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New E&P Scores Capital; Heading To the MidCon Region
Company Overview 406 Energy, LLC is a newly formed, Houston-based upstream oil & gas development company launched in October 2025 with an initial equity commitment from NGP Natural…
New Haynesville Focused E&P Scores Cash From Large PE Firm.
South Wind Exploration & Production, a newly formed independent oil and natural gas company, has received over $400 million of equity commitments from Kayne Private Energy Income Fund…
New E&P Company Just Raised $2.0 Billion, Hunting for Assets.
Double Eagle Energy Holdings V, LLC is the latest venture from Fort Worth-based Double Eagle Energy, co-founded by Cody Campbell and John Sellers. Launched in April 2025, Double…
New Comapny : New Permian E&P Secures Funds From Large PE-Firm
Greenlake Energy II is the latest venture by Greenlake Energy, an Austin-based oil and gas company specializing in upstream exploration and production in the Permian Basin. Launched in…
New Permian E&P Company Score Capital; On The Hunt For Assets
Midway Energy Partners, LLC announced the closing of an equity commitment from Post Oak Energy Capital. The Company seeks to leverage its execution capabilities in an "acquire and…
Gulf Coast News
Why $90 Oil Isn’t Bringing Back the Rigs
Higher oil prices are not translating cleanly into a drilling response across U.S. shale, and company disclosures are starting to show why. The issue is not simply capital…
Q1 A&D Transactions Jump to $30B , While Deal Flow Was Down 40%
The first quarter of 2026 has officially defined the "Barbell Era" of American oil and gas. While the total number of deals plummeted by 46% YoY (dropping to…
Wright to U.S. Oil Industry: The Price Signal Is Telling You to Drill
Energy Secretary Chris Wright stood in front of the largest gathering of oil executives in the world this morning and delivered a message that was equal parts market…
Silver Hill Expands South Texas Footprint with Acquisition of 1776 Energy Assets
Silver Hill Energy Partners has acquired 100 percent of 1776 Energy’s South Texas oil and gas assets, significantly expanding its operated footprint across the Eagle Ford and Austin…
This Operator Will Chop it's 2026 Rig Count From 34 to 24
ConocoPhillips is setting up 2026 as a lower-intensity, more efficient operating year — with the clearest proof coming from the Lower 48 activity reset following the Marathon integration.…
Gulf Coast - South Texas News
A Quiet Capital Pattern Is Forming in North American Upstream — and Almost No One Is Talking About It
A handful of recent transactions and capital raises point to a subtle pattern in North American upstream—one that is easy to miss because each event, on its own,…
Dallas Fed Energy Survey: What Oil and Gas Executives Are Really Saying
The latest Dallas Fed Energy Survey shows a U.S. oil and gas industry that is not collapsing—but is clearly constrained. Executives are operating in a defensive posture, focused…
Murphy’s Eagle Ford Keeps Getting Better
Murphy Oil walked into Q3 2025 with a simple message: operations are clicking again, and the company is delivering production and cost performance that gives them flexibility heading…
Baytex Sells Eagle Ford to Re-Weight the Portfolio to Canada
Baytex Energy has announced a major portfolio shift: the Company is divesting its entire U.S. Eagle Ford position for US$2.305 billion in cash to an undisclosed buyer. The…
Why Surface-Only Inventory Predictions Are a Fool’s Errand
Introduction The promise is seductive: a map covered in potential drill spots, colored by predicted “rock quality,” with hundreds or thousands of “remaining locations.” Many oil & gas…