Exploration & Production Investment Banking Services | Stephens

Who We Are

What We Do

We provide investment banking, research, sales and trading, asset and wealth management, public finance, insurance, private capital, and family office services.

About Us

We are a family-owned financial services firm that values client relationships, long-term stability, and supporting the communities where we live and work.

The Stephens Story

The idea of family defines our culture, because each of us knows that our reputation is on the line as if our own name was on the door.

Leadership

Our reputation as a leading independent financial services firm is built on the stability of our longstanding and highly experienced senior executives.

Impact Initiatives

We are committed to corporate philanthropy; economic and financial literacy advocacy; and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Our Brand Ambassadors

Stephens is proud to sponsor the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, and PGA TOUR Champions careers, as well as applaud the philanthropic endeavors, of our Brand Ambassadors.

Making Connections

We host many highly informative meetings each year with clients, industry decision makers, and thought leaders across the U.S. and in Europe.

Energy & Clean Energy Transition

Exploration & Production

We have a long history of providing advisory and execution services in the form of M&A, A&D, capital raising and capital solutions for a wide range of companies active in oil & gas exploration and production.

Our oil and gas exploration investment bankers possess strong technical expertise as well as deep relationships with the key strategic buyers, equity and debt private capital sources, and family offices most active in the space. Our highly experienced team thinks like owners on behalf of clients, whether they are public or private firms. Oil & gas companies often seek us out for specialized solutions.

Featured Exploration & Production Transactions

  • Equity Capital Markets

    Secondary Offering

    $126 Million

    Equity Capital Markets

    Crescent Energy

    Underwriter

    Energy & Clean Energy Transition

    Public Companies

    Financial Sponsors

    $126 Million

    03/06/2024

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  • Equity Capital Markets

    Follow-On Offering

    $351 Million

    Equity Capital Markets

    Talos Energy

    Co-Manager

    Energy & Clean Energy Transition

    $351 Million

    01/17/2024

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  • M&A Advisory

    Has Divested Oil & Gas Assets In Southwest Texas

    M&A Advisory

    El Toro Resources LLC

    Financial Advisor

    Energy & Clean Energy Transition

    Private Companies

    Not Disclosed

    12/23/2023

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  • Equity Capital Markets

    Initial Public Offering

    $190 Million

    Equity Capital Markets

    Mach Natural Resources

    Co-Manager

    Exploration & Production

    $190 Million

    10/27/2023

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Senior Exploration & Production Bankers