EOG Resources To Buy Encino Acquisition Partners In $5.6 Bln Cash, Debt Deal
- On May 30, 2025, EOG Resources announced a $5.6 billion deal to acquire Encino Acquisition Partners, expanding in the Utica shale region.
- EOG pursued the acquisition to increase its Utica position by 675,000 net acres, bringing its total to 1.1 million acres with over 2 billion barrels equivalent resources.
- Encino operated 1,068 wells in eastern Ohio, producing nearly 48% of the state's oil in 2024 and forming a contiguous 485,000-acre liquids-rich zone.
- EOG CEO Ezra Yacob stated that the purchase significantly expands their prime holdings in the Utica region, establishing a new core area for the company alongside its Delaware Basin and Eagle Ford operations.
- The deal is anticipated to finalize sometime in the latter half of 2025, targeting $150 million in first-year cost synergies and reinforcing EOG’s role as a leading operator in the Utica shale region.
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EOG Resources To Buy Encino Acquisition Partners In $5.6 Bln Cash, Debt Deal
(RTTNews) - EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG), a crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company, announced Friday a definitive agreement to acquire Encino Acquisition Partners or EAP for $5.6 billion, including EAP's net debt.
EOG Resources will acquire Encino Acquisition Partners (EAP) for $5.6 billion.
EOG takes leading Utica position with $5.6 billion Encino deal
EOG Resources today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Encino Acquisition Partners (EAP) for $5.6 billion. The deal positions EOG as a leading E&P within the Utica shale play, adding 675,000 net acres for a combined 1,100,000 acres, and representing more than two billion boe of undeveloped resource.


EOG Resources to Acquire Encino for $5.6B & Expand in Utica Shale
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