M&A Deal Summary

Contango Oil & Gas Acquires ConocoPhillips - Wind River Basin Assets

On July 8, 2021, Contango Oil & Gas acquired oil/gas exploration company ConocoPhillips - Wind River Basin Assets from ConocoPhillips for 67M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Contango Oil & Gas’ 3rd transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Contango Oil & Gas’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Contango Oil & Gas’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Contango Oil & Gas’ 2nd transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2021-07-08
Target ConocoPhillips - Wind River Basin Assets
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) Contango Oil & Gas
Sellers(s) ConocoPhillips
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 67M USD

Target

ConocoPhillips - Wind River Basin Assets

Houston, Texas, United States
Wind River Basin Assets consists of PDP-heavy assets with a net production run rate of approximately 78 Mmcfe/d (100% gas), as of the effective date of the acquisition, and an expected 5% annual decline rate over the next 5 years.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Contango Oil & Gas

Brenham, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Employees205
Revenue 113M USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Contango Oil & Gas is an oil and gas company focused on the exploration, development, production and acquisition of natural gas and oil properties both onshore and offshore in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Contango Oil & Gas was founded in 1986 and is based in Brenham, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 3 of 3
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Texas M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2021 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-21 Mid-Con Energy

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Mid-Con Energy was formed to own, acquire, exploit and develop producing oil and natural gas properties in North America, with a focus on Enhanced Oil Recovery ("EOR"). Its management team has significant industry experience, especially with waterflood projects and, as a result, our operations focus primarily on enhancing the development of producing oil properties through waterflooding. Mid-Con Energy was formed in 2011 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ConocoPhillips

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1917
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Employees11,800
Revenue 54.7B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to ConocoPhillips' corporate campus in Houston, Texas.
Entrance to ConocoPhillips' corporate campus in Houston, Texas.

ConocoPhillips is an integrated energy company with operations and activities across the world. ConocoPhillips was incorporated in 1917 and is based in Houston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 11
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 5 of 7
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 8 of 10
State: Texas M&A 4 of 6
Country: United States M&A 8 of 10
Year: 2021 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-10-19 Concho Resources

Midland, Texas, United States

Concho Resources, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, development and exploration of oil and natural gas properties. Concho Resources was founded in 2006 and is based in Midland, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-28 ConocoPhillips - Permian Basin

Houston, Texas, United States

ConocoPhillips's Permian Basin produces over 11,000 boepd (50% oil) from the Central Basin Platform and Northwest Shelf.

Sell $440M