Matador Resources Company is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources in the United States, with an emphasis on oil and natural gas shale and other unconventional plays. Our current operations are focused primarily on the oil and liquids-rich portion of the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Delaware Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. We also operate in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas and the Haynesville shale and Cotton Valley plays in Northwest Louisiana and East Texas. Additionally, we conduct midstream operations, primarily through our midstream joint venture, San Mateo Midstream, LLC, in support of our exploration, development and production operations and provide natural gas processing, oil transportation services, natural gas, oil and salt water gathering services and salt water disposal services to third parties.
Business Strategies
Matador Resources Company’s business goal is to increase shareholder value by building oil and natural gas reserves, production and cash flows at an attractive return on invested capital. We plan to achieve our goal by, among other items, executing the following business strategies:
Heritage
Joseph Wm. Foran and Scott E. King founded Matador Resources Company in July 2003 with an initial $6.0 million equity investment. Soon after, investors contributed $46.8 million, bringing total initial capitalization to $52.8 million. Most of this initial capital was provided by the same institutional and individual investors who helped capitalize Mr. Foran’s previous company, Matador Petroleum Corporation. Our roots trace back to 1983, when Mr. Foran began his career as an oil and natural gas independent. That year he founded Foran Oil Company with $270,000 in contributed capital from 17 friends and family members. Foran Oil Company was later contributed to Matador Petroleum Corporation upon its formation by Mr. Foran in 1988. Mr. Foran served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of that company from its inception until it was sold in June 2003 to Tom Brown, Inc., in an all cash transaction for an enterprise value of approximately $388.5 million. On February 2, 2012, our common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “MTDR.” Prior to trading on the NYSE, there was no established public trading market for our common stock.
Matador Resources Company’s focus is to create a risk balanced portfolio of exploration opportunities for oil and natural gas in unconventional resource plays, supplemented with exploration for more conventional targets. We concentrate our exploration efforts primarily on known hydrocarbon-producing areas with well-established production histories offering the potential for multiple-zone completions. During the last few years, we have concentrated on the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas and more recently on the Permian Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
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Company Name | Matador Resources Company |
Business Category | Oil & Gas |
Address | One Lincoln Centre 5400 LBJ Freeway Suite 1500 Dallas, Texas United States ZIP: 75240 |
President | Matthew V. Hairford |
Year Established | 2003 |
Employees | NA |
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Hours of Operation | NA |
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