Press Releases

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. Announces 2012 Guidance and Capital Budget

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LPI) (the “Company” or “Laredo”) today announced guidance for key operating metrics, including an expected average 2012 production increase of approximately 25% over the prior year, and detailed its annual drilling budget, of which approximately 80% will be deployed in the Permian Basin.

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. Closes Initial Public Offering and Exercise of Underwriters' Option to Purchase Additional Shares

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LPI) (the “Company” or “Laredo Petroleum”), announced today that it has completed its initial public offering of 20,125,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 per share, including all 2,625,000 shares of common stock subject to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares.

Laredo Petroleum Celebrates IPO on the New York Stock Exchange Chairman & CEO Randy A. Foutch to Ring The Opening Bell

In honor of the occasion, Chairman and CEO Randy A. Foutch, joined by members of Laredo Petroleum’s management team, will ring the NYSE Opening Bell.

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. Prices Initial Public Offering

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “Laredo Petroleum”), announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 17,500,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 per share.

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “Laredo Petroleum”), announced today the commencement of its initial public offering of 17,500,000 shares of its common stock, at an anticipated initial public offering price between $18 and $20 per share...

Laredo Petroleum Completes Private Placement of $200 Million of Senior Notes

The senior notes were issued under the same indenture and are part of the same series as Laredo's outstanding senior notes issued on January 20, 2011.

W. Bland Williamson, Jr. named 2011 Tulsa, Oklahoma Oil & Gas Best Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers®

W. Bland Williamson, Jr. has watched the oil and gas industry and accompanying regulations change remarkably since he first became affiliated with Pray Walker and its predecessors in 1969.

Laredo Petroleum Completes Broad Oak Energy Acquisition

Laredo Petroleum and Broad Oak Energy to Merge

Combination will bolster position as a leading player in the Permian Wolfberry oil play alongside Laredo's well established presence in the liquids-rich Granite Wash play.

Laredo Petroleum Announces Sale of $350 Million of Senior Notes

“We are extremely pleased by the strong interest and response in the marketplace,” said Randy Foutch, Laredo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.