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Upstream M&A hits the brakes, slowing to $14 billion

Enverus

Value was heavily driven by just two large transactions – EOG’s purchase of Encino Acquisition Partners in the Utica and Viper Energy Partners rare public mineral merger with Sitio Royalties. billion worth of deals early in 3Q, adding assets in the San Juan Basin and Central Basin Platform. Its acquisition of Encino for $5.6

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Viper’s Royalty Model: Worth a Look

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

Viper Energy (VNOM) presents a compelling case for investors seeking exposure to the energy sector through a mineral rights business model. Its royalty-focused, asset-light model stands out versus traditional E&Ps like Diamondback, offering high efficiency and lower risk. Weak natural gas prices ($2.08/Mcf

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Elk Range Royalties closes $905 million acquisition of DJ Basin assets

Oil & Gas 360º

(World Oil) – Elk Range Royalties has announced a landmark acquisition of a significant mineral and royalty position spanning approximately 250,000 net royalty acres (NRA) in the DJ Basin from affiliates of Occidental Petroleum (Oxy). In February 2025, NGP and the Elk Range team established Elk Range Royalties III.

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Louisiana Supreme Court holds that payment of mineral royalties judgment against LDNR is a matter of legislative discretion, reversing grant of mandamus

The Energy Law

million judgment for reimbursement of mineral royalties. In 2006, a group of landowners filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (“LDNR”) concerning the ownership of riverbanks in the Catahoula Basin. 1/1/23), So.

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BRAZIL POTASH GRO-NYSE THE MOST COMPELLING BUSINESS CASE IN GLOBAL RESOURCES

Oil and Gas Investments

LOCATION-LOCATION-LOCATION The Autazes project is located along the Amazon Potash Basin, in NW Brazil, about 100 miles from the city of Manaus. The mine is expected to have a life of 23 years at this rate based on drilling only a VERY small portion of this potentially massive potash basin. Which is a BIG advantage!

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When Contract Language Costs Millions: Court Strikes Down Post-Closing Assignment 'Corrections'

Producer's Edge

the El Paso Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's summary judgment and held that post-closing "corrections" to overriding royalty assignments were invalid and unenforceable against a subsequent purchaser. —El Paso Jan. 28, 2025, no pet. The sales contracts addressed this extra up-to-5% interest through Section 8.1(iii),

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The Changing Landscape of Leasing and Minerals

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

The flurry of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity over the last two years has changed the minerals landscape in the Permian Basin, along with most producing basins in the United States. Regarding the bolt-ons and consolidation of acreage, Lee noted that Ovintiv recently divested its Uinta Basin assets in order to buy others.

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