| Today’s Upstream Updates (details below)

• Oil prices retreat on inventory build, interest rate concerns

• Natural gas prices closed at high fresh highs

• Nationwide Circle K ‘Fuel Day’ offering fuel discounts

• Cheniere Energy completed its private placement of senior notes

| Markets - Energy Prices

Note: pricing is as of time of publishing.

| Morning News - Energy

• Oil prices flat after Fed keeps interest rate options open (Link)

• Kimmeridge withdraws independent nominees to SilverBow (Link)

• Forecast strong hurricane season could threaten energy industry (EIA)

• Circle K nationwide ‘Fuel Day’ with discounts on gas prices (Link)

• Exxon, Shell considering bids for Namibia oilfield (Link)

• Chevron-Hess merger faces increased uncertainty (Link)

• Kinder Morgan buys Texas oilfield in carbon-tax play (Link)

• Crescent Energy (CRGY) received favorable responses from all three rating agencies (Link)

• China’s rapid nuclear expansion is threatening US dominance (Link)

• Judge greelights Exxon lawsuit against activist investor (Link)

• TX ERCOT power needs to double over the next six years (Link)

• Firebird CEO - we are constantly looking at Midland Basin deals (Link)

| Best of Energy X (Twitter)

• Top 10 Largest Oil Producing Countries (Link)

• Majority of people believe the US is in a Recession, data says otherwise (Link)

• White House passed a bill to allow cryptocurrencies to be exempt from securities regulations (Link)

• AI power demand expected to surge over next six years (Link)

| Transactions - Monthly Upstream Deals

| Capital Markets - Energy Debt & Equity

• Debt 5/22/2024 - Cheniere Energy (LNG) completed a private placement of $1.2 BN senior secured notes. Notes carry an interest rate equal to 5.75% and mature in 2034 (Link).

• Debt 5/21/2024 - California Resources Corp (CRC) announced the pricing and upsized private offering of $600 MM in 8.25% senior unsecured notes due 2029. CRC estimates the net proceeds will be approximately $590 MM after purchaser’s discount and expenses indicating a 98% discount. New notes will be used to repay the existing indebtedness of Aera Energy, LLC in connection with the pending business combination (Link).

• Equity 5/15/24 - Civitas Resources (CIVI) announced a secondary public offering by an affiliate of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). Offering is for 6,956,520 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $73.80 per share (~4% discount). CIVI will not receive any proceeds from the offering. Underwriters will offer the shares from time to time and have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,043,478 shares (Link).

• Equity 5/14/24 - Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY) reported affiliates of EnerVest agreed to sell 12,000,000 shares of class A common stock in an unregistered secondary block trade. MGY did not sell any class A shares in the block trade nor received any proceeds. Additionally, MGY agreed to purchase from EnerVest 3,000,000 shares of class B common stock at a price per share equal to that received in the class A block trade. (Link)

• Equity 5/13/24 - Permian Resources (PR) announced the pricing of 51,765,000 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $16.47 per share for affiliates of EnCap, NGP, Pearl Energy and Riverstone. Offering is a secondary public offering with Permian Resources not receiving any proceed nor selling any shares. Concurrently with the closing, PR agreed to purchase from certain of the Selling Stockholders 1,800,000 common units representing limited liability company interests in Permian Resources Operating, LLC at the same prices as the secondary offering. (Link)

• Notes 4/16/24 - Sunoco LP (SUN) priced its private senior notes due 2029 offering at 100% or 7.00% for an aggregate principal amount of $750 million. Additionally, it priced senior notes due 2032 at 7.25% for an aggregate principal amount of $750 million. Notes were issued in part of the Sunoco and NuStar merger (Link)

• Notes 4/09/24 - Diamondback Energy, Inc (FANG) issues the following notes: (1) $850 MM senior note with a coupon of 5.20% due 2027 and priced at 99.956%, (2) $850 MM senior note with a coupon of 5.150% due 2030 and priced at 99.83%, (3) $1,300 MM senior note with a coupon of 5.40% due 2034 and priced at 99.679%, (4) $1,500 MM senior note with a coupon of 5.75% due 2054 and priced at 99.957%, (5) and $1,000 MM senior notes with a coupon of 5.90% due 2064 and priced at 99.954%. (Link)

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