知情人士 2 月 8 日向路透社透露，德文能源公司向加拿大Enerplus 公司提出了收购要约，该公司在巴肯拥有 236,000 英亩的净土地。

Enerplus 的市值约为 31.4 亿美元，其第三季度巴肯产量平均值为 77,702 桶油当量/天（68% 原油）。戴文郡的收购将使该公司威利斯顿盆地的产量增加一倍以上，2023 年第三季度平均产量为 54,000 桶油当量/天。今年，该公司计划将该盆地的资本活动比 2023 年减少 50%。

该公司在威利斯顿的最后一次重大收购是 2022 年 7 月以 8.65 亿美元收购 E&P RimRock Oil & Gas。

据路透社报道，与 Enerplus 的合并将延续近几个月北美石油领域的交易热潮，其中包括 Devon 的许多竞争对手——包括埃克森美孚、雪佛龙和西方石油公司——进行了重大收购。

消息人士告诉路透社，德文郡和 Enerplus 是否会谈判达成协议尚不确定。由于此事属于机密，因此要求匿名。 

据路透社报道，德文郡拒绝置评，Enerplus 也没有立即回应置评请求。

Devon Energy approached Canada’s Enerplus Corp., which holds 236,000 net acres in the Bakken, with an acquisition offer, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Feb. 8.

Enerplus, which has a market value of about $3.14 billion, reported third-quarter Bakken production average of 77,702 boe/d (68% crude oil). An acquisition by Devon would more than double the company’s Williston Basin production, which averaged 54,000 boe/d in third-quarter 2023. This year, the company planned to reduce capital activity in the basin by 50% compared with 2023.

The company’s last major acquisition in the Williston was an $865 million purchase of E&P RimRock Oil & Gas in July 2022.

A combination with Enerplus would continue the dealmaking spree seen in the North American oil patch in recent months, which has included many of Devon's rivals — including Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum — making major acquisitions, Reuters reported.

There is no certainty that Devon and Enerplus will negotiate a deal, the sources told Reuters, requesting anonymity because the matter is confidential. 

Devon declined comment and Enerplus did not immediately respond to a request for comment, Reuters reported.