Devon Energy
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The Devon Energy Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the headquarters of Devon Energy. | |
Company type | Public company |
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Traded as | NYSE: DVN S&P 500 component |
Industry | Petroleum industry |
Founded | 1971; 53 years ago (1971) |
Founder | John Nichols J. Larry Nichols |
Headquarters | Devon Energy Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , United States |
Key people | Rick Muncrief, CEO & President Jeffrey L. Ritenour, CFO |
Products | Petroleum Natural gas Natural gas liquids |
Production output | 658 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (4,030,000 GJ) per day (2023) |
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Number of employees | 1,900 (2023) |
Website | www |
Footnotes / references [1] |
Devon Energy Corporation is a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration in the United States. It is organized in Delaware and its corporate operative headquarters are in the 50-story Devon Energy Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Its primary operations are in the Barnett Shale STACK formation in Oklahoma, Delaware Basin, Eagle Ford Group, and the Rocky Mountains.[1]
In 2023, the company was ranked 216th on the Fortune 500[2] and 445th on the Forbes Global 2000.[3]
As of December 31, 2023, the company had proved reserves of 1,817 million barrels of oil equivalent (1.112×1010 GJ), of which 43% was petroleum, 28% was natural gas liquids, and 29% was natural gas.[1]
History
Devon was founded in 1971 by John Nichols (1914-2008) and his son, J. Larry Nichols.[4] In 1988, the company became a public company via an initial public offering.[4]
In October 2012, the company completed construction of its current headquarters, the 50-story Devon Energy Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and closed its office in the Allen Center in Downtown Houston.[5]
In August 2015, Dave Hager was named president and chief executive officer of the company.[6]
In February 2016, Devon announced plans to lay off 1,000 employees, including 700 in Oklahoma City, and cut its dividend as part of a cost-cutting effort due to low prices of its products.[7][8]
In November 2019, a blowout at a natural gas well prompted authorities to seal off thousands of acres of land near the Eagle Ford Shale towns of Yorktown and Nordheim. Crews were able to install a capping stack on the well to reduce natural gas flowing from the well.[9]
Acquisitions
# | Year | Company | Price | Description of Assets | Ref(s). |
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1 | February 1992 | Hondo Oil and Gas | $122 million | Oil and gas reserves and seven natural gas processing plants | [10] |
2 | January 1996 | Kerr-McGee | $250 million | North American onshore oil and gas properties; 370,000 net acres of undeveloped drilling rights | [11] |
3 | July 1998 | Northstar Energy | $750 million | Oil and gas properties in Canada | [12] |
4 | August 1999 | PennzEnergy | $2.2 billion | Oil and gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico | [13] |
5 | May 2000 | Santa Fe Snyder | $3.35 billion | Oil and gas properties in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, and the Gulf of Mexico | [14][15] |
6 | September 2001 | Anderson Exploration | $4.6 billion | Oil and gas properties in Canada | [16] |
7 | August 2002 | Mitchell Energy | $3.1 billion | Oil and gas properties in the Barnett Shale of Texas | [17] |
8 | April 2003 | Ocean Energy | $5.3 billion | Deepwater sites in the Gulf of Mexico | [18] |
9 | May 2006 | Chief Oil and Gas | $2.2 billion | Barnett Shale leaseholds | [19] |
10 | February 2014 | GeoSouthern Energy | $6.1 billion | Eagle Ford assets | [20] |
11 | October 2014 | Crosstex Energy | Merger of midstream assets to form EnLink Midstream, LLC | [21] | |
12 | December 2015 | Felix Energy | $2.5 billion | Oil and gas properties in the Powder River Basin and Anadarko Basin | [22] |
13 | January 2021 | WPX Energy | $2.56 billion | Oil and gas properties in the Williston Basin and the Permian Basin | [23] |
14 | July 2022 | RimRock Oil and Gas | $865 million | Williston Basin assets | [24] |
15 | September 2022 | Validus Energy | $1.8 billion | Eagle Ford assets | [25] |
Divestitures
# | Year | Buyer | Price | Description of Assets | Ref(s). |
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1 | March 2010 | BP | $7 billion | Assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan, and the Gulf of Mexico | [26] |
2 | April 2014 | Canadian Natural Resources | C$3.125 billion | Conventional assets in Canada | [27] |
3 | June 2014 | Linn Energy | $2.3 billion | 900,000 net acres in the Rockies, Mid-Continent, east Texas, north Louisiana, and south Texas | [28][29] |
4 | July 2017 | Penn Virginia | $340 million | Lavaca County assets in the Eagle Ford | [30][31] |
5 | June 2019 | Canadian Natural Resources | C$3.8 billion | Assets in Canada | [32][33] |
Political activity
Devon contributed over $1 million in each of the last 3 U.S. election cycles, almost entirely to organizations and individuals affiliated with the Republican Party.[34] In 2016, the company contributed $750,000 to the Senate Leadership Fund, whose goal is to protect the Republican majority in the United States Senate. It also gave $500,000 to the Congressional Leadership Fund, whose goal is to protect the Republican majority in the United States House of Representatives.[35]
Devon and its lobbyists have been noted to have close ties to government officials. In 2014, an investigation by The New York Times uncovered that a three-page letter signed by Scott Pruitt, then the Attorney General of Oklahoma, to the United States Environmental Protection Agency advocating for a relaxing of laws related to hydraulic fracturing was actually written by lobbyists for Devon Energy and not by Pruitt.[36]
References
- ^ a b c "Devon Energy Corporation 2023 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 28, 2024.
- ^ "Fortune 500: Devon Energy". Fortune.
- ^ "Forbes Global 2000". Forbes.
- ^ a b Miller, Stephen (August 9, 2008). "Former Accountant Worked to Build Devon Energy Into Industry Giant". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Pulsinelli, Olivia (October 11, 2012). "Devon Energy cutting 1,000 jobs, slashing dividend". American City Business Journals.
- ^ "Devon Energy Completes Leadership Transition as Board of Directors Elects Dave Hager New President and CEO, Succeeding Retiring John Richels" (Press release). Business Wire. August 3, 2015.
- ^ Wilmoth, Adam (February 16, 2016). "Devon Energy to lay off 700 in Oklahoma City". The Oklahoman.
- ^ Baker, Max B. (February 17, 2016). "Devon Energy cutting 1,000 jobs, slashing dividend". Fort Worth Star Telegram.
- ^ Chapa, Sergio (November 12, 2019). "Devon Energy one step away from capping blowout in DeWitt County". Houston Chronicle.
- ^ "Hondo Oil Offer". The New York Times. Bloomberg News. February 29, 1992.
- ^ Vandewater, Bob (January 1, 1997). "Devon Obtains Kerr-McGee Oil, Gas Properties". The Oklahoman.
- ^ "Devon Energy to acquire Canada's Northstar". Oil & Gas Journal. July 6, 1998.
- ^ "Devon Energy and PennzEnergy Announce Completion of Merger" (Press release). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. August 17, 1999.
- ^ "Devon Energy and Santa Fe Snyder Complete Merger" (Press release). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. August 29, 2000.
- ^ "Devon Energy to acquire Santa Fe Snyder in $3.35 billion deal". Oil & Gas Journal. May 26, 2000.
- ^ "Devon Energy to Acquire Anderson Exploration and Become North America's Largest Independent Producer of Oil and Natural Gas" (Press release). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. September 4, 2001.
- ^ "Devon to buy Mitchell Energy for $3.1 billion, boosting gas reserves". Oil & Gas Journal. August 14, 2001.
- ^ Wilmoth, Adam (April 26, 2003). "Devon completes $5.3 billion merger with Ocean Energy; More than 98 percent approve companies' deal". The Oklahoman.
- ^ "Devon acquiring Barnett shale acreage from Chief". Oil & Gas Journal. May 8, 2006.
- ^ "Devon Energy Completes Acquisition of Eagle Ford Assets from GeoSouthern Energy" (Press release). Business Wire. February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Devon Energy and Crosstex Energy to Create New Midstream Business" (Press release). Business Wire. October 21, 2013.
- ^ "Devon Energy Sharpens Focus on Core Assets" (Press release). Business Wire. December 7, 2015.
- ^ "Devon Energy and WPX Energy Complete Merger of Equals Transaction" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. January 7, 2021.
- ^ "Devon Closes $865 Million Cash Acquisition of RimRock Oil and Gas". Hart Energy. July 21, 2022.
- ^ Casey, Simon (August 9, 2022). "Devon Inks $1.8 Billion Shale Deal to Expand in Eagle Ford". Bloomberg News.
- ^ "BP pays Devon Energy $7bn for Brazilian, Azeri, and Gulf of Mexico assets". The Daily Telegraph. Reuters. March 11, 2010.
- ^ "Devon Energy Completes Sale of Canadian Conventional Assets" (Press release). Business Wire. April 2, 2014.
- ^ "LINN Energy Announces $2.3 Billion Acquisition of Assets from Devon Energy" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. June 30, 2014.
- ^ Pramanick, Anannya (June 30, 2014). "Devon to sell oil and gas assets to Linn Energy for $2.3 bln". Reuters.
- ^ Hiller, Jennifer (July 31, 2017). "Penn Virginia buys Devon's Eagle Ford Shale acreage". Houston Chronicle.
- ^ "Devon Energy Announces $340 Million of Non-Core Asset Sales" (Press release). Business Wire. July 31, 2017.
- ^ "Devon Energy Completes Sale of Canadian Business" (Press release). GlobeNewswire. June 27, 2019.
- ^ "Devon Energy Announces Final Step to Complete Transformation to U.S. Oil Growth Company" (Press release). Business Wire. February 19, 2019.
- ^ "Devon Energy: Total Contributions by Party of Recipient". OpenSecrets.
- ^ "Devon Energy: Profile for 2016 Election Cycle". OpenSecrets.
- ^ Lipton, Eric (December 6, 2014). "Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General". The New York Times.
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