Viper Energy Partners 是美国独立石油和天然气公司 Diamondback Energy 的子公司，本周宣布将收购价值 10 亿美元的矿产和特许权权益，覆盖液体丰富的二叠纪盆地数千英亩的土地。

总部位于伦敦的 Warwick Capital Partners 和总部位于达拉斯的 GRP Energy Capital 将获得总计 7.5 亿美元的现金，以换取他们持有的合并股份以及超过 900 万股 Viper 普通股。

该交易主要涉及二叠纪盆地约 4,600 净英亩的非经营权益，以及美国其他盆地另外 2,700 净英亩的非经营权益。

这些地点的原油产量约为 4,000 桶/日。然而，Viper 在一份新闻稿中强调，二叠纪盆地面积占此次收购产量和总交易价值的 90%。

Viper 补充说，明年整个包装的平均产量预计将升至 4,750 桶/日。这家矿产和特许权子公司表示，该交易的二叠纪部分包括米德兰盆地近 2,800 英亩“基本上未开发”的净英亩土地，估计有 135 个水平单元等待钻探。该交易还包括特拉华盆地另外 1,800 净英亩的土地。

Diamondback 是米德兰盆地和特拉华盆地近 290 英亩净面积的运营商。这家总部位于米德兰的致密岩勘探公司日产量超过 236,000 桶，于 2013 年创建了 Viper，主要致力于收购二叠纪和其他石油资源丰富盆地的矿产和特许权权益。

据预计，Viper 的投资组合目前包括二叠纪约 32,000 英亩净特许权面积。

Diamondback 首席执行官 Travis Stice 在一份声明中表示：“展望未来，矿产市场仍然高度分散，随着高价值主张机会的出现，Viper 计划在巩固该市场方面发挥有意义的作用。”

2022 年，响尾蛇宣布了两项大型交易，扩大了其在二叠纪的足迹。去年10月，该公司以16亿美元现金和股票收购了私营石油公司FireBird Energy 。接下来的一个月，Diamondback 达成了另一笔价值 15 亿美元的现金加股票交易，收购了 Lario Permian。

Viper Energy Partners—a subsidiary of US independent oil and gas company Diamondback Energy—announced this week it is acquiring $1-billion worth of mineral and royalty interests covering thousands of acres in the liquids-rich Permian Basin.

London-based Warwick Capital Partners and Dallas-based GRP Energy Capital will receive a combined cash sum of $750 million in exchange for their combined holdings along with more than 9 million common shares of Viper.

The deal centers on the nonoperating interests of some 4,600 net acres in the Permian and to a lesser extent another 2,700 net acres in other US basins.

These locations account for about 4,000 B/D of crude output. However, Viper highlighted in a release that the Permian acreage represents 90% of the acquisition’s production and overall deal value.

Viper added that average production next year across the package is expected to rise to 4,750 B/D. The mineral and royalty subsidiary said the Permian portion of the deal includes almost 2,800 “largely undeveloped” net acres in the Midland Basin where an estimated 135 horizontal units await drilling. Another 1,800 net acres in the Delaware Basin are included in the deal.

Diamondback is the operator of almost 290 of the net acres in both the Midland and Delaware basins. The Midland-based tight-rock exploration company, which produces more than 236,000 B/D, created Viper in 2013 to focus mainly on acquiring mineral and royalty interests in the Permian and other oil-rich basins.

On a pro forma basis, Viper’s portfolio now includes about 32,000 net royalty acres in the Permian.

“As we look ahead, the mineral market remains highly fragmented and Viper plans to play a meaningful role in consolidating this market as high-value proposition opportunities present themselves,” said Travis Stice, CEO of Diamondback, in a statement.

In 2022, Diamondback announced a pair of megadeals which expanded its footprint in the Permian. In October of last year,the company acquired private oil company FireBird Energy for $1.6 billion in cash and stock. The following month Diamondback struck another cash-and-stock deal valued at $1.5 billion to acquire Lario Permian.