Hart Energy’s A&D Strategies & Opportunities Conference: The Scarcity Factor: Buyers Get Aggressive
November 5, 2026
O’Melveny partner Jason Schumacher will be a guest speaker at Hart Energy’s 25th anniversary A&D Strategies & Opportunities Conference. Schumacher has closed over US$10 billion of transactions and projects and is co-chair of O’Melveny’s Energy Industry Group. Schumacher’s session will explore the shifting landscape of upstream M&A and the changing mix of buyers and sellers shaping today’s market. He will examine the key drivers behind acquisitions and divestitures, from public company consolidation and private portfolio repositioning to renewed activity from mineral, royalty, and private capital investors. The conversation will also address how these different buyer groups are competing for opportunities as available inventory becomes increasingly constrained.
Key Takeaways:
- Which buyer groups are most active in today’s upstream market
- Why sellers are monetizing assets despite strong commodity fundamentals
- How private capital and strategic operators are approaching acquisitions differently
- What changing ownership trends mean for future consolidation
Hart Energy’s A&D Strategies & Opportunities Conference
Thursday, November 5
Dallas, Texas
The Scarcity Factor: Buyers Get Aggressive
Thursday, November 5
11:10 am–11:40 am CT
Learn more and register here.