'With little appetite from owners to add new rigs as rig demand is flattening out, we believed growth would be inorganic', Wood Mackenzie's Principal Analyst of Upstream Supply Chain said.
'Upon closing, ConocoPhillips will become the largest Eagle Ford producer, a top three Bakken operator, and remain a top five Delaware Basin player based on gross operated production,' Woodmac said.
If COP26 was all about creating the mechanisms to make the energy transition possible, COP27 promises to be the catalyst to start implementing decarbonization in earnest, Wood Mackenzie claims.