Energies Media
  • Magazine
    • Digital Magazine
    • Digital Magazine Archive
  • Features
  • Upstream
  • Midstream
  • Downstream
  • Renewable
    • Solar
    • Wind
    • Hydrogen
    • Nuclear
  • People
  • Events
  • Advertise
  • Contact
No Result
View All Result
Energies Media
No Result
View All Result

Bankruptcies, Mergers, Acquisitions Become Part of Industry Folklore

by Alex Mills
November 19, 2020
in Alex Mills, Contributors, Mergers and Acquisitions, News, Oil and Gas News
Bankruptcies, mergers, acquisitions become part of industry folklore
Tungsten mega deposit

A Critical Mineral at a Critical Moment: The Importance of Restoring Domestic Tungsten Production in the U.S.

September 2, 2025
A Revolutionary Way to Understand Energy Customers

A Revolutionary Way to Understand Energy Customers

September 1, 2025

Once upon a time, there was an industry in the United States that made so much money members of Congress claimed they made “obscene” profits. They even imposed a “windfall profits tax” on the companies. That industry was the oil industry, and the time period was the late 1970s and early 1980s.

That may seem like a fairy tale, but it actually happened.

Since then the U.S. oil industry has been up and down several times. The current down cycle began on Thanksgiving week 2014 when Saudi Arabia proclaimed it will no longer reduce its oil production in an effort to balance supply with demand and keep oil prices around $80 per barrel.

InventU

The market reacted to the increase in production, and prices fell.

Of course, the current decline has been enhanced with the global coronavirus pandemic as oil prices dropped to historic lows in April.

The economic collapse has been painful. Since 2015, more than 500 bankruptcies have been recorded by companies in the North American oil and gas industry, according to Haynes and Boone LLP, a law firm with offices in Texas. “The total amount of secured and unsecured debt involved in the producer cases since 2015 is over $175 billion,” the firm states on its web page.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have occurred as companies try to cut costs and become more efficient in an effort to avoid bankruptcy court. Just since July, there have been three large M&As.

Chevron Corporation reached an agreement with Noble Energy, Inc. in July in a $13 billion deal. “The acquisition of Noble Energy provides Chevron with low-cost, proved reserves and attractive undeveloped resources that will enhance an already advantaged upstream portfolio,” Chevron said. Noble Energy’s assets are located in Israel, strengthening Chevron’s position in the Eastern Mediterranean, in the western U.S., and 92,000 largely contiguous and adjacent acres in the Permian Basin, Chevron said.

ConocoPhillips and Concho Resources announced in October they have agreed to combine companies, creating a company with approximately $60 billion enterprise value. A ConocoPhillips news release said the merger creates “a combined resource base of approximately 23 billion barrels of oil equivalent with a less than $40 per barrel West Texas Intermediate (WTI) cost of supply and an average cost of supply below $30 per barrel WTI. ConocoPhillips and Concho expect to capture $500 million of annual cost and capital savings by 2022.”

Pioneer Natural Resources and Parsley Energy announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Pioneer will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Parsley in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $4.5 billion as of Oct. 19, 2020. “This transaction creates an unmatched independent energy company by combining two complementary and premier Permian assets, further strengthening Pioneer’s leadership position within the upstream energy sector,” Scott Sheffield, President and CEO of Pioneer, said. The combined company will have a premium asset base of approximately 930,000 net acres with no federal acreage and a production base of 328,000 barrels of oil per day and 558,000 barrels oil equivalent per day as of the second quarter of 2020, he said.

Alex Mills is the former President of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers

Author Profile
Alex Mills
Contributor

Alex Mills is the former President of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. The Alliance is the largest state oil and gas associations in the nation with more than 3,000 members in 305 cities and 28 states.

 

Author Articles
  • Alex Mills
    https://energiesmedia.com/author/alex-mills/
    I voted #USelections2020
    November 21, 2024
    Trump’s Nominees Bring Experience to Energy Issues
  • Alex Mills
    https://energiesmedia.com/author/alex-mills/
    Energy Prices Will Be About the Same This Winter
    October 16, 2024
    Energy Prices Will Be About the Same This Winter
  • Alex Mills
    https://energiesmedia.com/author/alex-mills/
    Fed building facade against stairs in city
    September 26, 2024
    Oil Industry Activity Down as Uncertainty Increases
  • Alex Mills
    https://energiesmedia.com/author/alex-mills/
    White and Blue Line Paper
    September 19, 2024
    EIA Expects Oil and Natural Gas Prices to Rise
  • Alex Mills
    https://energiesmedia.com/author/alex-mills/
    gas tanker, ship, nature
    September 12, 2024
    Natural Gas Sets Records for Production, Consumption, Exports
  • Alex Mills
    https://energiesmedia.com/author/alex-mills/
    Federal Price Controls Didn’t Work Very Well 50 Years Ago
    August 20, 2024
    Federal Price Controls Didn’t Work Very Well 50 Years Ago
ADIPEC

In This Issue

Energies Media Summer 2025

ENERGIES Media (Summer 2025)


Energies Media Interactive Crossword Puzzle – Summer 2025


Letter from the Managing Editor (Summer 2025)


U.S. Oil Refineries Face Critical Capacity Test Amid Rising Demand


The Hidden Value in Waste Oil: A Sustainable Solution for the Future


ENERGIES Cartoon (Summer 2025)


Dewey Follett Bartlett, Jr.: Tulsa’s Champion of Independents


Why Energy Companies Need a CX Revolution


How to Deploy Next-Gen Energy Savers Without Disrupting Operations


Maximizing Clean Energy Tax Credits Under the Inflation Reduction Act


Bringing Safety Forward in Offshore Operations


Moving Energy Across Space and Time


NeverNude Coveralls: A Practical Solution for Everyday Dignity


Meeting Emergency Preparedness and Response Criteria

InventU
ADIPEC
  • Terms
  • Privacy

© 2025 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

No Result
View All Result
  • 3 Ways Technology is Going to Shape the Oil and Gas Industry
  • About Us
  • Advanced Technologies in Renewable Energy
  • Advertise
  • Cartoons
  • Case Studies in the Digital Transformation of Renewable Energy
  • Contact
  • Contributors
  • Digital Transformation Framework for Oil and Gas Operations
  • Digitalization and Smart Technologies in Oil and Gas
  • Digitalization and Smart Technologies in Renewable Energy Operations
  • Energies Digital Magazine
  • Energies Media
  • Energies Media Digital Magazine
  • Energies Media Magazine
  • Energies Media Magazine Archive
  • Energy Industry Events
  • Energy Markets Dashboard
  • Future Trends in Renewable Energy Technology
  • How Real-life Data Guides the Agility of Oil and Gas Companies
  • Navigating Careers in Oil and Gas
  • Navigating Careers in Renewable Energy
  • Newsletter
  • Oil & Gas Prices
  • Oilman Digital Magazine
  • Oilwoman Digital Magazine
  • Organizer Dashboard
    • Event Organizers
    • Submit Organizer Form
  • Press Releases
  • Prices & Marketcap
  • Privacy Policy
  • Puzzles
  • Quizes
  • Subscribe
  • Subscription Account
    • Access Restricted
    • Log In
    • Subscription Billing
    • Subscription Cancel
    • Subscription Checkout
    • Subscription Confirmation
    • Subscription Invoice
    • Subscription Levels
    • Your Profile
  • Team
  • Terms of Service
  • US Energy Media Kit
  • Venue Dashboard
    • Event Venues
    • Submit Venue Form
  • Webinars
  • Your Complete Guide to Essential Oil & Gas Industry Software

© 2025 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.