Devon Energy Acquires Validus Energy for $1.8 Billion

Validere Acquires Phoenix Energy Consultants

January 20, 2022

Energy

Validere, a Calgary-based energy data analytics SaaS provider, has completed the acquisition of Phoenix Energy Consultants, a Western Canada-based transportation and marketing optimization advisor for crude oil, natural gas, NGL and sulfur producers. The deal makes Phoenix a wholly owned subsidiary of Validere and enables Validere to offer clients back-office commercial execution and marketing expertise alongside its molecule-level data and ESG insights.

Distinctive Living Acquires Validus Senior Living Management

June 29, 2024

Healthcare Services

Distinctive Living has acquired Validus Senior Living Management, adding 10 Inspired Living communities across three states plus additional Validus-managed communities to its portfolio. The deal expands Distinctive Living’s national footprint and integrates senior leadership from Validus, including Lindsey Hacker as EVP and CFO, to support operational scale and service quality.

Talos Energy Acquires EnVen Energy Corporation

February 13, 2023

Energy

Talos Energy Inc. completed its previously announced acquisition of EnVen Energy Corporation, adding oil-weighted deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets, operated infrastructure and overlapping acreage to Talos’s portfolio. The deal increases Talos’s scale and free cash flow generation potential and includes board changes tied to EnVen leadership; Talos expects to provide combined-company guidance with its next earnings release.

Vital Energy Acquires Assets of Driftwood Energy Operating, LLC

February 14, 2023

Energy

Vital Energy, Inc. (NYSE: VTLE) signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Driftwood Energy Operating, LLC, comprising leasehold interests, production and hedges, in exchange for 1,578,948 shares of Vital common stock and $127.6 million in cash. The asset package (effective Jan. 1, 2023) includes ~16,500 gross acres (11,200 net) in Upton and Reagan counties of the Midland Basin, ~5,400 BOE/day production, and an estimated 30 gross operated horizontal locations.

Merchant Provides Growth Capital to Validus Capital

September 3, 2025

Financial Services

Merchant has entered a partnership with Validus Capital, a Los Angeles–based registered investment adviser managing roughly $2.5 billion, to provide growth capital and strategic resources. The capital will support Validus’s plans to expand alternatives distribution and reporting capabilities, attract advisors to its platform, and scale its multi-family office services.

Vår Energi Acquires ExxonMobil's Upstream Assets in Norway

December 10, 2019

Energy

Vår Energi has completed the acquisition of ExxonMobil's Norway upstream assets for a cash consideration of roughly USD 4.5 billion, a deal that effectively doubled the company's production on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The portfolio adds interests in more than 20 producing fields (about 150,000 boepd additional), increases reserves to ~1,900 million boe and transfers some ~33–50 ExxonMobil employees to Vår Energi, reinforcing the company's position as the second-largest operator on the NCS.