Bonanza Creek and Extraction to Combine in Merger of Equals, Creating Civitas Resources – a New Colorado Energy Leader and the State’s First Net-Zero Oil & Gas Producer
May 10, 2021 08:05 ET
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Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
Denver, Colorado, UNITED STATES
DENVER, May 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (NYSE: BCEI) (“Bonanza Creek”) and Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ: XOG) (“Extraction”), today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals. The combined company, to be named Civitas Resources, Inc. (“Civitas”), will be the largest pure-play energy producer in Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin, with an aggregate enterprise value of approximately $2.6 billion (based on the closing share prices of Bonanza Creek and Extraction on May 7, 2021).