30 Sept 2025debt financing● Neutral
Chord Energy issued $750 million of new 6.000% notes due 2030.
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14 Mar 2025debt financing● Neutral
Chord Energy issued $750 million of new 6.750% notes due 2033 and terminated an existing debt agreement as part of the refinancing.
8 Nov 2024debt financing● Neutral
Chord Energy amended its credit agreement again (its sixth amendment since the post-merger facility was signed).
8 Apr 2024business combination● Neutral
Chord Energy gave a further update on its pending Enerplus Corporation acquisition.
26 Feb 2024business combination● Neutral
As part of the Enerplus deal, Chord Energy agreed that Enerplus's CEO Ian Dundas would step down at closing and serve as a paid advisor to Chord's CEO and a Chord board member for 12 months afterward.
21 Feb 2024business combination▲ GoodMajor
Chord Energy agreed to acquire Canadian producer Enerplus Corporation in a stock-and-cash deal, extending its Williston Basin buildout.
26 May 2023business combination● Neutral
A shareholder lawsuit challenging the 2022 Whiting-Oasis merger disclosures was dismissed, with the parties agreeing on attorneys' fees, closing out the merger-related litigation.
12 Aug 2022material agreement● Neutral
Chord Energy filed follow-up amendments to its post-merger credit agreement and its 2021 notes indenture, formalizing changes from the 2022 corporate reorganization.
15 July 2022dividend declaration▲ GoodMajor
Oasis Petroleum's merger with Whiting Petroleum closed; the combined company renamed itself Chord Energy Corporation, began trading as CHRD on Nasdaq, and paid out the $15.00-per-share special dividend on July 8.
28 June 2022merger communication▲ GoodMajor
Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Petroleum shareholders both voted at their June 28 special meetings to approve the merger and the related share issuance.
16 June 2022merger communication▲ GoodMajor
Oasis Petroleum declared a $15.00-per-share special dividend, payable once its pending Whiting Petroleum merger closes and both companies' shareholders approve it.
16 June 2022dividend declaration▲ GoodMajor
Oasis Petroleum's board formally declared the $15.00-per-share special dividend tied to completing its Whiting Petroleum merger, with both companies' shareholder votes scheduled for June 28, 2022.
20 May 2022business combination● Neutral
Amendment No. 1 to the Whiting merger registration statement. Only one document of this filing is in our archive -- PricewaterhouseCoopers' consent to the use of its audit report on Oasis's 2021 accounts -- so what else the amendment changed cannot be read here; the registration itself covers the Oasis shares to be issued to Whiting shareholders under the $6.25-plus-0.5774-shares merger terms.
5 May 2022merger communication● Neutral
Oasis Petroleum published an updated investor presentation on its pending Whiting Petroleum merger alongside its first-quarter 2022 results.
28 Apr 2022business combination● NeutralMajor
Oasis Petroleum registered the stock for its merger with Whiting Petroleum: each Whiting share becomes $6.25 in cash plus 0.5774 Oasis shares, Oasis holders take a $15.00 per share special dividend contingent on closing, and the two shareholder bases end up owning about 47% (Oasis) and 53% (Whiting) of a renamed, relisted combined company. Nominally an Oasis acquisition, in substance a merger of equals between two Bakken producers; Whiting's board had been chosen by its noteholders during its 2020 Chapter 11 reorganisation.
21 Apr 2022merger communication▲ Good
Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Petroleum's merger cleared its antitrust waiting period, removing a key regulatory hurdle to closing.
31 Mar 2022merger communication● Neutral
Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Petroleum reported making their antitrust filings and hiring an outside integration consultant for their pending merger, and asked employees to help name the combined company.
17 Mar 2022merger communication● Neutral
Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Petroleum sent employees a joint integration-planning update following their merger announcement.
15 Mar 2022merger communication● Neutral
Oasis Petroleum notified its suppliers about the pending Whiting Petroleum merger, expected to close in the second half of 2022.
8 Mar 2022merger communication▲ GoodMajor
Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Petroleum Corporation formally signed their Agreement and Plan of Merger, with Oasis's board approving a doubling of its authorized shares to 120 million to cover the new stock it will issue.
8 Mar 2022business combination● Neutral
A duplicate SEC filing of the same formal Whiting Petroleum merger agreement.
7 Mar 2022merger communication▲ Good
A transcript of the joint Oasis-Whiting call detailing the merger of equals: Whiting shareholders would own about 53% and Oasis shareholders about 47% of the combined company.
7 Mar 2022merger communication▲ Good
Oasis Petroleum's CEO told employees about the newly announced Whiting Petroleum merger of equals: Whiting's Lynn Peterson would become Executive Chair and Oasis's Danny Brown would lead the combined company as President and CEO.
7 Mar 2022merger communication● Neutral
A duplicate SEC filing of the same Whiting Petroleum merger-of-equals announcement.
7 Mar 2022business combination▲ GoodMajor
Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Petroleum Corporation announced a "merger of equals," combining to create a larger Williston Basin operator with about 970,000 net acres and 170,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of production.
7 Mar 2022merger communication● Neutral
An employee FAQ explaining the mechanics of the Whiting Petroleum "merger of equals" and confirming the 53%/47% Whiting/Oasis ownership split.
7 Feb 2022asset acquisition disposition▲ GoodMajor
The Oasis Midstream Partners-Crestwood merger closed: each OMP public unit converted into 0.87 Crestwood units, and Oasis's own units converted into $150 million cash plus Crestwood units, leaving Oasis owning about 21.7% of Crestwood. Oasis also ended a shareholder-rights plan it no longer needed.
29 Dec 2021material agreement● Neutral
Oasis Petroleum amended its post-bankruptcy credit agreement.
28 Oct 2021merger communication● Neutral
Another excerpted filing of the same call discussing the pending Oasis Midstream Partners-Crestwood merger.
28 Oct 2021business combination● Neutral
A duplicate SEC filing of the same Oasis Midstream Partners-Crestwood merger agreement.