M&A Archive
2 Jan 2011
Happy New Year! 4 Bakken predictions for 2011
It has been a banner year for companies operating in the Bakken region. Brigham Exploration (BEXP: 0.00 N/A) , Northern Gas & Oil (NOG: 14.09 -0.63%) saw gains over 100% and American Oil & Gas was acquired
13 Jan 2010
Latest Confidential Well List
As of Jan 13th, the bakken confidential well list numbers are listed below and show approximately 730 well sites determined. As expected, Continental Resources and EOG Resources head the pack with over 60 sites. Whiting Oil, XTO
30 Jul 2008
Brigham Exploration (BEXP) reports solid Bakken well
Brigham Exploration announced today that its Carkuff 22 #1H Bakken well in its Ross Area has an early production rate of 1,110 barrels of oil per day, which brings its Bakken area production to about 1,500 barrels
14 Jul 2008
Bakken stocks you’ve probably never heard of
Below is a rundown of Bakken stocks that are not widely publicized or covered. By no means am I suggesting that any of these are good investments, I’m just posting these for informative purposes. Many of these
10 Jul 2008
Continental Resources takes off
Continental Resources (CLR) today announced initial results from its Mathistad 1-35H well completed in the Three Forks/Sanish formation in the North Dakota Bakken Shale area. The well is yielding an impressive average rate of 1,095 barrels of
1 Jul 2008
Saint Marys Land & Exploration (SM) – Buying opportunity?
Today one of the 2nd (or possibly 3rd Tier) Analysts, Stanford Research downgraded Saint Mary’s Land & Exploration sending the stock down 3-5% in morning trading. The shaky rationale was as follows: Stanford Research downgrades SM to
11 Jun 2008
Does XTO’s purchase signal an M&A boom in Bakken?
UPDATE: It was correctly pointed out to me that XTO did get a separate foothold in the Bakken region a week earlier via a huge leasehold purchase as it paid about $1.9 billion to privately held Headington