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CGX Energy, Frontera Energy bet on Corentyne block’s Wei-1 discovery offshore Guyana

CGX Energy Inc.  and Frontera Energy Corporation, joint venture partners in the Petroleum Prospecting License for the Corentyne block offshore Guyana (the “License”), has submitted a Notice of Potential Commercial Interest for the Wei-1 discovery to the Government of Guyana, which preserves the Joint Venture’s interests in the License. View the full article
 

Kimmeridge takes control of Commonwealth LNG with former bp executive at the helm

Kimmeridge is buying out Commonwealth LNG founder Paul Varello’s share in the company as he retires and boosting the firm’s stake to 90%. The company also is appointing David Lawler — who resigned from bp in the wake of Bernard Looney’s departure in 2023 — as chief executive officer of the Kimmeridge Texas Gas unit, which would run Commonwealth LNG. View the full article
 

Quantum Capital to acquire Rocky Mountain-based Caerus Oil and Gas for $1.8 billion

Caerus aims to be “the Rocky Mountain region’s most efficient producer,” according to its website. The company operates more than 7,400 wells in the Piceance Basin in Colorado and Uinta Basin in Utah. It also has infrastructure assets including 2,400 miles of gas and water pipelines and a number of water treatment and storage facilities. View the full article
 

Pytheas Energy to revitalize Permian, Bakken, Minerva-Rockdale wells with three new oil and gas assets

Pytheas Energy, Inc announced the addition of three producing oil and gas properties to its growing portfolio: the Andrews Crane asset, the Bakken asset, and the Minerva-Rockdale asset. These represent both working and non-working interests in 620 oil and gas wells, with a combined gross current production of approximately 357 bpd. View the full article
 

Uptick in M&A activity reshuffling top 100 private U.S. oil and gas operators, Enverus reports

Enverus has released its annual list of the 100 most prolific private oil and gas producers in the U.S. based on gross operated production, well count and rig movements across last year. Continental Resources and Ascent Resources remain in the top two positions on the list, with Aethon Energy moving up to the third position, according to Enverus. View the full article