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NORTHERN OIL & GAS, INC.

NYSE:NOG
US$24.18Close 7 Oct 2026 · delayed

Past year: ▲ 9%(18.15 – 29.23 USD)

Market cap
A$3.65bn
Shares on issue
107m
In-ground value
A$1.22bn
Risked multiple
0.33×
Story beats
48 since 2018
Last event
1 June 2026

History

Northern Oil & Gas rebuilt itself from a 2018 debt restructuring into a five-basin non-operator, and by June 2026 had bought its first Canadian assets.

2018: The restructuring

Northern Oil & Gas buys minority working interests in wells run by other companies. Its filing record here begins in March 2018, after the 2015-2016 oil crash. Its 2015-2017 filings show cumulative losses near $1.5 billion, and it was working through a debt overhaul. In March its term lender, TPG, waived a prepayment requirement so new equity could be raised without repaying debt at once. In April the company cut the equity it needed to raise to complete the exchange from $156 million to $140 million, all in cash, a sign the original terms were hard to meet.

The deal closed on 18 May. The company swapped $497 million (71%) of its 8.000% notes due 2020 for 103.2 million new shares and $344.3 million of new 8.50% second-lien notes due 2023. It also sold 34.7 million shares at $1.50 to raise $52 million. It had also moved its legal home from Minnesota to Delaware.

2018-2019: Buying in the Bakken

With the balance sheet repaired, the company went on offense in North Dakota's Williston Basin. In September 2018 it closed the Pivotal Petroleum Partners deal for $60.6 million cash plus about 25.75 million shares, adding roughly 21 net producing wells. On 1 October it closed the larger W Energy deal for about $114.8 million cash plus roughly 51.5 million shares, adding about 27 net producing wells and over 10,600 net acres. To help pay, it sold another $350 million of 8.50% notes, bringing that issue to roughly $694 million. It also replaced its TPG term loan with a Royal Bank of Canada-led revolving credit facility. In July 2019 it bought VEN Bakken's assets (about 88 net producing wells) for $170.1 million cash, 5.6 million shares and a $130 million seller note.

2019-2020: Cleaning up the debt

The buying left heavy debt. In October and November 2019 the company launched a tender offer for its 8.50% notes and offered holders a new 6.50% convertible preferred stock. Backstop investors agreed to buy $42.1 million of the preferred for cash and exchange $24.9 million more notes. In July 2020, as the pandemic oil crash hit, its lenders, now led by Wells Fargo, cut its borrowing base (the amount it may borrow against its reserves) to $660 million, against $568 million already drawn.

2021-2022: Becoming multi-basin

In 2021 the company bought a 70% share of Appalachian gas assets from Reliance Marcellus, with Arch Investment Partners taking 30%. It issued $550 million of 8.125% notes due 2028, and added $200 million more in November, using the proceeds to repay part of its revolving credit borrowings. It also closed the Comstock Williston purchase ($154 million cash) that month. The borrowing base rose to $725 million in June and $850 million in November. In January 2022 it closed the Permian Basin purchase from Veritas for $419.4 million cash plus warrants. In February 2022 its stock was approved to move from NYSE American to the main New York Stock Exchange. In June 2022 it signed a new $2.5 billion Wells Fargo-led credit agreement with a $1.3 billion borrowing base. In October it raised $500 million of 3.625% convertible notes due 2029, and in November it converted all remaining Series A preferred stock (1.64 million shares) into about 7.4 million common shares plus cash.

2023-2024: More Permian, then Utah

In January 2023 the company closed its stake in the MPDC Midland Basin project, paying $320 million of a $359.2 million price. In May it sold $500 million of 8.75% notes due 2031. In August it closed a one-third share of Novo's Delaware Basin assets for about $468.4 million alongside Earthstone Energy Holdings. The borrowing base was raised to $1.8 billion, and the company ended its governance agreement with TRT Holdings and Robert Rowling, a link dating to 2018. In October 2024 it closed a 20% stake in XCL's Uinta Basin assets in Utah, alongside SM Energy, for about $511.2 million.

2025-2026: Utica and Canada

In October 2025 the company issued $725 million of 7.875% notes due 2033 and used the proceeds to buy back $685 million of its 8.125% notes. In November it replaced its credit facility again, extending maturity to November 2030. In December it agreed to enter a fifth basin, the Utica Shale in Ohio, with Infinity Natural Resources. The deal closed in February 2026 on revised terms: Northern's share fell from 49% to 40%, about $480 million, and its borrowing base rose to $1.975 billion. On 26 May 2026 it agreed to its first purchase outside the United States, Alberta assets from Parallax Energy. The deal closed on 1 June 2026 with CA$237 million cash plus about 3.7 million shares. That was the company's position at the date of its latest record.

Written from the 48 story beats below (2018 to 1 June 2026), which come from the company's own announcements and filings.

Beat by beat

The events that changed the company's story, in plain English, each written against everything known about the company at the time. The dot shows whether it was good, bad or neutral for shareholders.

shares on issue market cap (log scale)

2026106m shares · US$2.30bn market cap

  1. 1 June

    Northern Oil and Gas completed the Parallax acquisition, paying CA$237 million cash (funded by cash on hand, free cash flow and revolver borrowings) plus about 3.7 million shares - its first Canadian asset base, closing just months after the Utica Shale (Antero/Infinity) deal in February 2026.

    capital raising announcement

    106m shUS$2.30bn
  2. 26 May

    Northern Oil and Gas agreed to its first-ever acquisition outside the United States: Alberta, Canada oil and gas assets from Parallax Energy for CA$237 million cash plus CA$113 million in stock, with up to CA$25 million more contingent on WTI oil prices staying elevated through 2027 - continuing its acquire-non-operated-interests playbook into a new country.

    capital raising announcement

    106m shUS$2.87bn
  3. 24 Feb

    Northern Oil & Gas closed the Utica Shale acquisition with Infinity Natural Resources, but on revised terms: Northern's share was cut from 49% to 40% (about $480 million total) as Infinity took a larger 60% stake just before closing. Northern's borrowing base was raised to $1.975 billion in connection with the deal.

    asset acquisition disposition

    97.3m shUS$2.43bn

202597.6m shares · US$2.19bn market cap

  1. 8 Dec

    Northern Oil & Gas agreed to enter a fifth basin, partnering with Infinity Natural Resources to jointly buy Antero Resources' Utica Shale (Ohio) upstream and midstream assets for a combined $1.2 billion - Northern's planned 49% share coming to about $588 million.

    material agreement

    97.6m shUS$2.19bn
  2. 10 Nov

    Northern Oil & Gas fully replaced its credit facility again, extending the maturity to November 2030 while holding the borrowing base at $1.8 billion and lender commitments at $1.6 billion.

    debt financing

    97.6m shUS$2.16bn
  3. 1 Oct

    Northern Oil & Gas refinanced at a better rate, issuing $725 million of new 7.875% notes due 2033 - a lower coupon than its 2021 and 2023 notes - and using the proceeds to buy back $685 million of its higher-cost 8.125% 2028 notes.

    debt financing

    97.6m shUS$2.42bn

202499.8m shares · US$3.53bn market cap

  1. 2 Oct

    Northern Oil & Gas closed its 20% stake in the Uinta Basin assets alongside SM Energy for about $511.2 million, completing its entry into a fourth operating basin.

    asset acquisition disposition

    99.8m shUS$3.53bn
  2. 28 June

    Northern Oil & Gas moved into a fourth basin, agreeing to partner with SM Energy to buy XCL's Uinta Basin (Utah) oil and gas assets - Northern taking a 20% interest for about $510 million, extending its co-investment model beyond the Williston, Appalachian and Permian basins.

    material agreement

    101m shUS$3.76bn

202393.0m shares · US$3.66bn market cap

  1. 15 Aug

    Northern Oil & Gas closed its one-third share of the Novo Delaware Basin assets for about $468.4 million, with partner Earthstone Energy Holdings taking the rest.

    asset acquisition disposition

    93.0m shUS$3.66bn
  2. 4 Aug

    Ahead of closing the Novo deal, Wells Fargo agreed to raise Northern Oil & Gas's borrowing base to $1.8 billion. Separately, the company formally terminated its governance agreement with TRT Holdings and Robert Rowling entirely, ending a relationship dating back to the 2018 debt restructuring.

    debt financing

    93.0m shUS$3.66bn
  3. 16 June

    Northern Oil & Gas agreed to team up with Earthstone Energy Holdings again, this time to jointly buy Novo Oil & Gas's Delaware Basin (Permian) assets - Northern taking a one-third interest for about $500 million, continuing its now-familiar playbook of co-investing alongside an operating partner.

    material agreement

    85.4m shUS$2.55bn
  4. 19 May

    Northern Oil & Gas raised $500 million through new 8.75% senior notes due 2031, adding to its debt stack as it kept funding acquisitions across its growing basin footprint.

    debt financing

    85.4m shUS$2.83bn
  5. 9 Jan

    Northern Oil & Gas closed the MPDC Midland Basin deal, upsizing its stake in the Mascot project from 36.7% to nearly 40% and paying $320 million of a total $359.2 million price.

    asset acquisition disposition

    85.2m shUS$2.62bn

202277.9m shares · US$2.66bn market cap

  1. 14 Nov

    Wells Fargo raised Northern Oil & Gas's borrowing base from $1.3 billion to $1.6 billion, and the elected commitment from $850 million to $1.0 billion. The company also amended the Veritas warrants so holders could pay the exercise price by having shares withheld (cashless exercise).

    security holder rights change

    77.9m shUS$2.66bn
  2. 8 Nov

    Northern Oil and Gas mandatorily converted all of its remaining Series A Preferred Stock into common stock plus cash (1.64 million preferred shares into about 7.4 million common shares), eliminating preferred stock from its capital structure entirely and completing the deleveraging arc that began with the 2018 restructuring.

    capital raising announcement

    77.9m shUS$2.66bn
  3. 19 Oct

    Northern Oil & Gas agreed to buy into the Permian Basin again, this time a stake in MPDC's Midland Basin "Mascot" development project for $330 million.

    material agreement

    78.9m shUS$2.16bn
  4. 17 Oct

    Northern Oil and Gas raised $500 million through its first convertible senior notes offering (3.625% due 2029, upsized from a $435 million base deal on strong demand) - a new, lower-cost financing tool reflecting its improved credit standing four years after the 2018 restructuring.

    capital raising announcement

    78.9m shUS$2.16bn
  5. 8 June

    Reflecting its growth into a multi-basin producer, Northern Oil & Gas replaced its credit facility with a new $2.5 billion Wells Fargo-led agreement, an initial $1.3 billion borrowing base and $850 million in lender commitments - roughly double what it had just two years earlier.

    debt financing

    77.3m shUS$2.53bn
  6. 2 Mar

    NORTHERN OIL & GAS, INC.'s securities were notified for removal from listing and registration on its exchange.

    listing compliance notice

    77.3m shUS$1.94bn
  7. 14 Feb

    the exchange certified NORTHERN OIL & GAS, INC.'s securities for listing, clearing them to begin trading.

    listing compliance notice

    77.3m shUS$1.82bn
  8. 14 Feb

    Northern Oil & Gas's stock was approved to move up from the NYSE American to the main New York Stock Exchange board, a symbolic milestone in the company's turnaround from its 2018 debt restructuring to a larger, more diversified producer.

    listing compliance notice

    77.3m shUS$1.82bn
  9. 31 Jan

    Northern Oil & Gas closed its purchase of Veritas's non-operated Permian Basin assets, paying $419.4 million in cash plus 1,939,998 warrants at $28.30. The cash was funded with revolving credit facility borrowings.

    asset acquisition disposition

    77.3m shUS$1.82bn

202166.2m shares · US$1.53bn market cap

  1. 16 Nov

    Northern Oil & Gas agreed to buy non-operated Permian Basin assets from Veritas-affiliated entities for $406.5 million in cash plus about 1.9 million warrants struck at $28.30, as it returned its focus to the Delaware Basin. Closing was expected in the first quarter of 2022.

    capital raising announcement

    66.2m shUS$1.53bn
  2. 16 Nov

    Northern Oil & Gas closed the Comstock Oil & Gas purchase, paying $154 million cash for about 66 net producing Williston Basin wells across four North Dakota counties.

    asset acquisition disposition

    66.2m shUS$1.53bn
  3. 15 Nov

    Northern Oil & Gas issued an additional $200 million of 8.125% senior notes due 2028, adding to the existing $550 million, and planned to use the proceeds to repay part of its revolving credit facility borrowings.

    debt financing

    66.2m shUS$1.53bn
  4. 8 Nov

    Northern Oil & Gas amended its credit agreement to permit an offering and announced it intended to sell $200 million of additional 8.125% senior notes due 2028 in a private offering.

    material agreement

    66.2m shUS$1.53bn
  5. 3 Nov

    Northern Oil & Gas completed its semi-annual redetermination, raising the borrowing base from $725 million to $850 million and the elected commitment from $660 million to $750 million.

    debt financing

    66.2m shUS$1.53bn
  6. 8 Oct

    Northern Oil & Gas agreed to buy more Williston Basin acreage, this time from Comstock Oil & Gas, for $154 million in cash.

    material agreement

    66.2m shUS$1.42bn
  7. 2 June

    Northern Oil & Gas completed its semi-annual redetermination with Wells Fargo, raising the borrowing base to $725 million and setting the lenders' elected commitment at $660 million.

    debt financing

    60.4m shUS$1.10bn
  8. 6 Apr

    Northern Oil & Gas closed its entry into Appalachian natural gas, taking its 70% share of the Reliance Marcellus assets (about 95 net producing wells, over 61,000 net acres in Pennsylvania) for roughly $121 million cash plus warrants, with partner Arch Investment Partners funding the remaining 30%.

    asset acquisition disposition

    60.4m shUS$729m
  9. 23 Feb

    To help fund the Reliance/Appalachia deal and refinance older debt, Northern Oil & Gas issued $550 million of new 8.125% senior notes due 2028.

    debt financing

    45.9m shUS$468m
  10. 3 Feb

    Northern Oil & Gas made a transformational move beyond its Williston Basin roots, agreeing to buy Appalachian natural gas assets (about 64,000 net acres in Pennsylvania, operated mostly by EQT) from Reliance Marcellus for $250 million gross - taking a 70% share itself ($175 million cash plus warrants) and bringing in Arch Investment Partners to fund the other 30% - turning the company into a diversified, multi-basin non-operator instead of a pure Bakken oil play.

    asset acquisition disposition

    45.9m shUS$468m

2020436m shares · US$367m market cap

  1. 13 July

    As the pandemic oil crash hit, Northern Oil & Gas's lenders (now led by Wells Fargo) cut its borrowing base to $660 million, versus $568 million already drawn, and tightened rules requiring excess cash to go toward paying down the facility - a squeeze consistent with what other non-investment-grade E&Ps faced in 2020.

    debt financing

    436m shUS$367m

2019406m shares · US$795m market cap

  1. 26 Nov

    Northern Oil and Gas closed the exchange and subscription offers tied to its 8.50% second-lien notes tender, issuing 6.50% Series A convertible preferred stock. Backstop parties bought $42.1 million of preferred for cash and exchanged $24.9 million of notes for it, and Northern also signed a new $1.5 billion revolving credit facility.

    capital raising announcement

    406m shUS$795m
  2. 22 Oct

    With debt built up from its 2018-2019 acquisition spree, Northern Oil & Gas launched a capital-structure cleanup: a $200 million cash tender for its 8.50% notes, an offer to swap up to $70.75 million more of those notes for new 6.5% convertible preferred stock, and lender commitments for a new revolving credit facility - all backstopped by a group of its own noteholders.

    material agreement

    404m shUS$793m
  3. 2 July

    Northern Oil & Gas made its biggest Williston Basin purchase yet, buying VEN Bakken's North Dakota assets (about 88 net producing wells, 18,000 net acres) for $170.1 million cash, 5.6 million shares, and a $130 million seller-financed note - continuing the string of Bakken bolt-ons that began with Pivotal and W Energy in 2018.

    asset acquisition disposition

    389m shUS$752m
  4. 22 Apr

    Northern Oil and Gas agreed to acquire Williston Basin assets from VEN Bakken (a Kayne Private Energy Income Funds portfolio company) for $165 million cash, 5.6 million shares, and a $130 million seller promissory note - its third major bolt-on acquisition of 2018-2019, this one partly seller-financed.

    capital raising announcement

    377m shUS$1.03bn

2018334m shares · US$1.34bn market cap

  1. 9 Oct

    Northern Oil & Gas completed the additional $350 million notes offering (bringing its 8.50% 2023 notes to roughly $694 million total) and, the same week, replaced its old TPG-led term loan structure with a new Royal Bank of Canada-led revolving credit facility - trading expensive distress-era financing for conventional bank credit now that its acquisitions and restructuring were done.

    debt financing

    334m shUS$1.34bn
  2. 1 Oct

    Northern Oil & Gas closed its W Energy acquisition, its largest ever, paying about $114.8 million in cash plus 51,476,961 shares. It added about 27.2 net producing wells and 10,633 net acres in North Dakota, two weeks after the Pivotal deal closed.

    asset acquisition disposition

    334m shUS$1.34bn
  3. 25 Sept

    To help fund its acquisition spree, Northern Oil & Gas agreed to sell an additional $350 million of its 8.50% senior secured second lien notes due 2023 in a private placement arranged by RBC Capital Markets.

    material agreement

    297m shUS$1.02bn
  4. 19 Sept

    In connection with a new notes offering, Northern disclosed that its pending W Energy (WR Operating) acquisition was expected to close no later than October 11, 2018. Pro forma for Pivotal and W Energy, proved reserves totaled about 115.2 MMBoe, of which the two deals contributed about 8.3 and 19.5 MMBoe.

    production update

    297m shUS$1.02bn
  5. 18 Sept

    Northern Oil & Gas closed its Pivotal Petroleum Partners acquisition in North Dakota's Williston Basin, paying $60.6 million in cash plus about 25.75 million shares. The deal added roughly 20.8 net producing wells, 2.2 net wells in process and 444 net acres.

    asset acquisition disposition

    297m shUS$1.02bn
  6. 31 July

    Days after the Pivotal deal, Northern Oil and Gas agreed to a much larger Williston Basin acquisition from W Resources (WR Operating LLC) - $100 million cash plus 56.4 million shares - continuing its post-restructuring growth-by-acquisition strategy.

    capital raising announcement

    297m shUS$1.10bn
  7. 20 July

    Freshly recapitalized, Northern Oil and Gas agreed to acquire Williston Basin oil and gas assets from Pivotal Petroleum Partners for a combined $68.4 million cash plus about 25.75 million shares - its first bolt-on acquisition since the restructuring, funded partly with stock rather than more debt.

    capital raising announcement

    294m shUS$925m
  8. 18 May

    Northern Oil and Gas closed its 2018 restructuring: it exchanged $497 million (71%) of its 8.000% notes due 2020 for 103.2 million new shares plus $344.3 million of new 8.50% second-lien notes due 2023, and raised $52 million more by selling 34.7 million shares at $1.50 - a debt-for-equity swap that fixed the balance sheet after the 2015-2016 oil crash.

    capital raising announcement

    128m shUS$214m
  9. 16 May

    Northern Oil & Gas filed a post-effective amendment to an existing Form S-4 after changing its state of incorporation from Minnesota to Delaware on May 9, 2018. No new securities were registered, and the business, assets, directors and officers were unchanged.

    business combination

    128m shUS$214m
  10. 4 Apr

    Northern Oil & Gas lowered the bar for its rescue financing again, cutting the equity it needs to raise to complete the debt exchange from $156 million to $140 million and requiring it all in cash - a sign the original terms were proving hard to hit, even as the company pushed to get the restructuring done by mid-May 2018.

    material agreement

    65.9m shUS$131m
  11. 19 Mar

    Northern Oil & Gas, working through a debt overhaul after the 2015-2016 oil crash (its 2015-2017 filings show cumulative losses near $1.5 billion), got its term lender TPG to waive a prepayment requirement so it could raise new equity without immediately having to repay debt, as part of a plan to swap $497 million of notes (71% of its outstanding bonds) for stock and new lower-balance notes.

    debt financing

    66.8m shUS$138m