Exploration & Production

Matador’s $1.3 B Paloma Deal is beating expectations

Matador Resources closed its acquisition of EnCap-backed Paloma Permian on October 1, 2026, for $1.255 billion in cash, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The deal, announced in July at a headline consideration of $1.275 billion, is already beating the company’s own underwriting on the producing wells, while adding a large block of high-quality undeveloped inventory […]

Africa’s Energy Moment: From Poverty to Abundance

Cyrus Brooks of RBAC and NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, stopped by the Energy News Beat podcast. In this episode of the Energy News Beat Podcast, host Stu Turley sits down with two influential voices in global energy: Cyrus Brooks of RBAC and NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy […]

Alaska to Get $54 Billion Korean LNG Investment: The Long-Stalled Project, Who’s Involved, and Why It Matters for Midterms, Energy Security, and the Entire United States

President Donald Trump is set to unveil a major South Korean investment package that includes roughly $54 billion directed at Alaska’s long-planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, according to White House officials and multiple reports. The announcement, expected in the Oval Office, is the first major tranche from South Korea’s broader $200 billion in U.S. […]