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Silverbow Resources Board Adopts 'Poison Pill' Strategy
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Hess Corp. Second Quarter 2022 Results
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Basic Energy Services Files for Bankruptcy; Inks Stalking Horse Deals
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Amplify Energy Regains Compliance with NYSE
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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
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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…