Matador Resources Co. MTDR

What this company does

Matador Resources Company is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources in the United States, with an emphasis on oil and natural gas shale and other unconventional plays. Its current operations are focused primarily on the oil and liquids-rich portion of the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Delaware Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas, with additional operations in the Haynesville shale and Cotton Valley plays in Northwest Louisiana. For the year ended December 31, 2025, three significant purchasers accounted for approximately 72% of its total oil, natural gas and NGL revenues. At December 31, 2025, it had 483 full-time employees. Its midstream segment conducts midstream operations in support of, and provides flow assurance for, its exploration, development and production operations, and provides natural gas processing, oil transportation services, oil, natural gas and produced water gathering services and produced water disposal services to third parties. It was founded in July 2003 by Joseph Wm. Foran, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, as a Texas corporation.

Written from the business description in Matador Resources Co's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 26 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.