Jarrod H. Gamble

Upstream Representative Matters

• Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) in its acquisition of certain subsidiaries of Double Eagle IV Midco, LLC in exchange for 6.9 million shares of Diamondback common stock and $3 billion cash
• Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) in the $4.45 billion drop down sale of certain mineral and royalty interests to Viper Energy, Inc
• Maverick Natural Resources in its $1.275 billion acquisition by Diversified Energy (NYSE: DEC)
• Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV) in the $2 billion sale of its Uinta Basin assets to FourPoint Resources, LLC
• Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) in the exchange of certain of its Delaware Basin assets and $238 million in cash for TRP’s Midland Basin assets
• Advised the seller of a package of natural gas properties in eastern Texas on a purchase and sale agreement with Diversified Energy Co. PLC (LSE: DEC; NYSE: DEC)
• Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) in its $5 billion acquisition of the Williston Basin business of Grayson Mill Energy
• Mach Natural Resources LP (NYSE: MNR) in its $815 million acquisition of certain interests in oil and gas properties, rights, and related assets located in certain counties in Oklahoma from Paloma Partners IV LLC
• Tall City Property Holdings III, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus LLC, in the sale of its Delaware Basin assets to Vital Energy (NYSE: VTLE) for $285 million in cash and 1.58 million common shares
• Earthstone Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ESTE) and Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE: NOG) in their $1.5 billion Delaware Basin acquisition of oil and gas assets from Novo Oil & Gas Holdings, LLC
• Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV) in its $4.275 billion acquisition of all leasehold interest and related assets of Black Swan Oil & Gas, PetroLegacy Energy and Piedra Resources, and the concurrent $825 million sale of its Bakken assets
• Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) in its acquisition of all leasehold interest and related assets of Lario Permian, LLC and certain associated sellers in exchange for 4.18 million shares of Diamondback common stock and $850 million of cash
• Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) in its acquisition of all leasehold interest and related assets of FireBird Energy in exchange for 5.86 million shares of Diamondback common stock and $775 million of cash
• EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) in its $5.2 billion acquisition from THQ Appalachia I, LLC and THQ-XcL Holdings I, LLC (affiliates of Quantum Energy Partners and Tug Hill Operating) of their direct and indirect upstream and midstream subsidiaries and associated oil and gas assets, properties and gathering systems in the Appalachian Basin
• H3 Minerals LLC, an affiliate of Haymaker Minerals & Royalties III and portfolio company of Denham Capital, in its acquisition of a large-scale diversified mineral portfolio in Texas, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Montana
• Formentera Partners in its acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets and carbon capture assets from Rockall Energy Holdings as part of the 363 sales process of the debtor seller
• National Fuel Gas Co. (NYSE:NFG) in the sale of Seneca’s California oil and gas assets to Sentinel Peak Resources California LLC for total consideration between $280 million and $310 million, depending on oil prices, and subject to customary closing adjustments.
• Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: WLL) in its $6 billion merger of equals with Oasis Petroleum Inc. (NASDAQ: OAS)
• GEP Haynesville, LLC in its $1.85 billion sale to Southwestern Energy (NYSE: SWN)
• Primexx Energy Partners on the $788 million acquisition of its leasehold interests and related oil, gas and infrastructure assets by Callon Petroleum Company

Energy Transition Representative Matters

• Momentum Midstream in its long term CO2 services arrangement with an affiliate of Exxon for the transportation and secure geologic storage of CO2 captured from natural gas processing facilities in the Gulf Coast region
• Upstream oil and gas operator in definitive documentation for a long-term CO2 supply arrangement in connection with the operator’s CO2 EOR project
• Summit Carbon Solutions in its CO2 capture, transportation and storage arrangement with Valero, as part of the largest proposed carbon capture and storage project in the world
• Summit Carbon Solutions in its carbon capture partnership with POET, connecting the world’s largest biofuel producer with the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project
• ArcLight Clean Transition Corp. II in its $1.75 billion combination with Opal Fuels LLC, a vertically integrated producer and distributor of renewable natural gas, resulting in Opal Fuels Inc. (NASDAQ: OPAL, OPALW)
• Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (NYSE: REPX) in its joint venture with Conduit Power, LLC to use gas from oilfield production in the Permian Basin to generate electrical power

Prior to joining Kirkland, Jarrod was involved in the following representations:

• Represented Apache Corporation in its combined $612 million asset sales in the Western Anadarko Basin and the SCOOP/STACK play
• Represented Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as administrative agent for the first lien lender group in the Alta Mesa Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, including advising Wells Fargo in the 363 sale of assets to BCE-Mach III LLC
• Represented Echo Energy Partners I, LLC in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, including the $32.96 million divestment of its SCOOP/Stack assets under Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code for its to HPS Investment Partners LLC
• Represented Private equity-backed buyer — $240.55 million acquisition of producing properties on lands owned by the State of Texas and overseen by the Board for Lease of University Lands in the Southern Midland Basin from EP Energy
• Represented Sabalo Energy, LLC in its sale of Midland Basin assets to Laredo Petroleum Inc. for $606 million in cash and 2.507 million shares of Laredo’s common stock
• Represented Eni Petroleum US LLC in its acquisition of 30 percent interest and a follow-on deal for remaining 70 percent and operatorship of the Oooguruk oil field in Alaska from Caelus Natural Resources Alaska, LLC
• Represented Eni Petroleum US LLC regarding potential legacy decommissioning liabilities of up to $110 million as a result of Fieldwood’s proposed abandonment of certain assets in its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, which resulted in securing a settlement including a lump sum payment, a cap on Eni’s potential decommissioning liability and payment of legal fees 

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