstream Operating LLC. Under an agreement with EnCap Flatrock Midstream, Enbridge on Tuesday said it would acquire full operating interest…

Natural gas futures rallied for a fourth consecutive day, reaching a new 2021 high on Friday as the vast majority of Gulf of Mexico (GOM) production remained offline in the wake of Hurricane Ida and traders continued to mull supply/demand imbalance concerns. At A Glance: Futures hit highest level in nearly three years GOM production…

Southwestern Energy Co. has completed its $2.7 billion takeover of Haynesville Shale pure-play Indigo Natural Resources LLC. The deal completed Wednesday gives Southwestern a sizable footprint in the resurgent Louisiana play, improving the firm’s access to Gulf Coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) export markets. “This acquisition materially expands our opportunity set, adding high-margin Haynesville production…

Calgary-based Enerplus Corp. is selling off a small bundle of oil and natural gas interests in Montana and North Dakota for $115 million, but the Williston Basin remains a priority, the CEO said.   Stakes are being sold in Montana’s Sleeping Giant field and North Dakota’s Russian Creek area of the Williston, home to the Bakken…

Houston-based private equity (PE) firm Andros Capital Partners LLC said Wednesday (Aug. 25) it has closed a $150 million development drilling joint venture in the Permian Basin’s Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations in Midland County, TX. Andros affiliate Andros Permian LLC is to fund the drilling program in a joint venture partnership with exploration and production…

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) has closed on its $310 million acquisition of Kinetrex Energy, part of the company’s new interest in low carbon investments. The acquisition includes liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and fueling facilities, a 50% interest in a landfill-based renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Indiana, and commercial agreements for three additional RNG…

A recently launched Lower 48-focused energy firm has received a $500 million investment from private equity giant Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP. Santa Clarita, CA-based Black Knight Energy LLC was formed earlier this year “to pursue the acquisition and development of large, cash flowing oil and natural gas assets” across the Lower 48, the company…

Australia’s Woodside Petroleum Ltd and BHP Group said Tuesday they would merge their natural gas and oil portfolios in an all-stock transaction estimated to be worth $28 billion, to create one of the biggest producers in the world. The proposed merger under the Woodside brand would create the largest energy company listed on the Australian…

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. is going back to the future, agreeing Wednesday to pay $2.2 billion for one of the Haynesville Shale’s biggest natural gas producers, Vine Energy Inc. The announcement hearkened to the past, when Chesapeake took advantage of low natural gas prices in the mid-2000s to build the biggest Lower 48 portfolio…