Philadelphia-based WhiteHawk Energy, LLC announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire natural gas mineral and royalty assets covering 150,000 acres in the core of the Haynesville Shale in Louisiana and east Texas.
The mineral assets company said the acquisition would include an estimated 500 producing natural gas wells and an estimated 1,000 wells-in-progress, permitted wells, and undeveloped locations. Officials said the acquisition would increase WhiteHawk’s exposure to high-quality development across the Haynesville and Mid-Bossier formations. The assets are located primarily in the core areas of the basin and are operated by established operators.
“We are pleased to expand our core Haynesville footprint through the acquisition of high-quality mineral and royalty interests, operated by top-tier natural gas producers,” Daniel Herz, CEO of WhiteHawk Energy, said. “The Haynesville Assets will deepen our exposure to leading operators in Louisiana and Texas while adding scale in a basin that we believe will continue to play a critical role in meeting domestic and global natural gas demand with strategic proximity to LNG export terminals.”
The deal will increase WhiteHawk’s exposure to operators in the basin such as Expand Energy, Apex Energy, Aethon Energy Management (to be acquired by Mitsubishi), GeoSouthern Energy (to be acquired by JERA Co.), and EXCO Resources, and is expected to further strengthen the company’s position on one of the country’s most economic natural gas basins.
The Haynesville Assets acquisition is expected to close in early April 2026.