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Wildfire Acquired More Eagle Ford Assets For $1.42 Billion From Chesapeake

WildFire Energy Chesapeake Energy Corp
AnnouncedJan 18, 2023
TypeAsset
LocationEagle Ford Shale
Announced Date
January 18,2023
Effective Date
October 01,2022
Close Date
March 20,2023
Transaction Type
Asset
Enterprise Value (EV)($MM)
1425




Snapshot
Asset/Basin:
["Eagle Ford"]
TargetZones:
["Eagle Ford Shale"]
Net Acres
Proved Reserves

Location
Country
United States

State
Texas

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Production & Reserves
Production

Production Mix

Reserves


Calculated Metrics( EV/Category)
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Transaction Details:  Require Private Equity Subscription

Kayne Anderson & Warbug Pincus backed, WildFire Energy said it it is acquiring approximately 377,000 net acres and approximately 1,350 wells in the Brazos Valley region of its Eagle Ford asset from Chesapeake Energy. With the acquisition, WildFire ­­will operate approximately 2,000 gross wells on approximately 600,000 net acres in the eastern Eagle Ford encompassing Burleson, Brazos, Robertson, Madison, Lee, Washington, and Grimes counties of Texas.  For $1.2 billion. subect to adjustments, with the additional $225 million paid in yearly installments of $60 million over the next three years…




Price History



Date Deal Headline Price$/acre
Feb-18-2026 SM Energy Sells Eagle Ford Asset for $950 Million - -
Nov-12-2025 Baytex Energy Exits United States in $2.305B Eagle Ford Divestiture - -
Nov-03-2025 Viper Energy Divests Non-Permian Mineral & Royalty Portfolio to Warwick Capital and GRP Energy for $617MM - -