List of 1,278 Acquired Oil/Gas Exploration Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Parkland Acquired Sunoco 2025-05-05 $9.1B Calgary, Alberta, Canada website	Oil/Gas Exploration	21,512	16	15	1
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Acquired Occidental Petroleum 2019-04-24 $57B The Woodlands, Texas, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	12,906	21	11	10
Marathon Oil Acquired ConocoPhillips 2024-05-29 $22.5B Houston, Texas, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	6,407	15	11	4
Hess Acquired Chevron 2023-10-23 $60B New York, New York, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	11,324	26	11	15
Legacy Oil + Gas, Inc. Acquired Crescent Point Energy Corp. 2015-06-30 $1.16291B Calgary, Alberta, Canada website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	8	8	-
Denbury Acquired ExxonMobil 2023-07-13 $4.9B Plano, Texas, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	1,704	10	8	2
Earthstone Energy Acquired Permian Resources 2023-11-01 $4.5B The Woodlands, Texas, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	420	7	7	-
Concho Resources, Inc. Acquired ConocoPhillips 2020-10-19 Midland, Texas, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	4,592	7	5	2
Pioneer Natural Resources Acquired ExxonMobil 2023-10-11 $64.5B Irving, Texas, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	24,384	8	4	4
Duncan Energy Partners LP Acquired Enterprise Products Partners 2011-09-07 Houston, Texas, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	4	4	-
Noble Energy Acquired Chevron 2020-07-20 $13B Houston, Texas, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	4,438	6	4	2
Sundance Energy Acquired SilverBow 2022-04-14 $369M Denver, Colorado, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	204	5	4	1
El Paso Corporation Acquired Kinder Morgan 2011-10-16 $37.8B Houston, Texas, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	5	3	2
CanElson Drilling, Inc. Acquired Trinidad Drilling Ltd. 2015-06-11 $505M Calgary, Alberta, Canada website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	3	3	-
Southwestern Energy Acquired Chesapeake Energy 2024-01-11 $7.4B Spring, Texas, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	15,002	3	3	-
Kerr-McGee Corp. Acquired Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 2006-08-10 $16.4B The Woodlands, Texas, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	4	3	1

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