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Navigating the M&A Landscape in 2025: Insights for Small to Mid-Sized Upstream Operators

Enverus

The first quarter of 2025 has seen a remarkable surge in oil and gas mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within the upstream oil and gas sector, with transactions totaling $17 billion. Large public E&Ps are consolidating premium inventory in core regions like the Permian, where high-quality assets are scarce and valuations are steep.

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Who is the Upstream Industry's Most Admired Explorer?

Rigzone

by Andreas Exarheas | Rigzone Staff | Monday, June 30, 2025 | 6:54 AM EST Wood Mackenzie reveals who was crowned the 'most admired upstream explorer' in the company's latest Annual Exploration Summit Survey. “The company has set a new benchmark in opening up a deepwater frontier at pace.

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Upstream Spending and Production Holds Steady in Canada

OilPrice

Based on a peer group of 20 Canadian shale E&Ps, full year spending dropped a mere 0.4%, with output guidance remaining intact. First-quarter earnings highlighted the overall trend of producers maintaining spending and production guidance for the year. with no impact to full-year volumes.

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Upstream M&A sails to $17 billion in 1Q25

Enverus

Calgary, Alberta (April 23, 2025) Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR), a subsidiary of Enverus, the most trusted energy-dedicated SaaS company that leverages generative AI across its solutions, is releasing its summary of 1Q2025 upstream M&A activity and outlook for the rest of the year.

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Upstream M&A reached $17 billion in Q1 2025, Enverus says

Oil & Gas 360º

(World Oil) – Enverus Intelligence Research (EIR), a subsidiary of Enverus, is releasing its summary of 1Q2025 upstream M&A activity and outlook for the rest of the year. Upstream M&A opened 2025 with $17 billion in deal value, the second-best start to a year since 2018.

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Expertos aseguran que reforma energética respeta esencia del upstream en México

Oil & Gas Magazine

La regla general en el 2013-2014 eran los contratos de exploracin y de extraccin, estos se adjudicaban en un proceso competitivo (las rondas de licitacin que fueron conducidas por la CNH), y de manera excepcional se permita a la Sener que le asigne a Pemex un rea especfica para llevar a cabo las actividades petroleras, inform Pimentel.

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Money Can Buy It - After Permian M&A Spree, E&Ps Throttle Growth While Integrateds Motor On

RBN Energy

The record $120 billion upstream M&A spending spree in 2024 focused on the consolidation of Permian Basin positions by the major U.S. When the dust cleared at year-end, the larger E&Ps we track plus supermajor ExxonMobil closed or announced deals on acreage that generated about 1.5 publicly traded oil and gas companies.

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