Tamboran Resources CEO shares insights5 Oct 2025 09:06
Tamboran Resources CEO shares insights into the company’s Falcon Oil and Gas acquisition – ICYMI
Chair and CEO Dick Stoneburner spoke with Proactive about the company's definitive agreement to acquire Falcon Oil and Gas in a strategic move to consolidate its position in the Beetaloo Basin.
Stoneburner explained that the Beetaloo Basin is “the largest, scalable, drill ready basin in the world to develop a large scale shale gas resource,” covering around 5 million acres.
Tamboran, following the merger, will hold 3 million net acres, giving it a controlling position across the majority of the basin.
The acquisition consolidates Tamboran’s operating interest and is expected to streamline future capital expenditure.
“Falcon would have had a hard time keeping up with that capital expenditure to develop the basin,” Stoneburner said, noting that the transaction arose naturally from shared interests.
Tamboran plans to supply gas initially to Darwin starting next year, followed by deliveries to southeast Australian markets and eventually the broader Asia-Pacific LNG market.
Stoneburner noted the long-term scope of the project, referencing “approximately 44,000 drilling locations under the acreage that we have an interest in.”
Looking ahead, he projected that production from the basin could reach up to 12 billion cubic feet (bcf) per day by the mid-2030s, positioning it as a major supplier for energy security needs in the region.
Due diligence is ongoing across multiple jurisdictions including the US, Australia, Canada, and the UK, with the merger expected to close in the first quarter of 2026.
Proactive: All right, welcome back inside our Proactive newsroom. And joining me now is Dick Stoneburner. He is the interim CEO of Tamboran Resources Corp. Significant news out from the company today talking about the acquisition of Falcon Oil and Gas — a really strategic acquisition for sure. Dick, we’ll get into the reasons why in a second, but just off the top of your head, talk to me a bit about the move forward on this.
Dick Stoneburner: Yeah, it's a natural consolidation between Falcon and Tamboran. They’re a non-operated interest partner with us, with a 22.5% working interest. There are hundreds of millions of dollars to spend in the future in this basin, and quite honestly, Falcon would have had a hard time keeping up with that capital expenditure to develop the basin.
So Philip Quigley and I began discussions, which led to a merger discussion. I think it’s going to be good for both companies. It’ll allow us both to move forward and develop this basin.