Mary E. Busse

Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE) in its $2.5 billion acquisition of  Ranger Oil Corporation, a pure play Eagle Ford company (In Process)

The Blackstone Group in its leveraged buyout of a majority investment in Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., an environmental engineering and design consulting firm

Harold G. Hamm in his acquisition of the remaining shares of Continental Resources, taking the company private

Gravity Oilfield Services, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, in the sale of Tech Management, its production chemicals platform, to Coastal Chemical Co., a Brenntag Company

Antero Resources Corporation in its $750 million offering of senior notes

CENAQ Energy Corp., a SPAC, in a business combination with Bluescape Clean Fuels, a private company specializing in the supply of gasoline derived from renewable feedstocks

KKR and its portfolio company, Independence Energy, in its $5.7 billion merger with Contango Oil & Gas to form Crescent Energy Company

Switchback II Corporation, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of NGP Energy Capital Management, in its $2.3 billion business combination with Bird Rides, a leader in shared short range environmentally friendly electric transportation

TPG Pace Tech Opportunities, a SPAC, in its $1.7 billion business combination with Nerdy Inc., a direct-to-consumer platform for live online learning

Holly Energy Partners, L.P. in its $400 million offering of senior notes

HollyFrontier Corporation in its $1.4 billion debt exchange