DENVER, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SM Energy Company (the "Company" or "SM Energy") (NYSE: SM) today announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Uinta Basin oil and gas assets owned by certain entities affiliated with XCL Resources, LLC ("XCL"), a private company backed by EnCap Investments L.P. ("EnCap") and Rice Investment Group ("Rice"), for an unadjusted purchase price of $2.55 billion. Concurrently, Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE: NOG) ("Northern") will acquire an undivided twenty percent (20%) of the oil and gas assets of XCL for $510 million, resulting in a $2.04 billion purchase price net to the Company for an undivided 80% interest of the assets (the "XCL Acquisition"). SM Energy intends to serve as the operator of the assets currently operated by XCL. The Company plans to finance the acquisition through a combination of debt and cash on hand.
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