please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message petrohawk energy corporation type public industry energy oil and gas successor bhp billiton founded 2003 headquarters houston tx united states area served united states key people floyd c. wilson chairman president & ceo products petrochemical revenue us 883.40 million 2007 operating income us 250.65 million 2007 net income us 52.90 million 2007 total assets us 4.672 billion 2007 total equity us 2.008 billion 2007 number of employees 262 2008 website petrohawk.com petrohawk energy corporation was an independent energy company headquartered in houston texas . founded in 2003 petrohawk grew rapidly through mergers and acquisitions . the company was originally known as beta oil & gas until shareholders approved a name change on july 15 2004 . in november 2004 petrohawk bought wynn crosby for 425 million marking its first large acquisition . the wynn crosby petrohawk transaction was named the 2004 m & a deal of the year by the oil and gas investor . 1 in july 2005 petrohawk merged with mission resources nearly doubling in size . one year later petrohawk bought kcs energy for 80 million shares of stock and approximately 900 million in cash . beginning in 2007 petrohawk began acquiring acreage in the haynesville shale and in 2008 successfully began an extensive 500 million drilling program . 2 on july 15 2011 bhp billiton acquired petrohawk for an all cash offer of us38 .75 per share . 3 references edit oilandgasinvestor.com . oilandgasinvestor.com . retrieved 2013 09 15 . 1 archived august 21 2006 at the wayback machine . bhp billiton and petrohawk corporation announce merger agreement pdf . petrohawk.com . v t e bhp billiton assets current mines area c mine cerrej n 33.33 % escondida 57.5 % goonyella riverside mine1 jimblebar mine leinster nickel mount keith mine mount whaleback mine 85 % olympic dam orebodies 18 23 and 25 mine 85 % peak downs mine1 resolution copper 50 % yandi mine 85 % yarrie mine 85 % yeelirrie uranium project other atlantis pq 44 % douglas complex ekati airport goldsworthy railway mad dog oil field 23.9 % moranbah airport1 mount newman railway north west shelf venture 16.67 % lng phase 8.33 % domestic gas phase vf2388 former bhp shipping bluescope steel ekati diamond mine 80 % ok tedi mine onesteel ravensthorpe nickel mine south32 whyalla steelworks acquisitions petrohawk wmc resources people philip aiken chip goodyear marius kloppers essington lewis george mcculloch jacques nasser other bhp billiton tower brookfield place ok tedi environmental disaster 1assets of bhp billiton mitsubishi alliance a joint venture between bhp billiton 50 % and mitsubishi corporation 50 % category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title petrohawk & oldid 743465900 categories oil companies of the united statesnatural gas companies of the united statescompanies based in houstonhidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles needing additional references from february 2009all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view