Diversified Energy Agrees to Acquire Birch Permian Holdings for $1.8 Billion

Direct Reuters wire content and corroborating context identify a new execution of definitive agreements for Diversified Energy to acquire Birch, with explicit transaction value, financing, break fee, expected closing period, and quantified production and EBITDA effects. This is a forward-looking corporate action that can materially change Diversified Energy’s scale, leverage, cash generation, and execution risk; it is not a price move or analyst commentary. The supplied wire timestamp is used as the best estimate of the announcement time because no more precise real-world time is provided, so timestamp confidence is high but not absolute. Surprise is moderate rather than extreme because advanced acquisition talks were reported previously, although the definitive agreement and detailed financing terms are new. Only DEC and CG are approved: DEC is the direct acquirer, while Carlyle is explicitly identified as arranger of the financing and strategic partner; the other proposed stakeholders have only indirect, conditional, or unsupported effects and are excluded.