Northern Oil and Gas

NOG

Market cap $2.17B

Northern Oil and Gas stock is cheap, pays a high yield, and can benefit from global energy uncertainty. Increasing well counts show expanding operations, albeit at the cost of free cash flow.

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE: NOG) (the “Company” or “NOG”) today provided an update on the Company's hedge profile after its recently announced Ohio Utica joint acquisition. HEDGING UPDATE The Company continues to execute its policy of protecting its capital program by periodically entering into financial derivative instruments with counterparties to lock in future commodity prices on a portion of its expected production. NOG has added substantial gas hedges s.

Northern's Q3 2025 production declined compared to Q2 2025, although this was expected, and it actually increased its full-year guidance slightly. It is making a $588 million (net to Northern) Utica acquisition in partnership with Infinity Natural Resources. This acquisition is at a relatively high multiple to current production levels, but Northern and Infinity are aiming to triple production at the acquired assets by 2030.

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NOG to buy 49% of Ohio Utica shale assets for $588 million, adding growth, midstream capacity and long-term production upside.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE: NOG) (the “Company” or “NOG”) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 49% stake in Ohio Utica Shale Assets in partnership with Infinity for a purchase price, net to NOG, of $588.0 million in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments. UPSTREAM ASSETS The Acquired Assets are located in the Utica shale of eastern Ohio and include approximately 35,000 net acres with over 100 gross identified un.

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