---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001199835-23-000218"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001936756"
company_name: "Next Bridge Hydrocarbons, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T21:47:30.435903+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Next Bridge Hydrocarbons completes Orogrande Basin acquisition via Wolfbone merger

## Summary
- Acquired 22.6249% working interest in the Orogrande Project covering ~134,000 acres in Hudspeth County, Texas.
- Issued 56,297,638 shares of common stock to seller Gregory McCabe as merger consideration.
- Post-merger shares outstanding expected to be ~221,770,359 shares.
- Merger closed April 18, 2023; shares issued under Rule 506(b) and Section 4(a)(2) exempt from registration.
- No underwriting discounts or commissions paid in the transaction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001199835-23-000218
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001936756
- company_name: Next Bridge Hydrocarbons, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 3.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1936756/000119983523000218/0001199835-23-000218-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1936756/000119983523000218/nbh-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001199835-23-000218
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001199835-23-000218.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001199835-23-000218.txt

## Key facts
- M&A Transactions
  Next Bridge Hydrocarbons, Inc. completed an acquisition involving Wolfbone Investments, LLC (closed 2023-04-18).
  - Action: acquisition
  - Counterparty: Wolfbone Investments, LLC
  - Closing: 2023-04-18
  source text: On April 18, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), the Company filed the certificate of merger to consummate the Merger and complete the acquisition of Wolfbone and its working interest in the Orogrande Project.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1936756/000119983523000218/0001199835-23-000218-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.