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Permian Basin
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Ovintiv (OVV) Q2 2026: Net debt cut 42%, buybacks lift to 63% of free cash flow
Ovintiv's $2.82B Anadarko sale cut leverage to 0.6x and lifted Q2 buybacks to 63% of FCF, but the divestiture booked a $337M loss and EPS missed Street.
July 26, 2026
Six rigs, 20% more capacity: Why Ensign Energy is buying Citadel Drilling now
Ensign Energy Services will add six high-spec rigs and managed pressure drilling capabilities in the Permian Basin, but financing and undisclosed deal economics leave critical questions for investors.
July 22, 2026
Kimbell Royalty Partners (NYSE: KRP) to buy $215.4m royalty portfolio across four basins
Kimbell Royalty Partners agrees a US$215.4 million four-basin royalty acquisition as production growth, dilution and leverage come into focus.
July 19, 2026
Viper Energy (Nasdaq: VNOM) closes $522m Riverbend royalty acquisition to deepen Permian Basin position
Viper Energy ($VNOM) closes the Riverbend royalty acquisition with $337 million in cash and 3.7 million shares. The next test is whether 4,000 BOE per day of acquired production can increase distributable cash flow per share.
July 15, 2026
Trace Midstream plans 250 MMcf/d Apollo Gas Plant as Permian infrastructure race accelerates
Permian gas volumes are outrunning infrastructure. Trace Midstream’s 250 MMcf/d Apollo plant tests whether integrated capacity can restore reliability.
July 15, 2026
American Electric Power’s AEP Texas secures $3.26bn grid loan as AI demand reshapes power infrastructure
Read how American Electric Power’s $3.26bn AEP Texas grid loan could reshape AI-era power demand, infrastructure growth and utility sentiment.
July 9, 2026
Western Midstream (NYSE: WES) tests whether Permian wastewater can become its next growth business
Western Midstream is testing whether Permian produced water can become a new freshwater business. Discover what JIP 2 means for WES investors.
June 18, 2026
Can Matador Resources’ (MTDR) $1.1bn Delaware Basin deal justify the price of shale inventory?
Matador’s $1.1B Delaware Basin deal raises the shale inventory question. Read why acreage scarcity is testing investor discipline.
May 26, 2026
How Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP’s $147m Permian Basin acquisition could reshape its royalty portfolio
Find out how Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP’s $147 million Permian Basin acquisition could reshape U.S. royalty consolidation and cash flow growth.
May 19, 2026
Why America’s shale giants are suddenly shopping again after a quiet dealmaking freeze
Shale dealmaking is back, but volatility has not gone away. U.S. upstream consolidation is now a scale race with geopolitical fuel.
May 16, 2026