Reese Energy Consulting tosses a wink and a nod at that headline with the ramp up of international buyers looking to score more U.S. oil and gas assets. For today, we’re looking specifically at what’s happening in the Haynesville. You might recall back in March, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) committed to a 10-year, $1.4 trillion investment in U.S. natural gas production and LNG exports, advanced manufacturing, and AI infrastructure and development.

One month later, state-owned ADNOC was evaluating a potential $9 billion acquisition of Dallas-based Aethon Energy’s Haynesville position, whose natural gas assets in East Texas and La., have made it the second-largest gas producer there with 2 BCFD—along with a hop, skip, and jump bonus to Gulf Coast LNG facilities. Now comes a new competitor for Aethon’s Haynesville goodies in the form of Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp., purportedly in talks to seal a deal for $8 billion. Mitsubishi already holds an interest stake in several U.S. gas projects including the Cameron LNG plant in La. An acquisition with Aethon would mark the company’s first U.S. upstream entry.