diamondback energy is an independent oil and natural gas company headquartered in midland, tx. diamondback’s growth strategy is focused on the acquisition, development, exploration and exploitation of unconventional, long-life, onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the major oil producing permian basin in west texas. the company’s operations are directed primarily at the large acreage areas of the clearfork, spraberry, wolfcamp, cline, strawn and atoka formations, collectively known as the wolfberry trend.