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Northern Oil Acquires Bakken Assets from PE-Backed Flywheel

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. Flywheel Energy LLC
AnnouncedApr 22, 2019
TypeProperty
LocationBakken Shale & Three Forks
Announced Date
April 22,2019
Effective Date
July 01,2019
Close Date
July 01,2019
Transaction Type
Property
Enterprise Value (EV)($MM)
180




Snapshot
Asset/Basin:
{"Williston Basin"}
Net Acres
Net Operated Locations:

Location
Region
Williston Basin

Country
United States

State
North Dakota

County
McKenzie ,Mountrail ,Williams ,Dunn

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Production
Production


Calculated Metrics( EV/Category)
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$/ Acre

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Transaction Details:  Require Private Equity Subscription

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. has signed a deal to acquire the Williston Basin properties of VEN Bakken LLC, a subsidiary of Flywheel Bakken LLC (formerly Valorem Energy) for $180 million in cash/stock.

Flywheel is a portfolio company of the Kayne Private Energy Income Funds.

The purchase price will be comprised of $165 million in cash and 5.6 million share of stock (~$15.4 million). Northern Oil will also assume $130 million in debt.

This deal closed on July 2, 2019.

Asset Details: Acreage: 18,000 net acres Production: 6,600 BOEPD Includes 86.9 net producing wells, 2.7 net wells in…



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