(Reuters) - The consolidation wave in the U.S. energy sector that triggered $250 billion worth of deals in 2023 has stretched into this year, as companies look for opportunities to deploy their cash hoard and boost their oil and gas reserves.
The total value of deals in January and February hit the highest level since the first quarter of 2017 when $68 billion worth of deals were announced, and is also more than double that announced in the first quarter of 2023. Deals involving U.S. shale firms represented more than 80% of the total value, analytics firm Enverus has said.
In 2023, some 39 private companies were acquired by public companies.
Below is a list of major deals in the U.S. oil and gas sector so far this year:
Announcement Target Acquirer Deal value Deal Closing
date (in $) type date
June 27 SM
Some assets of Energy and 2.55 bln Cash September
XCL Resources Northern Oil , 2024
and Gas
June 14
Stake in Unit of 1.28 bln Cash Closed
Rockies Express Tallgrass
Pipeline Energy
June 12 Matador 1.91 bln Cash Q3, 2024
Unit of Resources
Ameredev II
June 10 Noble Corp (NYSE:NE) 1.59 bln Cash and Q1, 2025
Diamond stock
Offshore
Drilling
May 29 ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) 22.5 bln All-stoc Q4, 2024
Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) k
May 28 WTG Energy 3.25 bln Cash and Q3, 2024
Midstream Transfer stock
May 16 Crescent 2.1 bln Cash and End of Q3,
SilverBow Energy stock 2024
Resources
April 2 SLB 7.8 bln All-stoc End of
ChampionX k 2024
March 11 EQT Corp (NYSE:EQT) 5.5 bln All-stoc Q4, 2024
Equitrans k
Midstream
February 21 Chord Energy 3.84 bln Cash and Mid 2024
Enerplus (NYSE:ERF) Corp stock
February 12 Diamondback (NASDAQ:FANG) 26 bln Cash and Q4, 2024
Endeavor Energy Energy stock
January 22 Sunoco 7.3 bln All-stoc Deal
NuStar Energy k closed
January 15 Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO) 1.29 bln Cash and Deal
QuarterNorth stock closed
Energy
January 11 Chesapeake 7.4 bln All-stoc Second
Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) k half, 2024
Energy
January 7 California 2.1 bln All-stoc Second
Aera Energy Resources k half, 2024
January 4 APA Corp 4.5 bln All-stoc Deal
Callon (NYSE:CPE) k closed
Petroleum
Following are some of the biggest deals which were announced in 2023:
Announcement Target Acquirer Deal Deal Closing
date value (in type date
$)
May 14 ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) 18.8 bln Cash and Deal
Magellan stock closed
Midstream
Partners
October 11 Exxon (NYSE:XOM) 59.5 bln All-stoc Deal
Pioneer Mobil k closed
Natural
Resources
October 24 Chevron (NYSE:CVX) 53 bln All-stoc Timeline
Hess Corp (NYSE:HES) k delayed
December 11 Occidental (NYSE:OXY) 12 bln Cash and Expected
CrownRock Petroleum stock
by
August
This graphic excludes the ConocoPhillips-Marathon Oil, Noble-Diamond Offshore, Matador-Ameredev, REX-Tallgrass and SM-XCL deals.