EOG Zags with Organic Growth While Everyone Else Zigs with Mergers

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) have been all the rage over the past year or so. In 2024 alone, Chesapeake Energy announced a $7.4 billion deal to buy Southwestern Energy (see Deal is Done! Chesapeake & Southwestern Announce $7.4B Merger). However, oil plays, including the Permian and Bakken, are where the biggest deals are happening. ExxonMobil announced a deal to buy the Permian's largest independent, Pioneer Natural Resources, for $60 billion. Diamondback Energy is buying Endeavor Energy Resources for $26 billion. Chevron is attempting to buy Hess Corporation (big assets in the Bakken and assets in foreign markets) for $53.5 billion. However, one large, publicly traded company is charting a different course, preferring to grow acreage organically and concentrate on previously unknown or overlooked hydrocarbon plays. That company is EOG Resources.

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