年底刺激了一系列上游交易：Crescent Point Energy 完成了对 Hammerhead Energy 的收购，扩大了 Alberta Montney 页岩的规模。另外两家加拿大生产商正在阿尔伯塔省的 Kaybob Duvernay 油田进行合并，扩大规模，而 Ring Energy 则完成了对二叠纪盆地的补强收购。

Crescent Point 的 18.6 亿美元（25.5 亿加元）交易为这家总部位于卡尔加里的勘探与生产公司的投资组合增加了约 800 个增量钻井地点。按照 Crescent Point 目前的钻探节奏，随着 Hammerhead 的收购，其优质库存将增长到 20 年以上。

Crescent Point 总裁兼首席执行官 Craig Bryksa 在 12 月 21 日的新闻稿中表示：“我们最近对 Alberta Montney 的整合标志着我们投资组合转型的完成。” “通过这项战略交易，我们增强了业务的长期可持续性，包括将我们五年计划内预计的每股超额现金流增加约 20%。”

The end of the year spurred a series of upstream dealmaking: Crescent Point Energy completed its acquisition of Hammerhead Energy, adding greater scale in the Alberta Montney Shale. Two more Canadian producers are combining for scale in Alberta’s Kaybob Duvernay play, and Ring Energy finalized a bolt-on acquisition of its own in the Permian Basin.

Crescent Point’s US$1.86 billion (CA$2.55 billion) transaction adds approximately 800 incremental drilling locations to the Calgary-based E&P’s portfolio. At Crescent Point’s current drilling cadence, its premium inventory will grow to more than 20 years with the Hammerhead acquisition.

"Our recent Alberta Montney consolidation marks the completion of our portfolio transformation," Craig Bryksa, president and CEO at Crescent Point, said in a Dec. 21 news release. "Through this strategic transaction, we have enhanced the long-term sustainability of our business, including increasing the excess cash flow per share expected within our five-year plan by approximately 20%.”