Locations are a map. They are not 2026 barrels
Ovintiv (TSX: OVV, NYSE: OVV) said August 26 it has signed more than 60 ground-game deals year to date. The package is about 41,000 net acres across the Montney and the Permian for about $460 million. The company reports in U.S. dollars unless it says otherwise. That spend adds 240 net 10,000-foot equivalent locations: 190 base and 50 upside. The issuer puts the price at about $11,000 per net acre, or about $1.3 million to $1.7 million per location after a small production adjustment. Remaining transactions are expected to close before year-end. Do not write 41,000 acres as already titled.
The split is even on the cheque. Permian, Midland basin: about 21,000 net acres and 120 locations (80 base, 40 upside) for about $230 million. Montney, liquids-rich Alberta oil window: about 20,000 net acres and 120 locations (110 base, 10 upside) for about $230 million. Year to date, including 260 locations from organic inventory work, Ovintiv says it has added about 500 net 10,000-foot locations. Organic adds are not purchased dirt.
This is not the Anadarko sale
The August 24 book had Ovintiv raising oil guidance and selling Anadarko. This note does not change that guidance print. It does not give a new corporate volume. The company said the acquired assets carry minimal production. Treat the $460 million as inventory cost, not as a cash-flow acquisition multiple.
Neutral read
OVV is on the listed producer list. Banks were skipped. $460 million, 41,000 acres, and 240 locations are the facts. Write the 500 year-to-date count as 240 bought plus 260 organic, not as 500 new wells. Watch whether the leftover deals actually close, whether Midland and the Alberta oil window get a 2027 pad, and whether $1.3 million to $1.7 million per location still looks cheap if steel and frac crews move.