Diamondback Expands Permian Oil Property in Double Eagle Deal

(Bloomberg) — Diamondback Vitality Inc. will develop its oil belongings within the Permian Basin after agreeing to amass some subsidiaries of Double Eagle IV Midco LLC, a major asset increase for the highest impartial oil and gasoline producer in North America’s most prolific shale patch.

The transaction can be paid for with $3 billion of money and 6.9 million shares of Diamondback widespread inventory, in accordance with a press release on Tuesday. The corporate can also be dedicated to promoting not less than $1.5 billion of non-core belongings to assist preserve a robust stability sheet.

The transaction is the newest in a flurry of mergers and acquisitions within the Permian, which straddles West Texas and New Mexico. Because the trade matures and manufacturing progress slows, the most important gamers have been in search of higher effectivity by growing the size of their operations.

“Double Eagle is probably the most engaging asset remaining within the Midland Basin,” Travis Stice, chairman and chief govt officer of Diamondback, stated within the assertion. “This largely undeveloped asset provides high-quality stock that instantly competes for capital.”

Diamondback will add just one drilling rig to its operations after the deal, regardless of considerably increasing its footprint in an underdeveloped a part of the Permian, in accordance with a slide presentation. The Midland, Texas-based agency has deliberate to carry output progress in 2025 to about 2% as the corporate prioritizes free money stream over capital spending. Shale drillers are attempting to keep away from getting caught in an oil glut as the worldwide crude market dangers oversupply.

Final yr, Diamondback purchased fellow Permian producer Endeavor Vitality Sources LP in a $26 billion deal that created the most important explorer centered completely on the Permian.

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