(WO) – WhiteHawk Vitality, LLC has entered right into a definitive buy and sale settlement to accumulate pure fuel mineral and royalty pursuits masking roughly 150,000 gross unit acres within the core of the Haynesville shale in Louisiana and East Texas.
The belongings embody pursuits related to roughly 500 producing pure fuel wells and roughly 1,000 wells-in-process, permitted wells and undeveloped drilling places. The transaction is anticipated to shut in early April 2026, topic to customary closing circumstances.
The acquired acreage is concentrated in core areas of the Haynesville and Mid-Bossier formations and is operated by established pure fuel producers, together with Develop Vitality, Apex Vitality, Aethon Vitality Administration, GeoSouthern Vitality and EXCO Sources. The belongings present publicity to energetic improvement applications and visual near-term drilling exercise, supported by a considerable stock of undeveloped places.
Following completion of the transaction, WhiteHawk will personal mineral and royalty pursuits throughout roughly 3.5 million gross unit acres, representing greater than 11,000 producing wells, about 500 wells-in-process and permitted wells, and roughly 8,000 undeveloped places. The corporate stated the acquisition additional strengthens its place within the Haynesville, one in all North America’s most energetic and economically aggressive dry fuel basins.
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WhiteHawk continues to concentrate on buying mineral and royalty pursuits in core pure fuel performs, primarily the Haynesville shale and the Marcellus shale. Inclusive of this newest transaction, the corporate has accomplished six acquisition transactions in 2026 so far.
The Haynesville basin stays strategically positioned close to Gulf Coast LNG export terminals, supporting long-term demand fundamentals tied to U.S. liquefied pure fuel development. Operators within the basin have maintained regular improvement exercise, pushed by improved effectively productiveness, infrastructure entry and proximity to export markets.
WhiteHawk’s enterprise mannequin facilities on buying cash-flowing mineral and royalty pursuits whereas sustaining publicity to drilling upside with out direct capital expenditures related to effectively improvement. The corporate stated it stays targeted on scaling its portfolio in premier U.S. fuel basins via structured transactions designed to help long-term worth creation.