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Vinson & Elkins LLP advised CrownRock Holdings, L.P. (“CrownRock”) in connection with CrownRock’s $1.72 billion underwritten secondary offering of 29,560,619 shares of common stock, par value $0.20 per share, of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (“Oxy”).

Vinson & Elkins recently concluded the successful defense of an 18-month investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) into alleged violations of numerous securities laws by an important firm client and market leader in the precious metals industry.

Vinson & Elkins advised EnCap Investments L.P. in the successful formation of EnCap Energy Transition Fund II with total commitments of approximately $1.5 billion.

Vinson & Elkins represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citi”), as the representative of the initial purchasers, in connection with a private offering (the “Offering”) of $1.8 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes, consisting of $900 million of 8.250% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) and $900 million of 8.500% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “2031 Notes” and, together with the 2029 Notes, the “Notes”) by Transocean Inc. (the “Issuer”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG).

Vinson & Elkins advised Southwest Airlines Co. in the acquisition of SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC as part of the investment portfolio of its wholly owned subsidiary Southwest Airlines Renewable Ventures, LLC (SARV).

Vinson & Elkins advised Perpetua Resources Corp (“Perpetua”) in connection with the negotiation of a royalty agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franco-Nevada Corporation (“Franco-Nevada”) pursuant to which Perpetua, through its subsidiaries, sold Franco-Nevada a royalty on future payable silver production from the Stibnite Gold Project in exchange for a cash payment of $8.5 million.

Vinson & Elkins advised Southwest Airlines Co. in a $30 million investment in LanzaJet, Inc., a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology provider and producer with a patented ethanol-to-SAF technology.

D Magazine has named five Vinson & Elkins attorneys to their 2024 Best Lawyers list.

Vinson & Elkins served as issuer’s counsel in connection with DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd.’s offering to its common shareholders for aggregate gross proceeds of C$30,000,000.

Vinson & Elkins advised Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, in a six-year $300 million senior secured term loan and a two-year delayed draw term loan commitment of an additional $100 million extended to Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

Vinson & Elkins advised CrownRock, L.P. (“CrownRock”), a joint venture of CrownQuest Operating LLC and Lime Rock Partners, in its sale to Occidental in a cash and stock in a transaction valued at approximately $12.0 billion, including the assumption of CrownRock’s debt.

Vinson & Elkins advised HF Sinclair Corporation (the “Company”), Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (“HEP”) and Holly Energy Finance Corp. (together with HEP, the “HEP Issuers”) in connection with (i) private offers to exchange any and all outstanding (a) 6.375% Senior Notes due 2027 and (b) 5.000% Senior Notes due 2028 previously issued by the HEP Issuers (together, the “HEP Notes”) for new notes to be issued by the Company and cash and (ii) related consent solicitations to adopt certain proposed amendments to the indentures governing each series of the HEP Notes, commenced by the Company on October 30, 2023.