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CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 13 Firms, 280 Lawyers, $16.4B

December 19, 2023 Claire Poole

In the biggest deal of the week, Occidental Petroleum, more commonly known as Oxy, announced the purchase of Permian private operator CrownRock for $12 billion. With this transaction, Oxy joins the recent wave of M&A in the oil and gas sector by dipping its toe back into the acquisition waters for the first time since buying Anadarko Petroleum in 2018 for $57 billion.

The purchase appears to be accretive to both free cash flow and top-tier drilling inventory, which makes a difference over time, so writes Ryan Todd, an analyst with Piper Sandler in New York (who cut his teeth in the oil business as a project engineer at ExxonMobil).

But the price appears rich — about 5 to 5.4 times projected 2024 EBITDA, according to Todd, and $200 million higher than a report by the Wall Street Journal, which broke the news. And the impact, while more modest, is not unlike that post-Anadarko: significantly higher leverage, with an increased reliance on future asset sales and material shareholder returns like buybacks likely on hold for the next couple of years.

“While we generally approve of high quality resource acquisitions, particularly for peer-leading operators such as OXY, the increased risk profile makes the rationale for the deal less compelling,” Todd says, keeping his stance on the stock as neutral.

There is also growing regulatory concern. On Dec. 5, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sent shale oil producer Pioneer Natural Resources and Exxon Mobil a second request for more information on their $60 billion deal. Pioneer said in a regulatory filing that the companies are working with the FTC and continue to expect that the deal will close in the first half of 2024.

Political backlash had been already brewing. In November, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and 22 other Democratic senators wrote to the FTC saying multibillion-dollar acquisitions by major oil and gas companies Exxon and Chevron could lead to higher prices for consumers. “The [Exxon-Pioneer] merger has all the hallmarks of harmful, anticompetitive effects,” Schumer said.

The Permian Basin has been the focus of more than two dozen deals so far in 2023 representing a record $100 billion-plus in value, according to Axios. That doesn’t even include other shale-focused deals like $60 billion ExxonMobil-Pioneer merger or Chevron paying $7.6 billion for PDC Energy.

More may be coming. Reuters reported Dec. 8 that the largest privately held producer in the Permian, Midland-based Endeavor Energy Partners, may come up for sale next year for as much as $30 billion, with its 85-year-old founder Autry Stephens hiring JPMorgan Chase to advise it (Vinson & Elkins typically advises Endeavor on deals). And EQT Corp. hired an investment bank to advise it on a potential sale of non-operated interests in the Marcellus Shale that could be worth more than $3 billion, the news agency reported Dec. 13.

“Permian Basin may not host another $100 billion of deals next year, but there’s plenty more shale M&A to come,” Axios wrote.

The week ending Dec. 16 saw 13 deals valued at $16.4 billion, which included a pair of billion-dollar acquisitions among seven M&A transactions for more than $15 billion. It compares favorably by value with 26 deals for $14.6 billion reported the week prior and even more so with the same week last year that saw 14 deals valued at $7.9 billion.

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
05-Jul-20259$15,7788914$7,2805$8,498
28-Jun-202513$7,77781547$2,0316$5,746
21-Jun-202516$5,9841011311$3,0875$2,897
14-Jun-20259$4788133603$478
07-Jun-202516$26,2101119611$24,7445$1,466
31-May-202519$23,3811116612$18,6657$4,717
24-May-202515$24,0331112113$23,6242$409
17-May-202516$21,7601214511$18,6155$3,145
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/FUNDINGS

Occidental acquires CrownRock for $12B

Deal Description: Continuing oil and gas consolidation in the Permian Basin, Houston-based Occidental Petroleum announced Dec. 11 that it is acquiring Midland’s CrownRock, a joint venture of CrownQuest Operating and Lime Rock Partners, for stock and cash in a transaction valued at $12 billion. Vinson & Elkins advised CrownRock while Latham & Watkins assisted Occidental. For more on the story, click here. 

TGNR acquires RockCliff Energy II for $2.7B

Deal Description: On Dec. 15, East Texas upstreamer Rockcliff Energy II, a natural gas producer in the Haynesville Shale Play, announced its acquisition by TG Natural Resources for $2.7 billion. TGNR is a company jointly owned by Castleton Commodities and Tokyo Gas America. The move further consolidates the production of natural gas in anticipation of a major uptick in the export of liquefied natural gas from the cluster of LNG terminals on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Southern Louisiana. Vinson & Elkins advised Rockcliff and Kirkland & Ellis was outside counsel for TGNR. For more on that transaction, view our daily coverage here.

Fury Resources buys Battalion Oil for $450M

Deal Description: Houston-based Battalion Oil Corp. announced Dec. 15 that it entered into an agreement and plan of merger with privately held Fury Resources Inc. for $9.80 per share in cash, which represents a transaction value of $450 million. The preferred stock of the company held by Luminus Management and funds and accounts managed by Oaktree Capital Management or their respective affiliates will be contributed to Fury in exchange for new preferred shares of Fury or sold to Fury for cash. Fury has received debt commitments from Fortress Credit Corp. and AI Partners Asset Management Co. Ltd to finance a portion of the merger consideration under the agreement.

Expected Closing: Q1 2024 if the deal clears Battalion’s stockholders

Battalion’s Financial Advisor: Houlihan Lokey Capital Inc.

Houlihan’s Outside Counsel: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher including partner Hillary Holmes and associate Ashley Whittington

Battalion’s Outside Counsel: Mayer Brown led by partners Jeff Dobbs (Houston), Ryan Ferris (Chicago) and William Heller (Houston) and associate Alexander Dussault (New York)

Fury’s Financial Advisor: Jefferies

Fury’s Outside Counsel: K&L Gates

Mitsui divests interests in Moex to Shell

Deal Description: Mitsui & Co. Ltd. announced Dec. 14 it decided to divest all of its interests owned through its subsidiary Moex North America, which holds 20 percent of the interest in the Kaikias field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, to Shell Offshore Inc., a unit of Shell plc, the operator of the field. Terms weren’t disclosed. Mitsui said it also decided that Moex NA will be dissolved and liquidated. Moex NA acquired the interest in 2016 and has been continuing production activities together with Shell since May 2018. The divestment is to be carried out as part of Mitsui’s strategy to reconfigure its portfolio to achieve stable energy supply and climate change response. Mitsui will record a profit through the transaction, which has been reflected in Mitsui’s forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2024 announced on Oct. 3.

Mitsui’s Outside Counsel: Willkie Farr & Gallagher led by Houston partners Brad Honeycutt and Tan Lu. The team included senior counsel Michael Niebruegge, partners Jennifer Hardy, Robert Jacobson, Andrew English and Jordan Wall, counsel Jason Nasra and Jonathan Konoff and associates Sidney Nunez, Hayden Kursh, Rishika Nallapareddy, Colby Gardner and Jacob Bell.

EQT buys majority of Heritage Environmental Services

Deal Description: The Heritage Group and the EQT Infrastructure VI fund announced Dec. 11 that they reached an agreement in which EQT Infrastructure will assume a majority position of Heritage Environmental Services. Terms weren’t disclosed. The Heritage Group will continue to remain a shareholder. In 1970 Heritage Environmental started as a small family-owned operation in Columbus, Ind., and became an integrated environmental services company with 1,600 employees nationally. The company provides emergency response, waste disposal and sustainability services to thousands of customers in hundreds of industries and verticals. HES will contine to be led by its existing management. Sweden-based EQT has $253 billion in assets under management.

Expected Closing: Q1 2024

Heritage’s Financial Advisor: Truist Securities

Heritage’s Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis led by corporate partners Adam Garmezy, Walt Holzer and Sarkis Jebejian; tax partners Dean Shulman and Damien Rose; and environmental transactions partners Jonathan Kidwell and Ty’Meka Reeves-Sobers.

EQT’s Financial Advisor: Nomura Securities

EQT’s Outside Counsel: Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett with a team led by Michael Holick and Mark Myott

Exolum acquires half of Vopak Moda Houston from EnCap Flatrock’s Moda

Deal Description: Exolum, a provider of liquid product storage and logistics, announced Dec. 13 it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire half of Vopak Moda Houston, an ammonia storage, import and export terminal on the Houston Ship Channel, from Moda Midstream. Terms were not disclosed. Vopak Moda Houston is a joint venture half owned by Moda, which has backing from EnCap Flatrock Midstream, with the other half owned by Vopak Terminals North America. The investment will be a platform for Exolum’s development in the U.S. VMH is the only existing waterborne ammonia terminal on the Houston Ship Channel with a Very Large Gas Carrier-capable deepwater berth. It is connected via pipeline to the Port of Houston’s petrochemical complex, the largest petrochemical hub in the U.S. and the second largest in the world. In October, VMH announced plans to build a new large-scale, low-carbon ammonia export facility in collaboration with Inpex Corp. in Tokyo, Air Liquide Group in Paris and LSB Industries Inc. in Oklahoma City.  

Exolum’s Financial Advisor: Greenhill & Co.

Exolum’s Outside Counsel: HaynesBoone led by partner George Y. Gonzalez with assistance from partner Valisa Berber-Thayer and associates Hayley Hervieux and Khalil Bryant. Other key team members include Jennifer Wisinski and Bilal Sheriff (antitrust), Phil Lookadoo (energy regulatory), Elizabeth Breazeale (real estate), John Eldridge (environmental/litigation), Raquel Alvarenga and Sean Lewis (labor and employment), Brian Giovannini and Courtney Benedict (employee benefits), David Taubenfeld (insurance) and Odean Volker (litigation).

Moda’s Financial Advisor: Intrepid Partners

Moda’s Outside Counsel: Vinson & Elkins with a team led by partner Matt Falcone with assistance from senior associate Jordan Fossee and associates Sebastian Devora and Brad Oster. Other team members include partner Sarah Mitchell (insurance); counsel Rajesh Patel and associate Alexa Chally (technology transactions/IP); senior associate Alex Turner and associate Tushar Parashar (corporate); partner Ryan Carney, counsel Peter Rogers and associate Katie Dillard (tax); partner Matt Dobbins and associate Simon Willis (environmental); partners Kara Kuritz, Rick Sofield and Hill Wellford, senior associate Ryan Will and associates Adam Thomas and Annabelle Castleman (litigation); partner Courtney Hammond (real estate); partner Sean Becker (employment/labor); partner Shane Tucker (executive compensation/benefits); and associates Destiny Alliniece and Brian Park (energy transactions/projects).

EnCap Flatrock’s Outside Counsel: Shearman & Sterling led by Sarah McLean

Locke Lord represents Pelican, investors led by Greenbacker on two deals

Deal Description: Locke Lord said Dec. 15 it represented two buyers on deals, each for undisclosed sums. A team represented Pelican Energy Partners Base Zero on its acquisition of the assets of Springs ATG, a Colorado-based company that specializes in biohazard and chemical containment systems, gloveboxes and pharmaceutical isolators. The seller was Machine Build Technologies. The transaction was announced Nov. 21. Pelican is a Houston private equity fund that invests in oilfield and nuclear energy services and manufacturing companies. Another group represented a consortium of investors in the solar energy industry, including an affiliate of Greenbacker Capital Management, Sunstone Credit, IGS Ventures and others, with its secured lender, Cross River Bank, in the acquisition of Sunlight Financial Holdings. Sunlight partners with contractors nationwide to provide homeowners with financing for the installation of residential solar systems and other home improvements. As of its Dec. 6 closing, Sunlight completed its Chapter 11 restructuring process and the consortium and CRB now own shares of capital stock representing 100 percent of the company.

On Pelican/Springs deal: The LL team was led by Jennie Simmons and Shumaila Dhuka in Houston. Niha Ali, Eric Larson, Tammi Niven and Shannon Schroeder in Houston and Geoff Polma in Dallas provided additional assistance.

Machine Build Technologies’ Outside Counsel: Dvorak Law Group

On Greenbacker/Sunlight deal: The LL team was led by Mike Malfettone in New York, Aaron Smith in Chicago and Bob Baute in Providence. Additional support was provided by Steven Bryant (Austin), Mike Serra (Providence), Sara Longtain, Buddy Sanders, Lani Blake, Brendan O’Leary, Jason McCloskey and Andrew Nelson (all of Houston), Julie Dziobak and Hanna Redd (both of Boston), Matt Furton (Chicago), Van Jolas and Geoff Polma (Dallas) and William Barnard, Ryan Last and Chelsey List (all of New York).

Sunlight’s Outside Chapter 11 Advisers: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Guggenheim Securities and Alvarez & Marsal North America

CAPITAL MARKETS/FINANCINGS

Permian Resources offers $500M in senior notes

Deal Description: Permian Resources Corp. announced Dec. 7 that its subsdiary Permian Resources Operating priced its previously announced private placement of $500 million senior notes due 2032. The notes mature on Jan. 15, 2032 and pay interest at 7 percent per year payable on January 15 and July 15 of each year. The first interest payment will be made on Jan. 15, 2024. The offering was expected to close on Dec. 13.

Issuer’s Counsel: Vinson & Elkins led by partners Doug McWilliams, Jackson O’Maley and David Stone with assistance from senior associate Alex Lewis and associates Delery Perret, John Frey, Patience Li, Farzin Khoshravan, Nate Richards and Chase Browndorf. Also advising were partner Wendy Salinas and associate Jeff Slusher (tax) and partner Dario Mendoza and associates Cassandra Zarate and Eric Hechler (executive compensation/benefits).

Initial Purchasers’ Outside Counsel: Latham & Watkins with a capital markets team led by Houston partner John Greer and Austin partner David Miller with associates Dan Harrist, Michael Pascual, Brent Wagner, Brian Bruzzo, Carol Bale and David Lee. Advice was also provided on tax by Houston partner Jim Cole with associate Dylan White and on environmental issues by Los Angeles/Houston partner Josh Marnitz with associate Nathaniel Glynn.

Clean Energy announces $400M in financing with Stonepeak

Deal Description: Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced Dec. 13 that it entered into a six-year, $300 million senior secured term loan with Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets. The credit agreement also provides for a two-year delayed draw term loan commitment of an additional $100 million. The term loan bears interest at 9.5 percent per year. During the first two years, Clean Energy may elect to pay up to 75 percent of the interest in kind. The term loan matures on Dec,. 12, 2029. In connection with this transaction, Clean Energy issued warrants to Stonepeak for the purchase of 10 million shares of common stock with an exercise price of $5.50 per share and 10 million shares of common stock with an exercise price of $6.50 per share. The warrants expire on June 15, 2032 and are exercisable at any time after December 12, 2025. In addition to repaying existing loans, the financing will provide Clean Energy with capital for new renewable natural gas production facilities and the expansion of its fueling infrastructure targeting the heavy-duty truck market. The company provides RNG to hundreds of fleets every day in the form of compressed natural gas and liquified natural gas.

Stonepeak’s Outside Counsel: Vinson & Elkins with a team led by partners Cris Dewar, Benji Barron and Jackson O’Maley with assistance from associates Payton Hampton, John Frey, Maggie Sternberg and Jack Kimmel. Other team members include partners Wendy Salinas and Lina Dimachkieh and associate Tyler Underwood (tax); partner Alan Alexander, senior associate Michael Zarcaro and associates Hoo Ray, Joseph Balhoff and Rob Vezina (energy transactions/projects); partner Courtney Hammond and senior associate Mark Kramer (real estate); partner Jamie Tabb, counsels Brian Howard, Elizabeth McIntyre and Jeremy Reichman and associates Connor Wilson and Jimmy Hopper (litigation); partner Patricia Adams and associate Keira Kuntz (executive compensation/benefits); and partner Matt Dobbins and associate Kelly Rondinelli (environmental).

Apache Midstream brings in $235M for Kinetik stock sale

Deal Description: Bracewell said Dec. 15 it represented Apache Midstream, the selling stockholder, on the underwritten public offering of 7.475 million shares of Kinetik Holdings Inc.’s Class A common stock, which includes the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares. The shares were sold at a public offering price of $31.50 per share, for gross proceeds of $235 million. The offering launched and priced on Dec. 11 and closed on Dec. 14.

Book-Running Managers: J.P. Morgan, Barclays, RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities

From Bracewell: Partners Troy Harder and Will Anderson and associates Shannon Baldwin and Gabbie Hindera, all in Houston

Underwriters’ Outside Counsel: Latham & Watkins with a capital markets team led by Houston partner Ryan Maierson and associate Om Pandya with Austin associate Connor Adams and Houston associates Chris Fanick and Braydon Jones. Advice also was provided on tax matters by Houston partner Tim Fenn with Houston associates Christine Mainguy and Dominick Constantino and on environmental matters by Los Angeles/Houston partner Josh Marnitz.

Kinetik’s Outside Counsel: Vinson & Elkins with a corporate team led by partners Scott Rubinsky and Doug McWilliams and senior associate Alex Lewis with assistance from associates Autumn Simpson, Hope Kaady and Ashley Osborne. Also advising were partners Wendy Salinas, Lina Dimachkieh and Brian Russell and associates Adam Bateman and Jeff Slusher (tax).

Gulfport Energy prices $84.2M block trade by Silver Point, MacKay Shields

Deal Description: Gulfport Energy Corp. announced Dec. 11 the pricing of the previously announced underwritten block trade of 653,464 shares of its common stock by accounts managed and advised by Silver Point Capital and MacKay Shields, resulting in total gross proceeds of about $84.2 million. Gulfport won’t sell any shares of its common stock in the offering and won’t receive any proceeds from the sale. The offering was expected to close on Dec. 14. Gulfport is an independent natural gas-weighted exploration and production company focused on the exploration, acquisition and production of natural gas, crude oil and NGL in the U.S. with primary focus in the Appalachia and Anadarko basins.

Book-Running Manager: J.P. Morgan

Gulfport’s Outside Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis led by capital markets partners Michael Rigdon and Sean Wheeler and associates Robbie Dillard, Taylor Santori and Jack Aguillard with assistance from tax partners David Wheat and Rebecca Fine

Selling Stockholders’ Outside Counsel: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 

Underwriters’ Outside Counsel: Cravath, Swaine & Moore

SilverBow upsizes, prices $67M secondary stock offering

Deal Description: SilverBow Resources Inc. announced Dec. 13 the upsize and pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of its common stock by an affiliate of Strategic Value Partners. The size of the offering increased from the previously announced 1.7 million shares to 2.2 million shares held by the selling stockholder. The sum is estimated to be $67 million. The stockholder also granted to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 330,000 shares. The offering was expected to close by Dec. 14.

Managers: Citigroup and Mizuho

SilverBow’s Outside Counsel: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher led by partners Hillary Holmes and including associates Justine Robinson, Malakeh Hijazi and Mariana Lozano

Underwriters’ Outside Counsel: Shearman & Sterling with a team led by Emily Leitch and Bill Nelson

OTHER MATTERS

White & Case said Dec. 13 that it advised the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, acting through its Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, on the restructuring of the Atlantic LNG project in Trinidad and Tobago. Any dollar terms weren’t disclosed. The team was led by partners Christopher Richardson (Houston) and Clark Wohlferd (New York) and included associates Caroline McDonald, Richard McNulty and Jack Moxon (all in Houston) with specialist support from partners Michael Polkinghorne (Paris), Sven Volkmer (New York) and David Baker (London). The restructuring was announced on Dec. 5 after years of complex negotiations with sustained involvement by White & Case as a legal advisor to the energy ministry, building upon previously announced heads of agreement. The restructuring includes agreements executed by the parties, including the government’s licensing of and support for the project, the revised ownership structure, the corporate governance arrangements among the shareholders of the Atlantic LNG facility and various commercial contracts underpinning the purchase and supply of natural gas, the processing of gas into LNG and the sale of LNG and NGLs. The facility, owned by Shell Trinidad and Tobago Ltd., BP Trinidad and Tobago and the National Gas Co. of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. (NGC), is one of the largest LNG export facilities in the Western Hemisphere. The first built of Atlantic LNG’s four liquefaction trains suspended operations in late 2020. Chinese Investment Corp., which owned about 10 percent in Train One, exited the project last year. As part of the restructuring, NGC expanded its ownership by taking shares across all of the facility’s liquefaction trains, joining Shell and BP as owners in the now-unitized Atlantic in a single corporate entity.

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Jackson Walker said Nov. 3 it was the primary legal representative for New York-based client Foundation for Affordable Rental Housing Holdings Inc. (d/b/a Harmony Housing), a nonprofit organization set up by Greystone founder and CEO Stephen Rosenberg, on the sale of a national portfolio of 121 affordable housing projects to the Michaels Organization and related affiliates for $1.36 billion. David Parker led the team, which included Taylor Lamb, Elizabeth Cone, Mahira Khan, Maggie Lu, Abigail Hogan, Tim Dominguez, Clinton Kuykendall and Caroline Capili. The transaction was the largest in Harmony Housing’s history. JW said the transaction was intricate encompassing various elements, including: assignment of $760 million in Fannie Mae debt; $72.1 million in seller-financing; equity participation in future sales of a substantial portion of the portfolio; negotiation of loan payoff, yield maintenance and substitution collateral related to deleted properties and deferred closings; and removal from the portfolio and separate negotiation for the sale of one property experiencing casualty damage.

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Holland & Knight said Dec. 15 it advised Equinix Inc. on a 10-year pay-as-produced power purchase agreement in Portugal with global renewable energy producer Sonnedix. The team included partners Joshua Belcher and Ram Sunkara and senior counsel Nneka Obiokoye. The PPA was announced Dec. 5. Equinix will secure renewable electricity from July 2025 supplied by Sonnedix’s first Portuguese solar PV project, the 149 megawatt Sonnedix Douro. When operational, the solar PV plant will produce renewable electricity to power 78,000 Portuguese homes and avoid 33,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year. Equinix is a digital infrastructure company and headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. London-based Sonnedix develops, builds and operates renewable energy projects.

Claire Poole

Claire Poole is a senior writer at The Texas Lawbook, where she covers corporate transactions.

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