Press Release

Kirkland Represents Venado and KKR on the Acquisition of Eagle Ford Oil Assets

Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised KKR and affiliates of Venado Oil and Gas, LLC on the decision to acquire operated assets in the Eagle Ford oil window of South Texas. The assets acquired by Venado and KKR include current oil production from 22 producing wells and significant future resource development potential across approximately 23,000 net acres immediately adjacent to existing operated assets held by Venado and KKR in Atascosa and Frio counties. The full release is available here.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners David Castro and Anthony Speier, and debt finance partner Lucas Spivey.