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An Eagle Ford Team That Cashed Out Is Back for Another Cycle
Houston — January 15, 2026 — Lime Rock Partners, a Houston-based private investment firm specializing in upstream oil and gas, has completed an equity commitment to Athena Energy…
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…
Mid-Continent News
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…
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…
Amplify to Sell Oklahoma Assets for $92.5MM
Nov. 05, 2025 Amplify Energy announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell all of its interests in Oklahoma for a total contract price of $92.5…
BKV Closes $370MM Bedrock Barnett Acquisition
BKV Corporation (NYSE: BKV) closed its ~$370 million acquisition of Bedrock Production, LLC, acquiring Bedrock Energy Partners’ Barnett Shale assets in a deal that materially expands BKV’s scale…