Matador is an independent energy company that, together with its predecessor companies, has operated for over 40 years after being founded with investments from friends and family. Matador is 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. Matador also operates in the Haynesville shale and Cotton Valley plays in Northwest Louisiana.

Additionally, Matador owns and operates midstream assets in support of its exploration, development and production operations and provides natural gas processing, oil transportation services, natural gas, oil and produced water gathering services and produced water disposal services to third parties. Presently, the assets owned and operated by Matador and its midstream joint venture, San Mateo, include over 900 miles of pipelines, 19 saltwater disposal wells and processing plants with 720 MMcf per day of natural gas processing capacity. These assets provide flow assurance to Matador and to third-party customers.