Wednesday, April 9, 2025

The STACK and SCOOP Valued at $40 Billion with Upside

Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays are dominated by five players – 2nd most active U.S. plays With roughly 31% of active rigs in the U.S. focusing on the Permian, it’s easy to say plays like the Delaware Basin have become the focus of the industry. Despite that, there remains a tremendous potential in the STACK and SCOOP plays, according to

Marathon Oil Shares Down 7% Due to Management Changes

Management changes spook investors The stock price of Marathon Oil Corp. (ticker: MRO) fell over 7% today as the company announced a number of changes in its senior management. The shakeup includes the exit of the company’s CFO, J.R. Sult, and Marathon’s Vice President of Unconventional Operations, Lance Robertson, according to the company’s press release Monday. The company said Sult’s

Marathon Adding $888 Million of STACK Acreage

Private Equity Cashing In: EnCap Company PayRock Energy Built the STACK Position Marathon Oil has reached an agreement to purchase privately held PayRock Energy Holdings for $888 million in a cash transaction. PayRock holds approximately 61,000 care acres in the Anadarko Basin STACK play in Oklahoma. “Acquiring PayRock’s STACK position will meaningfully expand the quality and scale of Marathon Oil’s

MPLX LP Reports First Quarter 2016 Financial Results

Reported first-quarter adjusted EBITDA of $302 million; distributable cash flow of $236 million Declared distribution of $0.505 per common unit, a 23 percent increase over first-quarter 2015 Announced a $1 billion private placement of convertible preferred securities with third-party investors Completed acquisition of Marathon Petroleum Corporation`s inland marine business, with strong sponsor support for the transaction Reaffirmed guidance of 12

Is the Shale Boom Finally Taking a Breather?

Heavy hitting U.S. shale producers lower production guidance 10% or more for ‘16 U.S. shale producers are beginning to announce production cuts as the global glut is keeping prices lower for longer. There is a marked difference as companies begin to report their 2016 guidance from this time last year when prices were still in the $40-$50 range. Many U.S.

MPLX LP Pulls Back the Reins, Cuts Dividend Growth in Half

Just 63 days after the close of a transformative purchase of MarkWest Energy Partners, Marathon Petroleum, the General Partner of MPLX LP (ticker: MPLX), is downwardly adjusting its dividend growth plan for the MLP – plans that it made public during the company’s Analyst Day presentation on December 3, 2015. MPLX, the limited partner of Marathon Oil Corporation (ticker: MPC),

MarkWest Energy: Anatomy of a Bad Deal

MarkWest Energy:  Sold.  “For Pennies on the Dollar.”  Unitholders Say “No” on Management Bonus Payments MarkWest Energy Partners (ticker: MWE) distributed a news release announcing that unitholders approved the merger with MPLX (ticker: MPLX), an MLP created by Marathon Petroleum (ticker: MPC).  From the MarkWest news release:  “Based on the voting results, approximately 80 percent of the units voted at