Saturday, November 30, 2024

Sanchez Energy Corp Shifting Gears to Development Mode

Sanchez Energy Corp. (ticker: SN) is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company focused on its 92,000 net acre position targeting the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. SN is exploring and developing three areas of the Eagle Ford trend – Palmetto (50% WI), Maverick (80% to 100% WI) and Marquis (100% WI) – located across Gonzales, Zavala,

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp Making Moves to Strengthen its Liquidity Position for Future Growth

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp (ticker: MHR) is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company active in five unconventional shale resource plays in North America: the Marcellus Shale, Utica Shale, Eagle Ford Shale, Pearsall Shale and Williston Basin/Bakken Shale. With approximately 631,300 net acres spread across these five plays – needless to say, Magnum Hunter Resources has established a

Sanchez Energy Corp Poised to Capture Eagle Ford Upside

Sanchez Energy Corp (ticker: SN) is a pure-play South Texas oil company with a 95,000 net acre position targeting the liquids-rich Eagle Ford Shale, Pearsall Shale, Austin Chalk, and Buda Limestone. Back in December 2011, SN made its initial public offering (IPO) at $22 per share making the company one of the only pure-play Eagle Ford shale companies in the

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp Adding to Its Rich Asset Base; Reaffirms 2012 Production Exit Rate

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp (ticker: MHR) announced it will acquire Viking International Resources, a private company with approximately 51,500 net acres primarily in the Marcellus and Utica plays, for $106.7 million.  The deal will be funded with $37.3 million in cash and $69.4 million in convertible preferred stock. The preferred stock will pay an annual dividend of 8% and will

Growth is a Strategy: Magnum Hunter Resources Reports Mid-Year Reserves

In only six months, Magnum Hunter Resources (ticker: MHR) increased its estimated total proved reserves by 51%, or 22.8 MMBOE. The company now estimates owning 67.7 MMBOE of proved reserves, 64% oil. What caused the increase? A combination of organic drilling extensions, as well as acquisitions (Magnum Hunter’s Chief Executive Officer Gary Evans’ effective and proven strategy to build, develop

U.S. Energy Corp. Refining Story to Pure E&P; Enters LOI on Apartment Sale

U.S. Energy Corp. (ticker: USEG), a natural resource exploration and development company with a primary focus on the exploration and development of oil and gas assets in the Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana, Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas, as well as its most recent entrance into the Woodbine play in Texas, entered into a letter of

The Old Guard is Back in Mexico, But Something's New

On Sunday July 1, 2012, Mexicans went to the polls to cast their vote for president. Election authorities predict that Enrique Pena Nieto as the winner. The 45-year old former governor of the state of Tabasco, who is married to a Mexican soap opera star, was estimated to have captured approximately 38% of the vote, 7% more than his nearest

Penn Virginia Drills Ahead on Eagle Ford Acreage

Penn Virginia (ticker: PVA) is an exploration and production oil and gas company based in Radnor, PA with district operating offices in Houston, Pittsburgh, and Tulsa. The company has a geographically diverse portfolio of oil, NGL and natural gas assets with producing and/or prospective properties located principally in East Texas, Oklahoma, south central Texas, southern Mississippi, and Appalachia. PVA is

Step 2 Of The Building Of Halcón Resources

Step One in Floyd Wilson’s [former Petrohawk CEO] new oil and gas business venture was the $500 million recapitalization of RAM Energy Resources, Inc. (formerly ticker: RAM) late in 2011 to form Halcón Resources (ticker: HK). Step Two for the company (after cleaning up the RAM assets) was to accelerate Halcón’s growth by adding a strategic acquisition. HK and GeoResources,

Sanchez Energy: The Stars Are Bright And Aligning

Sanchez Energy (ticker: SN) issued common shares in its December 2011 initial public offering at $22 per share. The shares opened for trading on December 15, 2011, at $18.42 per share. Since the stock reached a low of $16.96 during trading on January 13, 2012, SN’s share price rallied as much as 48.8% reaching $25.23 per share during trading on February 24, 2012.

Magnum Hunter Resources: A Growth Platform Through Acquisition And Drilling

Magnum Hunter Resources (MHR) is engaged in the exploration for and the exploitation, acquisition, development and production of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids, in three unconventional shale resource plays in North America: the Marcellus Shale, Utica Shale, Eagle Ford Shale and Williston Basin/Bakken Shale. In total, the company owns approximately 560,072 net acres, with 170,000 net acres