Matador Resources Company Announces Strategic Delaware Basin Acquisitions and Successful Woodford Exploration Well Results

Matador to buy Paloma Permian for $1.28 billion, bolsters Delaware Basin presence

Matador Resources Company Announces Strategic Delaware Basin Acquisitions and Successful Woodford Exploration Well Results

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Matador’s $1.48B Delaware Deals Test the Price of Inventory - Energy News Beat

Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) announced on July 23, 2026, a pair of strategic bolt-on acquisitions in the Delaware Basin totaling approximately $1.475–$1.48 billion. The larger deal involves the purchase of Paloma Permian LLC, an EnCap Investments portfolio company, for $1.275 billion in cash. A smaller complementary transaction with Ridge Runner Resources II LLC (also EnCap-backed), combined with prior “brick-by-brick” acreage addition…

Dallas-based Matador Expands Permian Footprint with EnCap Buy

Dallas-based Matador Resources said Thursday that it has acquired Paloma Permian from Houston private equity firm EnCap Investments for $1.275 billion in cash. Baker Botts and Vinson & Elkins advised on the deal. The post Dallas-based Matador Expands Permian Footprint with EnCap Buy appeared first on The Texas Lawbook.

Matador strikes $1.28 billion Delaware basin deal, adds 16,000 acres

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Matador Buys Permian Assets for $1.3B

Matador Resources Co. agreed to buy Permian Basin assets from EnCap Investments LP for about $1.3 billion in cash.