Independent research firm IHS Herold Inc. has provided OGFJ with updated production data for our periodic ranking of US-based private E&P companies. The rankings are based on operated production only within the United States.

Independent research firm IHS Herold Inc. has provided OGFJ with updated production data for our periodic ranking of US-based private E&P companies.

The value of an oil and gas company value is determined by its reserves, level of production, earnings, growth potential, production cost, commodity price at the time of the assessment, and a number of secondary factors.

SandRidge Energy made a move for private Gulf of Mexico company, Dynamic Offshore Resources this week, in a cash and stock deal worth $1.26 billion.

Dynamic Offshore Resources LLC has acquired substantially all of the Gulf of Mexico properties of XTO Offshore Inc. and other related subsidiaries of ExxonMobil Corp., for $182.5 million.

In a deal with Alaskan Chevron subsidiary Unocal, private operator Hilcorp has acquired Cook Inlet oil and gas assets for an undisclosed sum.

Dynamic Offshore Resources LLC has entered into a new four-year, $750 million senior secured credit facility on July 7 with a syndicate of ten banks led by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc.