M&A Deal Summary

Denbury Acquires Encore Acquisition

On November 1, 2009, Denbury acquired oil/gas exploration company Encore Acquisition for 4.5B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Denbury’s 5th transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Denbury’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Denbury’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Denbury’s 2nd transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-11-01
Target Encore Acquisition
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) Denbury
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 4.5B USD
Advisor(s) Barclays Investment Bank (Financial)
BakerHostetler (Legal)

Target

Encore Acquisition

Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Encore Acquisition Company is engaged in the development of onshore North American oil and natural gas reserves. Encore has acquired high-quality assets and grown through drilling, waterflood, and tertiary projects. Encore's properties are located in the Rockies, the Mid-Continent, and the Permian Basin.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Denbury

Plano, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1951
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Revenue 1.7B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Denbury Resources' corporate headquarters in Plano, Texas.
Entrance to Denbury Resources' corporate headquarters in Plano, Texas.

Denbury is an independent energy company with operations and assets focused on Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (“CCS”) and Enhanced Oil Recovery (“EOR”) in the Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountain regions. For over two decades, the Company has maintained a unique strategic focus on utilizing CO2 in its EOR operations and since 2012 has also been active in CCS through the injection of captured industrial-sourced CO2. It currently injects over four million tons of captured industrial-sourced CO2 annually, with an objective to fully offset its Scope 1, 2, and 3 CO2 emissions by 2030, primarily through increasing the amount of captured industrial-sourced CO2 used in its operations. Danbury was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Plano, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 8
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 5 of 8
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 5
State (Texas) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 5 of 8
Year (2009) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-03-12 Conroe Field

Houston, Texas, United States

Conroe is the single largest potential tertiary flood on Denbury’s list of desired Gulf Coast properties.

Buy $271M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-11 Denbury - Aneth Field

United States

Denbury - Aneth Field comprises of around 146 oil and gas producing wells and 120 injection wells.

Sell $75M