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The Texas Lawbook

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CDT Roundup: 11 Deals, 9 Firms, 92 Lawyers, $2.8B

December 23, 2024 Nick Peck & Allen Pusey

In January of this year, LNG exporters received a bit of a shock. It came in the form of a pause in federal permitting for the development of new export capacity. The object was to give FERC the time to study the potential economic and environmental effects of what was becoming frenzied growth, particularly along the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast.

Well, the study is in, published last week by the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management of the Department of Energy. And, given the coming change in administrations, the impact is likely archival.

The report manages to avoid volatile language, and its key findings are intuitive: The U.S. has an abundance of natural gas. The LNG market is growing, but maybe not as fast as predicted. And the environmental consequences, tied as they are to those of upstream production, are familiar enough to be ageless and unarguable. As Charif Souki, the undisputed godfather of LNG, told Forbes in 2005: “I wouldn’t want an LNG terminal next to my home.”

Across all the various scenarios imagined in the report, none suggested the current U.S. production isn’t enough to meet both domestic natural gas and global LNG demand through 2050. But while it found no relationship between rising LNG exports and domestic natural gas prices, the report says that could change as a larger percentage of natural gas is exported.

The model that assumes a capacity provided by existing facilities as well as those under FID results in a 3 to 7 percent rise in residential gas prices depending on levels of U.S. natural gas production. That would mean a rise in Henry Hub pricing somewhere between $0.94 and $2.30 — in 2050. And there’s more than simple irony in that.

One researcher’s price hike is another’s price stability. As with any commodity, overabundance is a demand-side dream and a supplier’s nightmare. And for gas producers, the notion of a steadily rising market is one that has proved elusive, especially in the LNG export sector which began with Charif Souki’s formation of Cheniere in the late 1990s with the intention of importing LNG — until it seemed like a bad idea.

But by 2018, his $12 billion gamble had established U.S. LNG exports as a fact, especially along the Gulf Coast where natural gas abundance met tankers to markets bound mainly for South Korea, Japan and China. That changed, of course, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ships turned around, headed for Europe, and Henry Hub prices rose to more than $9, only to return earth ($1.60 to $3.90 this year) after warmer than usual winters and a replenishment of natural gas stockpiles.

And the problem of oversupply continues. The U.S. currently leads the world in LNG exports producing about 13.6 billion cubic feet daily. But that barely scratches the surface of potential permitted production. Even before the January pause, there were 17 permitted LNG export facilities in operation or construction whose aggregate production would amount to more than 42 billion cubic feet per day.

Those problems have made their way into the M&A space, with several of the Coastal LNG facilities showing financial strains.

Make no mistake, the 51-page Energy, Economic and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports is worth the read. Even if the solutions are arguable, it’s a decent framework for the argument itself — even if it misses the irony.

Weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup Stats

A compilation of weekly stats from The Lawbook's CDT Weekly Roundup
(Deal Values in Millions)

Week Ending
Deal CountAmountFirmsLawyersM&A CountM&A Value $MCapM Count
CapM Value $M
10-May-202524$33,1751620619$30,7655$2,410
03-May-202511$4,249139011$2,226.52$2,022.5
26-Apr-202512$8,78791689$6,0113$2,776
19-Apr-202511$8,09771389$7,9852$112
12-Apr-202513$2,392815210$2,0653$327
05-Apr-202519$27,7621518816$25,4733$2,289
29-Mar-202521$8,1881025816$4,1255$4,064
22-Mar-202519$6,4851423115$4,1284$2,857
15-Mar-202513$13,7371315110$9,9324$3,805
8-Mar-20257$2,2345665$2242$2,100
1-Mar-202511$3,05087510$2,5501$500
24-Feb-2512$16,39771496$6,6356$9,862
17-Feb-2517$12,1361313410$9,4112$2,725
10-Feb-2514$7,15491799$4,9505$2,204
3-Feb-2516 $10,068720011$7,5535$2,515
25-Jan-2514$10,261101259$2,2075$8,054
18-Jan-2519$7,3821531612$2,3007$5,082
11-Jan-2521$33,5601618716$32,5215$1,039
4-Jan-259$6,8279809$6,82700
21-Dec-2411$2,79811928$2,2293$570
14-Dec-2415$5,3231218612$3,8123$1,511
07-Dec-2416$4,7661023111$2,32152,445
30-Nov-2410$10,29191034$8,2906$2.001
23-Nov-2415$4,5531515311$3,3794$1,174
16-Nov-2417$11,4881124513$10,1864$1,303
09-Nov-2414$2,1101213912$1,4102$700
02-Nov-2412 $52,788 1110711$52,7381$50
26-Oct-248$3,1608657$3,0651$75
19-Oct-2412$5,3041113611$4,5541$750
12-Oct-2417$8,4381215015$8,1162$322
05-Oct-2422$23,1811218915$19,9807$3,201
28-Sep-2411$2,35671447$534$2,303
21-Sep-2412$9,568101695$4,1017$5,467
14-Sep-2424$10,9881223516$7,1758$3,813
7-Sep-2412$20,4201616811$20,3071$112.9
31-Aug-2413$20,631913412$14,7751$5,856
24-Aug-2419$8,4522132516$7,1023$1,350
17-Aug-2425$49,1961630411$39,38614$9,810
10-Aug-2420$12,2641531216$9,7944$2,470
03-Aug-2426$16,4981633418$8,1378$8,361
27-Jul-2419$16,4422127115$13,8384$2,604
20-Jul-2415$16,0161418410$14,2325$1,784
13-Jul-2420$17,220 1426518$7,146 2$10,074
6-Jul-2411$3,941 11958$2,650 3$1,291
29-Jun-2414$6,296 152248$6,296 6$1,927
22-Jun-2412$5,679 81375$210 7$5,469
15-Jun-2413$9,895 1621410$5,280 3$4,615
8-Jun-2419$23,859 1323912$19,436 7$4,423
1-Jun-2412$34,510 111479$26,110 3$8,400
25-May-2413$9,684 1517110$4,434 3$5,250
18-May-2411$5,490 111738$3,129 3$2,361
11-May-2422$14,855 1422716$11,105 6$3,750
4-May-2413$3,139 98710$1,297 3$1,842
27-Apr-2410$6,684 62810$6,684 00
20-Apr-2419$15,989 111479$5,208 10$10,781
13-Apr-2413$8,952 97610$1,652 3$7,300
6-Apr-2423$26,616 1422214$13,501 8$13,116
30-Mar-2412$9,286 81368$4,299 4$4,987
23-Mar-2418$5,451 1726616$4,759 2$692
16-Mar-2421$11,437 1318614$9,316 6$2,070
9-Mar-2423$4,695 2121819$2,723 4$1,972
2-Mar-2420$9,108 1937214$4,558 6$4,550
24-Feb-2419$16,382 1224815$9,507 4$6,875
17-Feb-2416$29,932 1515712$29,216 4$716
10-Feb-2425$10,750 1719619$5,372 6$5,379
3-Feb-2412$8,416 181259$3,416 3$5,000
27-Jan-249$8,165 9878$7,815 1$800
20-Jan-2414$4,084 1210912$3,219 2$865
13-Jan-2417$33,588 1225612$26,765 5$6,823
6-Jan-248$7,915 8846$7,265 2$650
30-Dec-2317$14,599 129915$2,714 2$11,885
23-Dec-2323$4,182 1321916$1,813 7$2,370
16-Dec-2313$16,436 132807$15,150 5$1,286
9-Dec-2326$14,633.90 1724416$8,095 10$6,538.90
2-Dec-2313$6,720 95712$6,630 1$90
25-Nov-239$4,835 91316$1,785 3$3,050
18-Nov-2322$6,568.70 1718414$4,709.20 8$1,859.50
11-Nov-2315$9,825 1317912$6,581 3$3,244
4-Nov-2315$20,582.50 1419312$19,417.50 3$1,165
28-Oct-2318$68,419.10 1815215$66,646 3$1,773.10
21-Oct-2316$6,755.90 1616515$6,755.90 1$3
14-Oct-2314$67,851.20 131259$61,998.50 5$5,852.70
7-Oct-2317$6,595.50 1322816$5,995.50 1$600
30-Sep-2317$1,896.45 1318914$806.45 3$1,090
23-Sep-2323$6,432.70 1723016$1,402.80 7$5,029.90
16-Sep-2325$23,226.70 2335316$17,239 9$5,987.70
9-Sep-2312$6,369 81027$4,311 5$2,058
2-Sep-2314$2,522 69213$1,322 1$1,200
26-Aug-2317$12,160.25 1320215$6,573.25 2$5,587.00
19-Aug-2319$11,505 1321315$11,255 4$250
12-Aug-2319$9,698.80 131847$3,270 12$6,428.80
5-Aug-2313$5,201 1211812$5,051 1$150
29-Jul-2315$21,031.60 1319611$18,292.00 4$2,739.60
22-Jul-2318$3,992 1213013$2,808 5$1,184
15-Jul-2313$8,254.95 138113$8,254.95 00
8-Jul-2316$5,441.45 1217211$2,443 5$2,998.45
1-Jul-2316$6,872 1010512$5,474 4$1,398
24-Jun-2313$10,914 1620110$7,874 3$3,040
17-Jun-2317$5,880.70 1515115$4,705.70 2$1,175
10-Jun-2319$8,516.10 1311116$6,252.40 3$2,263.70
June 3 202312$6,104.42 121388$4,256.92 4$1,847.50
27-May-2317$12,200 106711$6,165 6$6,035
20-May-2311$22,458.10 81034$19,455 7$3,003
13-May-2312$7,034 101018$5,460 4$1,574
6-May-2320$3,297.60 1819617$2,985.60 3$312
29-Apr-2323$3,691.20 1813517$1,969.70 6$1,721.50
22-Apr-2316$5,570 1410414$4,750 2$1,000
15-Apr-2312$23,818.10 95910$21,618.10 2$2,200
8-Apr-2316$7,949 91739$5,472 7$3,477
1-Apr-2321$18,676.70 1217511$10,926.70 10$7,750
25-Mar-2315$8,779.50 101415$2,362 10$6,416.50
18-Mar-237$14,048.80 6695$13,345 2$703.80
11-Mar-2321$11,576 1616516$8,131 5$3,445
4-Mar-2320$9,668 1122816$8,209 4$1,459
25-Feb-2313$5,335 1313012$4,235 1$1,200
18-Feb-2314$5,743.70 131588$898.70 6$4,845
11-Feb-2316$12,088 1213712$9,965 4$2,123
4-Feb-2317$8,066 1514013$5,614 4$2,452
28-Jan-237$2,180 7755$1,692.75 2$488
21-Jan-2317$5,768 1617412$1,918 5$3,850
14-Jan-2311$2, 800101028$421 3$2,400
7-Jan-2318$8,296 1116714$6,461 3$1,835
31-Dec-2214$2,732 119912$2,092 2$640
17-Dec14$7,919 1311512$7,419 1$500
10-Dec-2214$10,093 128811$7,093 3$3,000
3-Dec-2226$12,800.90 1117220$4,141 6$8,659.90
26-Nov-228$2,266.70 853$76 5$2,190.70
19-Nov-2221$2,886 1521219$2,550 2$336
12-Nov-2213$15,093.70 9819$14,200 4$893.70
5-Nov-222519,337.201650922$8,267.20 3$11,070
29-Oct-2215$7,805.30 911614$7,180.30 1$625
22-Oct-2220$8,193.50 1325313$5,442 7$2,751.50
15-Oct-229$3,046.10 91397$2,588.30 2$457.80
8-Oct-2219$2,011.80 1211416$833.80 3$1,178
1-Oct-2223$5,532.90 1615618$4,952.30 5$580.60
24-Sep-2218$5,194 1421615$4,050 3$1,144
17-Sep-2221$8,352.30 1232015$4,759.60 6$3,592.70
10-Sep-2215$19,853.50 1012613$19,403.60 2$450
3-Sep-229$2,312 9629$2,312 00
27-Aug-2216$30,891.70 1013515$30,666.40 1227.7
20-Aug-2212$1,977 815299253$1,052
13-Aug-2218$8,004.70 1124211$2,844.70 7$5,160
6-Aug-2224$7,948.90 1224017$3,577 7$4,371.90
30-Jul-228$6,941 9787$6,839 1$102
23-Jul-2211$801 119210$801 10
16-Jul-2214$3,650 1012214$3,650 00
9-Jul-2210$3,557.70 7689$3,557.70 10
2-Jul-2218$8,609.40 1315215$2,754.40 3$5,855
25-Jun-2215$6,142 131469$2,017 6$4,125
18-Jun-2217$11,890.10 1422815$11,410 2479.7
11-Jun-2217$7,600 1212310$2,300 7$5,300
4-Jun-2212$2,937 101279$692 3$2,245
28-May-229$3,197.60 11869$3,197.60 00
21-May-2214$7,284.50 1218511$6,609 3$675.50
14-May-2211$306.60 98010$306.60 1$225
7-May-2216$10,451.75 1210812$1,827 4$8,624.75
30-Apr-2216$2,296.50 1615712$895.50 4$1,401
23-Apr-2210$2,241 11588$1,641 2$600
16-Apr-2211$6,643 71568$2,359 3$4,284
9-Apr-2217$4,429 1418411$1,690 6$2,739
2-Apr-2213$1,755 88410$1,145 3$610
26-Mar-2211$3,205 8656$200 5$3,005
19-Mar-2213$2,239.17 910613$2,239.17 00
12-Mar-2218$12,016 1123915$11,965 2$51.35
5-Mar-2217$6,786 1313713$5,161 4$1,625
26-Feb-2212$5,095 81499$4,437.50 3$658
19-Feb-2217$22,229 1717414$21,354 3$875
12-Feb-2212$2,344.70 10738$641.70 4$1,703
5-Feb-2211$2,503 89911$2,503 00
29-Jan-2211$3,872 1210112$3,872 00
22-Jan-2213$5,143.50 109912$4,842.50 1$301
15-Jan-2212$7,605 91559$6,480 3$1,025
8-Jan-2213$8,256.20 1110213$8,256.20 00
1-Jan-229$1,273.80 6509$1,273.80 00
25-Dec-2121$4,734.75 1117616$3,410 5$1,324.75
18-Dec-2126$7,325.20 1519318$3,640.20 8$3,685.20
11-Dec-2116$5,017 1010913$1,417 3$3,600
4-Dec-2114$2,310 8868$2,310 6$1,882.05
27-Nov-219$3.460.1101016$1,758 3$1,702.60
20-Nov-2120$22,792 1515712$18,864.50 8$3,928
13-Nov-2121$26,729 1217813$11,822 8$14,907
6-Nov-2112$8,303 1315710$6,682 3$1,621
30-Oct-2121$10,368 1521815$9,24.46$1,103.00
23-Oct-2121$18.783.11522211$12,314 10$6,468.60
16-Oct-2115$3,868 1111815$2,293 2$1,575
9-Oct-2120$8,610 1617516$7,795 4$815
2-Oct-2114$6,250 1113710$5,200 4$1,050
25-Sep-2111$11,460 9937$10,200 4$1,250
18-Sep-2111$16,603 8998$15,084 3$1,519
11-Sep-2117$10,653 1110313$8,503 4$2,150
4-Sep-2113$7,222 108911$6,715 2$507
28-Aug-2112$763 96311$663 1$100
21-Aug-2112$29,659 77911$29,579 1$80
14-Aug-2122$17,845 1119912$12,805 10$5,04
7-Aug-2117$13,670 1213915$11,766 2$1,904
31-Jul-2121$8,160 1113410$3,574 10$4,586
July 24,202121$6,367 1113915$3,712 6$2,655
17-Jul-2114$4,009 1112412$2,015 2$1,994
10-Jul-2116$3,997 1314311$1,597 4$2,4
3-Jul-2124$7,492 139416$3,769 8$3,722
26-Jun-2110$4,995 7858$3,847 2$1,148
19-Jun-2128$16,830 82289$1,861 19$14,968
12-Jun-2126$27,238 1520919$25,602 7$1,636
5-Jun-2115$15,539 1310013$14,709 2$600
29-May-2135$20,279 1114528$18,647$1,639
22-May-2124$53,208 1417417$51,047 7$2,161
15-May-2118$10,620 1322011$5,870 7$4,809
8-May-2117$10,400 1115615$8,386 2$2,500
1-May-2121$7,200 1611512$3,808 9$3,392
24-Apr-218$20,200 9318$20,200 00
17-Apr-2114$6,270 810211$40,180 3$2,260
10-Apr-2115$8,940 1312914$7,990 1$950
3-Apr-2118$19,513 1015112$16,923 6$2,590
27-Mar-2127$13,942 1524414$4,300 13$9,633.50
20-Mar-2111$2,046 41023$270 8$1,776
13-Mar-2115$3,270 91096$538 9$2,732
6-Mar-2124$13,617 1019613$10,395 11$3,222
27-Feb-2119$8,105 1213915$4,970 4$3,135
20-Feb-219$8,820 91538$8,520 1$300
13-Feb-2112$4,852.60 78172,7665$2,086.60
6-Feb-2118$9,752 1315314$5,222 4$4,530
30-Jan-2118$9,449 918215$8,753.80 3$695.30
23-Jan-2114$8,150 81186$4,000 8$4,150
16-Jan-2117$6,783 1313811$2,400 6$4,382.90
9-Jan-2122$6,829 1413518$3,139.30 4$3,690
2-Jan-217$1,466 7607$1,466 00
26-Dec-2018$15,900 1216316$5,300 1$600
19-Dec-2018$9,769 1411014$8,426 4$1,343
12-Dec-2010$7,200 91009$3,325 1$3,830
5-Dec-2015$4,261 91229$2,780 6$1,481
28-Nov-2019$7,758 1011013$4,003 6$3,755
14-Nov-2014$864.10 1415712$289.10 2$575
7-Nov-2013$6,332 91299$2,483.50 4$3,849
31-Oct-2010$3,995.80 81036$3,231.10 4$754.70
24-Oct-206$18,100 6585$17,709 1$350
17-Oct-208$351.90 5558$351.90 00
10-Oct-207$5,229 3504$735 3$4,494
3-Oct-2014$21,428 91739$17,535 5$3,893
26-Sep-2010$12,770 8935$10,300 5$2,470
19-Sep-2014$8,365 91016$1,020 8$7,345
12-Sep-206$4,406 8593$1,270 3$3,136
5-Sep-2011$5,191 81179$4,061 2$1,130
29-Aug-2011$2,531 9945$1,130 6$1,401
22-Aug-2018$6,574 121407$1,930 11$4,644
15-Aug-2013$4,991 10977$1,216 6$3,775
8-Aug-2012$32,092 111129$30,457 3$1,635
1-Aug-207$5,287 8765$3,687 2$1,600
25-Jul-209$18,751 6677$18,403 2$348
18-Jul-206$1,982.50 5504$1,407.50 2$575
11-Jul-2011$565.10 127510$65.10 1$500
4-Jul-2010$8,889 8989$8,788 1$100.30
27-Jun-208$6,874 10505$4,972.50 3$2,081.50
20-Jun-2012$4,444 91157$2,829 5$1,615
13-Jun-206$3,582 4372$350 4$3,232
6-Jun-2011$3,213.70 8657$470 4$2,743.70
30-May-208$7,335 7486$4,639 2$2,697
23-May-204$432.40 4343$432.40 10
16-May-206$310 6345$310 10
9-May-2018$5,630 1612414$3,180 4$2,450
2-May-201510,40010908$1,900 7$,8,500
25-Apr-208$3,400 9365$1,000 3$2,450
18-Apr-2019$9,500 14928$185.70 11$9,360
11-Apr-2012$6,000 9405$190 7$5,800
4-Apr-2014$8,200 116810$2,200 4$6,000
28-Mar-2016$6,500 139610$3,700 6$2,800
21-Mar-2011$11,910 7337$2,250 4$9,960
14-Mar-207809.86346684.81125
7-Mar-2016$2,500 157013$669 3$1,400
29-Feb-2013$15,260 1312811$11,760 2$3,500
22-Feb-2012$3,700 109210$2,560 2$1,130
15-Feb-2016$1,250 108412$35 4$1,222
8-Feb-2018$6,080 1412314$2,595 4$3,485
1-Feb-2021$20,900 1210114$17,860 7$3,060
25-Jan-2013$7,430 136212$6,430 1$1,000
18-Jan-2023$9,580 1512019$6,580 4$3,000
11-Jan-2021$14,200 1819916$1,020 5$13,200
4-Jan-2022$6,400 1111916$3,204 6$3,245
28-Dec-1922$7,150 1917518$6,800 4$327.40
14-Dec-1924$36,300 2316719$9,500 5$26,800
7-Dec-1911$10,400 11557$1,082 4$9,370
November 30. 201914$2,450 1212612$1,760 2$692.50
23-Nov-1916$1,995 104111$615 5$1,380
16-Nov-1915$3,820 1313511$2,500 4$1,271
9-Nov-1925$12,900 1718223$12,200 2$575
2-Nov-1910$2,470 126192,4503$22
26-Oct-1912$5,560 147011$3,860 1$1,700
19-Oct-198$6,600 81388$6,600 00
12-Oct-1919$4,300 145516$3,800 3$500
5-Oct-1918$14,500 1916615$11,100 3$3,400
28-Sep-1919$8,100 1813218$7,560 1$550
21-Sep-1914$6,300 166611$2,160 3$4,170
14-Sep-1915$23,800 125611$21,250 4$2,570
7-Sep-1917$3,500 159814$1,900 3$1,600
31-Aug-195$8,700 6505$8,700 00
24-Aug-1916$10,000 148215$4,250 1$5,750
16-Aug-1910$1,680 5527$650 3$950
9-Aug-1917$17,700 156814$3,900 3$13,800
2-Aug-1913$5,760 1210813$5,760 NANA
27-Jul-1911$7,300 13768$6,570 3$730
20-Jul-1913$11,800 1312511$5,300 2$6,500
13-Jul-1910$775 7468$542.50 2$233
6-Jul-197$2,500 9857$2,500 00
29-Jun-1923$8,290 1515417$2,300 6$5,970
22-Jun-1917$10,700 1013914$7,700 3$3,000
15-Jun-1911$13,500 1416011$13,500 NANA
8-Jun-1913$2,870 175511$1,570 2$1,300
1-Jun-1910$4,460 11608$4,140 2$315
25-May-1917$4,360 147914$3,700 3$612
18-May-1922$9,000 1715016$3,400 6$5,600
11-May-1918$19,800 1717715$18,300 3$1,500
4-May-1910$7,075 6328$6,900 2$175
27-Apr-1915$3,200 1411714$3,160 1$40
20-Apr-1913$13,500 10909$12,200 4$1,300
13-Apr-1916$38,900 149114$37,800 2$1,100
6-Apr-1912$6,870 119410$6,730 2$50
30-Mar-1915$6,470 128410$7,91.55$5,677
23-Mar-1918$6,450 149114$5,042 4$1,408
16-Mar-1914$10,180 1211511$8,800 3$1,300
9-Mar-199$1,800 6498$1,300 1$500
2-Mar-1920$3,033 1610714$1,817 6$1,262
23-Feb-1912$2,040 8699$614.60 3$1,430
16-Feb-1916$9,970 187716$9,970 00
9-Feb-1914$6,400 1011014$6,400 00
2-Feb-1918$6,740 159916$5,720 2$950
26-Jan-1913$2,770 116711$918.95 2$1,850
19-Jan-1915$3,819 167612$2,594 3$1,225
12-Jan-1918$7,283 149215$1,683 3$5,600
5-Jan-1910$529 125010$529 00
22-Dec-1817$2,570 138714$941 3$1,629
15-Dec-1810$2,860 8268$264 2$2,600
8-Dec-1815$1,819 166512$552 3$1,267
1-Dec-1812$7,500 10909$1,200 3$6,200
28-Nov-1815$4,500 1110714$4,000 1$500
19-Nov-1818$6,137 139813$2,142 5$3,995
14-Nov-1818$9,200 1315215$8,500 3$694
6-Nov-1816$17,300 1618314$16,361 2$950
29-Oct-1814$14,400 1812717$13,800 1$600
24-Oct-1813$6,140 1312611$5,122 2$1,018
17-Oct-1818$18,390 1512514$12,292 4$6,098
10-Oct-1829$3,149 1810420$1,647 9$819
2-Oct-1818$9,300 116714$7,300 4$2,000
25-Sep-1813$7,000 117510$6,000 3$995
18-Sep-189$3,570 7449$3,570 00
11-Sep-1813$5,900 1013213$5,900 00
7-Sep-1814$5,000 158611$4,000 3$1,000
29-Aug-1815$20,700 147913$4,700 2$16,000
20-Aug-1810$12,400 11538$11,380 3$1,057
14-Aug-1812$19,900 121329$18,889 3$1,011
7-Aug-1816$68,600 1110613$67,259 3$1,340
31-Jul-1815$15,100 159511$13,060 4$2,060
23-Jul-1813$2,130 156010$1,804 3$1,100
17-Jul-1814$5,370 17989$4,310 5$1,100
9-Jul-1816$11,200 157410$11,080 6$862
3-Jul-1813$7,000 78112$6,330 1$750
25-Jun-1815$8,800 13979$4,970 6$3,930
18-Jun-1813$14,200 14807$221 6$14,290
11-Jun-1812$6,300 8968$5,910 4$803
6-Jun-1813$14,500 10888$14,154 5$579
31-May-1811$4,890 10638$3,240 3$1,790
22-May-1815$20,400 11639$19,808 6$885
15-May-1815$4,700 1510610$3,900 5$643
9-May-1811$1,400 13889$1,300 2$560
1-May-188$14,250 7887$13,400 1$450
24-Apr-1812$5,300 66111$4,470 1$800
17-Apr-189$1,800 10447$2,330 2$1,434
11-Apr-1811$2,500 8326$1,690 5$809
3-Apr-1815$13,400 111219$12,020 6$1,090
28-Mar-1810$4,000 10927$3,870 3$215
19-Mar-1817$5,800 135110$590 7$5,165
12-Mar-1815$3,130 114311$2,360 4$788
6-Mar-1819$5,400 1311610$1,530 9$4,860
27-Feb-1820$6,600 136914$5,530 6$1,030
19-Feb-1815$5,500 1411110$3,990 6$1,980
12-Feb-1823$10,900 1715712$7,110 11$3,840
5-Feb-1816$8,600 131007$1,330 9$7,800
30-Jan-1811$12,600 11685$7,300 6$4,982
24-Jan-1819$9,400 151295$2,010 14$7,337
18-Jan-1810$6,280 8492$2,100 8$4,188
9-Jan-1812$16,500 12929$15,890 3$475
3-Jan-1810$2,500 9478$2,350 2$150
27-Dec-1715$9,000 151139$7,568 6$1,784
18-Dec-1715$13,800 161649$13,010 7$1,118
11-Dec-1714$9,700 1012612$2,940 4$8,500
4-Dec-176$1,800 6315$1,510 1$300
28-Nov-177$3,850 8764$3,260 3$285
16-Nov-1710$2,700 10486$1,840 4$856
8-Nov-1715$2,380 179110$1,860 5$516
1-Nov-1712$4,700 17949$3,400 4$1,300
23-Oct-1715$10,500 106710$9,780 4$1,530
18-Oct-176$2,000 373$225 3$1,820
10-Oct-1712$6,570 1009$3,880 3$3,360
2-Oct-178$3,100 11193$1,630 5$1,750
25-Sep-178$4,880 8795$2,660 5$2,070
18-Sep-179$4,770 3$300 6$4,470
12-Sep-1711$4,430 8$2,030 3$2,400
1-Sep-174$1,310 3$317 1$1,000
23-Aug-1711$13,640 98$11,840 3$1,800

M&A/Funding

ArcLight Acquires Phillips 66’s DCP GCX Pipeline for $865M

Deal Description: ArcLight Capital Partners, the Boston-based infrastructure investor, announced on Dec. 16 that it has agreed to acquire Phillips 66 affiliate DCP GCX and its 25 percent interest in the Gulf Coast Express pipeline for $865 million. The acquisition gives ArcLight a 66 percent stake and controlling interest in GCX. Kinder Morgan owns the remaining 34 percent. In 2022, ArcLight paid Targa Resources $857 million for a 25 percent interest in GCX. And in June, the company acquired another 16 percent from Kinetik Energy for $540 million.

ArcLight Capital Partners Outside Legal Counsel: Latham & Watkins represented ArcLight in the deal led by the M&A team, which included Justin T. Stolte (Houston/New York), Thomas Verity (Houston), John Daywalt (Houston), Haley Sandoval (Houston) and Catherine Sims (Houston). The firm’s finance team also contributed to the deal and was led by Warren Lilien (New York), Annelise Karreman (New York), and David Moore (Houston). Additionally, Jordan Armstrong (Houston), Dylan Carroll (Houston), Julia Gabriel (Chicago), Chandler Johnson (Houston), Katharine Moir (Silicon Valley), James Robertson (Houston) and Sam Yang (New York) gave further advice to the firm.

Ørsted sells stake in Texas, Arizona solar projects for $572M

Deal Description: Denmark-based green energy provider Ørsted announced Dec. 18 its $572 million sale of a 50 percent stake in three solar projects in Texas and Arizona to Energy Capital Partners. The three projects include: the Mockingbird and Sparta solar projects in Texas (combined capacity of 718 megawatts) and the Eleven-Mile Solar Center, a 300 MW solar and 300MW/1,200 MWh battery storage facility in Arizona. Under the agreement Ørsted retains a 50 percent interest in the projects and will continue to operate the three projects over their lifespan. All three began operations this year and have tax equity partnerships and power purchase agreements in place. The pricing of the divestment combined with the tax equity funding brings total proceeds raised for the three projects to $1,306 million. Headquartered in Summit, NJ, green energy investors ECP had a pre-existing relationship with Ørsted through the purchase in 2022 of an equity interest in three wind farms and a solar project. Ørsted now has a portfolio of over 6 GW of onshore wind, solar, and battery storage projects in operation or under construction across the U.S. 

Ørsted Outside Legal Counsel: Sidley Austin with three different project teams. For Sparta/Eleven Mile — partner Andrea Wang Lucan (Los Angeles); senior managing associate Curtis Hart (Washington, D.C.); managing associate Divya Rao (Los Angeles) and associate Charlie Peskin (New York). For Mockingbird — Lucan, Hart with managing associate John David Thompson (New York) and associate Juan Camarena Paz (New York). On Tax Equity partner Christopher Hutchinson (Washington, D.C.); managing associate Marcela Varela (Houston); Rao, associate Annaliese Oliveira (Houston)

Matrix Renewables announces $376M financing round for Texas solar project

Deal Description: Matrix Renewables, a Madrid-based global renewable energy platform, announced a $376 million preferred equity and debt financing round for its Stillhouse Solar Project in Bell County. Several banks, including Japan’s MUFG Bank, the Netherlands’s ING Bank, Spain’s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and London’s HSBC, provided debt financing for the project. which it acquired in June 2023 from San Antonio’s Oci Solar Power. Construction for the facility, acquired in June 2023 from San Antonio’s Oci Solar Power is underway, with operations set to begin in Q3 of 2025. Once finished, the facility will provide electricity to over 45,000 homes, offset annual CO2 emissions of 185,000 metric tons and have a total operating capacity of 210 MWac. Matrix Renewables also obtained a 15-year power purchase agreement with Hyundai affiliates and plans to leverage Microsoft’s purchasing of environmental certificates for its project. Furthermore, the firm partnered with the Washington, D.C.-based Sustain Our Future Foundation and plans to donate roughly $3 million to support the community through the project’s financing.

Matrix Renewables Outside Counsel: Norton Rose Fulbright represented Matrix Renewables in the deal with a team spearheaded by Raquel Bierzwinsky (New York) and Hilary Lefko (Washington, DC). Additionally, the deal included Marian Baldwin Fuerst (New York), Bassam Chain (New York), Andrew Skroback (New York), Fiorella Ruiz del Campo (New York), Francis McCabe (Washington, DC), Tian Bai (Washington, DC), Bob Greenslade (Denver), Caileen Kateri Gamache (Houston), Stephan Kuntz (Houston), Robert Converse (Austin), Josh Rocha (Austin) and Nura Yanaki (Chicago).

Vultr Completes $333M equity financing round led by LuminArx, AMD

Deal Description: Vultr, an AI-driven cloud provider announced Dec. 18, its completion of a growth equity round that values the company at $3.5 billion. The round, reported by The Wall Street Journal as a $333 million raise, was led by alternatives investor LuminArx Capital Management and chipmakers AMD. Vultr plans to use the new equity investment to acquire new GPUs to support its global expansion and provide opportunities for new AI-native applications. Vultr, founded by David Aniwosky in 2014, currently has 32 cloud data center regions across six continents and describes itself as the world’s largest privately-held cloud infrastructure company.

Vultr Financial Advisor: Goldman Sachs

LuminArx Capital Management Outside Counsel: Sidley Austin represented LuminArx in the deal led by a team that included private equity partner Tim Chandler (Houston) and partner elect in the energy and infrastructure space Samantha C. Seley (Houston). Additionally, a pair of M&A associates contributed to the deal in Rebekah J. Maloney(Dallas) and Ashley S. Rogers (Dallas), as well as an energy and infrastructure associate in Caroline Speck (Houston).

Note: In September, Vultr announced that it was adding AMD’s Instinct MI300X GPUs to its AI cloud.

Talos settles with Carlos Slim in $82.7 million deal for Zama production

Deal Description: Talos Energy Inc. announced Dec. 16 that it has entered into an agreement under which Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim agreed, in essence, that during the next year he will negotiate with the company directly before acquiring any new shares in Houston-headquartered Talos beyond the 24 percent he already owns through his Control Empresarial. But under a concurrent and separate agreement, according to an 8-K filed by the Talos, the company also agreed to sell to a Slim-owned what would be controlling interest in the Zama field, an offshore exploration in the Gulf of Mexico deemed of strategic importance to both the Mexican federal government and state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos. In particular, Talos has agreed to sell a 30.1 percent interest in Talos Energy Mexico 7, S. de R.L. de C.V. for $82.7 million a company that owns 50.1 percent of the project to Zamajal S.A. DE C.V., a venture controlled by two companies owned by Slim. The agreement requires a $49.7 million cash payment at closing, with an additional $33 million to be allocated from first commercial production from the Zama field.

Control Empresarial Outside Legal Counsel: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton with Jorge Juantorena and Kyle Harris

Talos Outside Legal Counsel: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld led by Houston partner John Goodgame along with partners Jason Koenig and John Clayton

APG Asset Management consortium acquires Pattern Energy 

Deal Description: Pattern Energy Group, a solar provider backed by Riverstone Holdings, announced Dec. 16 that it has been acquired by a consortium of pension funds. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The consortium, known as APG Asset Management N.V., includes the Dutch Pension fund ABP and the Australian Retirement Trust. The consortium will join Pattern’s managers as owners. Pattern plans to use the new funding to advance its development pipeline of 25 gigawatts of renewable energy and transmission projects and to support operation of its North American facilities and its in-construction portfolio of nearly 10,000 megawatts. Those projects completion of the SunZia Wind and Transmission project, which, according to Pattern, is potentially one of the nation’s most significant renewable energy infrastructure projects.

Exclusive Financial Advisor: Evercore Group

Consortium Outside Counsel: Sidley Austin represented the consortium on the deal led by New York-based private equity and M&A partners Brien Wassner and Christopher Barbuto.

Riverstone’s Outside Counsel: Vinson & Elkins represented Riverstone in the deal with a team that included Dan Komarek (New York), Danielle Patterson (Houston), and Tara Tegeleci (New York), with assistance from Alexander Baker (Dallas) and Layla Wehbe (New York).

Fengate Acquires 50 Percent Interest Stake in Freeport Power Limited

Deal Description: Fengate Asset Management, a Toronto-based alternative investment manager focusing primarily on infrastructure, private equity and real estate-focused deals, announced on Dec. 16 that it has acquired a 50 percent interest stake in Freeport Power Limited, which owns a 440-megawatt cogeneration facility in Texas that provides power and steam to Dow’s Freeport site. Additionally, FPL is near another facility that Fengate manages, the Freeport Energy Center. The firm acquired the interest in FPL in conjunction with its 2022-announced partnership with Ironclad Energy, which has the two firms strategically focused on developing and operating United States and Canadian-focused energy and power projects, with this being the second deal to come out of the partnership after the two firms worked with one another in late 2023 to acquire the Chicago-based Morris Cogeneration facility. The firm will manage this new deal through its Infrastructure Fund IV and incorporate an investment from the LiUNA Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada.

Fengate Asset Management Outside Legal Counsel: Baker Botts represented Fengate in the deal with global project partners Rebecca Seidl Inglesby (Houston) and Ryan Norfolk (Washington, D.C.) contributing to it alongside global projects associates Gabbi Feldman (Houston) and Regan Vicknair (Houston). Additionally, tax partners Jon Lobb(Houston) and Matthew Larsen (Dallas) worked alongside senior associate Katie McEvilly (Houston). Furthermore, Houston-based corporate partner Caitlin Lawrence (Houston) worked alongside a team of corporate associates in Grace Matthews (Austin), Michael Donnellan (Houston) and Adrienne Murr (Houston). Finally, environmentally-focused Houston-based special counsel Elizabeth Singleton (Houston) also contributed to the deal.

Graycliff exits Landmark Structures in deal with Cerberus Capital

Deal Description: Graycliff Partners announced Dec. 20 the sale of Landmark Structures, a company that specializes in the construction of elevated water storage tanks, to Cerberus Capital Management. Graycliff acquired Fort Worth-based Landmark in 2022. Under their partnership with Graycliff acquired a specialized tank and coatings business, allowing the company to expand its products and services outside of tank and vessel construction. Both Graycliff and Cerberus are headquartered in New York. Terms of their transaction were undisclosed.

Financial Advisors: Houlihan & Lokey

Graycliff Outside Legal Advisors: Weil, led from Dallas by partner David Gail with antitrust partner Jeffrey Perry in Washington, D.C.

Note: Gail also advised Graycliff in its 2022 acquisition of Landmark Structures.

Capital Markets/Credit

Kodiak announces an underwritten offering of 5.5M shares totaling $232.9M

Deal Description: Kodiak Gas Company, a Woodlands-based contract compression services provider , announced on Dec. 13, the pricing of its underwritten secondary offering of 5.5 million shares of common stock through affiliates EQT Infrastructure III and EQT Infrastructure IV, at $232.9 million. Kodiak does not intend to sell shares of its common stock through the offering and, in turn, will not receive any proceeds from the sale by the stockholders. The move comes after the firm worked alongside Kirkland & Ellis to price 5.7 million shares in a secondary offering at $226.5 million in November.

Underwriters: Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan

Kodiak Gas Services Outside Legal Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis represented Kodiak in this deal, led by an all-Texas-based team that included capital markets lawyers Matt Pacey (Houston), Jennifer Wu (Austin), Atma Kabad (Houston), Sara Lampert (Houston), Taylor Santori (Dallas), Lauren Bingham (Dallas), Andrew Monioudis (Austin), and Kyle Sledge (Dallas).

Outside Counsel for Underwriters: Latham & Watkins with a corporate team led by Houston partners Nick Dhesi and Ryan Maierson, with associates Paul Robe, Sydney Verner, and Mary Kline. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Houston partner Bryant Lee, with associate Molly Elkins; and on environmental matters by Los Angeles/Houston partner Josh Marnitz, with associate Nolan Fargo.

SWEPCO issues storm recover bonds for $336.7M

Deal Description: Southwestern Electric Power Company closed on Dec. 18 its issue of $336.7 million in senior secured recovery bonds. The bonds were issued to help recover the cost of losses due to Hurricanes Laura and Delta, in addition to winter storm Uri and the funding of a storm recovery account.

SWEPCO Outside Legal Counsel: Sidley Austin led by Houston partners Robert Stephens and George Vlahakos with senior managing associate Mario Samos and associate Evan Grosch

Superior Energy to complete transition to private company with reverse stock split

Deal Description: Superior Energy Services, an oilfield products and services company, announced Dec. 17, that it is proceeding with plans to reduce the number of company shareholders through a reverse stock-split that will eliminate its duty to report to the SEC. Under terms of the plan, shareholders with less than 700 shares will receive a cash buyout of $80 per share. Following the buyout, shareholders still holding more than 700 shares will have their original shares through a forward stock split, allowing them to keep their previously held number of shares. The maneuver, once completed, is expected to reduce the number of shareholders to under 300, the threshold for reporting required by the SEC. The Houston-based company has not actively traded since emerging from bankruptcy in February 2021, and no longer sees a benefit in reporting publicly. For the first nine months of 2024, ending September 30, the company reported a 10 percent decline in total revenues year-over-year from $675 million in 2023 to $607 million.

Financial Advisor to Superior Energy Services: Houlihan Lokey

Houlihan Lokey Outside Counsel: Gibson Dunn represents Houlihan Lokey in the transaction led by a team of corporate lawyers, including partner Hillary Holmes (Houston/Dallas) and counsel Justine Robinson (Houston).

Late Arrivals and other matters …

O’Melvey unveiled its recent representation of BofA Securities in the $1.1 billion special facility revenue bonds issued by the City of Houston for the benefit of United Airlines. The funds are to help provide a $2.5 billion redevelopment of Terminal B and C and George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Fitch Ratings has listed the bonds at a BB- rating with a Recovery Rating of RR4. The bonds are to be paid from rentals by United Airlines, whose credit metrics, Fitch notes, are imporving “due to debt prepayment, positive results from strategic initiatives, lower fuel prices, and a healthy operating environment.” Houston is United’s fourth-largest domestic hub in the U.S., accounting for more than 20 percent of Houston’s passenger “emplacements.” The O’Melveny team was led from Los Angeles by partners Liz Dubeck and Eric Richards. No Texas lawyers noted by O’Melveny.

Winston & Strawn announced that it advised Houston-based DNOW on the completion Nov. 18 of its acquisition of Trojan Rentals, a provider of water pump rentals for a variety of industrial uses. The deal was led by Houston partners Eric Johnson and Louis Savage.

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