據美國彭博新聞社2022年8月10日報道，美國二疊紀盆地最大石油勘探公司之一的德文能源公司（Devon Energy Corp.）同意以大約18億美元現金收購Validus能源公司，以擴大得克薩斯州南部鷹福特頁巖探區。  

德文能源公司周二在一份聲明中表示，這筆交易將增加德文能源公司在第一年的現金流和收益，并根據當前的石油期貨價格將可變股息提高多達10%。德文能源公司還表示，該交易將通過現有的20億美元股票回購計劃，加速現金返還給投資者。德文能源公司股票盤前交易曾一度上漲1.6%。  

這是德文能源公司自去年以85億美元收購WPX能源公司以來最大的一次收購。

收購Validus能源公司將增加42000英畝探區面積，這些新增探區面積毗鄰德文能源公司在鷹福特頁巖遠景區現有的租借區。Validus能源公司目前的日產量約為3.5萬桶油當量，預計明年將平均增加到4萬桶油當量/天。

去年5月，總部位于丹佛的Validus能源公司以8.8億美元的價格從Ovintiv公司購買了鷹福特盆地的400多口油井，這個收購價格大約是Ovintiv公司2014年收購價格的三分之一。知情人士今年2月表示，Validus能源公司是在大宗商品價格上漲、公開市場更受歡迎的情況下出售這些資產的。

李峻 編譯自 美國彭博新聞社

原文如下：

Devon Energy to spend $1.8 billion to buy Validus Energy, expand in Eagle Ford

Devon Energy Corp. agreed to acquire Validus Energy for about $1.8 billion in cash to expand in the Eagle Ford shale patch in South Texas.

The deal will add to Devon’s cash flow and earnings in the first year, and boost its variable dividend by up to 10% based on current oil futures prices, the company said Tuesday in a statement. Devon also said the transaction will enable the acceleration of the return of cash to investors via its existing $2 billion stock buyback program. The shares rose as much as 1.6% in premarket trading.

It’s the biggest takeover for Devon since its $8.5 billion purchase of WPX Energy Inc., which was completed in 2021.

Buying Validus will add 42,000 net acres adjacent to Devon’s existing leasehold in the Eagle Ford. Validus’s current production is about 35,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, with volumes expected to increase to an average of 40,000 barrels over the next year.

Denver-based Validus bought more than 400 wells in the Eagle Ford from Ovintiv Inc. in May of last year for $880 million, roughly a third of what Ovintiv paid in 2014. Validus moved to sell itself amid a boom in commodity prices and more welcoming public markets, people with knowledge of the matter said in February.