DENVER, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SM Energy Company (the "Company" or "SM Energy") (NYSE: SM) today announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Uinta Basin oil and gas assets owned by certain entities affiliated with XCL Resources, LLC ("XCL"), a private company backed by EnCap Investments L.P. ("EnCap") and Rice Investment Group ("Rice"), for an unadjusted purchase price of $2.55 billion. Concurrently, Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE: NOG) ("Northern") will acquire an undivided twen ...