Upstream oil and gas deals activity, including capital markets and mergers and acquisitions, totaled US$23.5 billion from 114 transactions in May 2015, an almost $75 billion drop in value from the $98.4 billion achieved across 111 deals in April 2015…
Shell has cleared its first hurdle in order to progress its takeover of BG Group, the supermajor announced on 16 June. Shell received an early termination of the US antitrust waiting period from the US Federal Trade Commission. The company…
While Shell’s agreement to acquire BG Group for US$69.9 billion is the largest mega deal since Exxon and Mobil merged in 1998, the underlying market is slow, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest monthly…
Bergen Group terminated a deal with Semco Maritime to sell the company’s yard facility just before closing occurred. The deal was announced on 13 April 2015 and the transaction was subject to final closing no later than 30 April 2015…
East Mediterranean Gas Co. (EMG) is denying any involvement in the US$1.2 billion deal made last week between the Tamar partners and Dolphinus Holdings to export natural gas from Israel to Egypt using the EMG pipeline. Tamar map…
Deloitte’s Petroleum Services Group’s latest North West Europe Review has revealed a drop in drilling, deals and new field start-ups in 2014. Deloitte says the drop in drilling was consistent with expectations, given recent trends and market conditions…
Spain's Repsol has agreed a deal to buy Canadian exploration and production company Talisman Energy for US$8.3 billion plus debt - amounting to the largest international deal by a Spanish company in five years. The deal, which had been rumored for some months…
The oil industry was only just coming to terms with Halliburton's offer for Baker Hughes when Technip revealed it had made an offer, albeit rebuffed, for CGG yesterday (20 November). Colin Welsh, CEO at energy corporate advisory firm Simmons & Company…
Poor weather and high costs have impacted Q1 exploration and appraisal drilling activity on the UK Continental Shelf, according to a report by Deloitte. The report, which details activity across North West Europe during Q1, was compiled by Deloitte’s Petroleum Services Group (PSG)…
The UK’s prolonged winter muted drilling and deals growth in the North Sea after a strong finish to 2012, according to a new report from Deloitte, the business advisory firm, into offshore activity. The report, compiled by Deloitte’s Petroleum Services Group (PSG)…
Rosneft's Moscow headquartersRosneft strikes $28B deal with AAR for TNK-BPRosneft has finalized an agreement to purchase AAR Consortium's (Alfa Group, Access Industries and Renova) 50% stake in TNK-BP for $28 billion, the company announced on 12 December 2012…
Ukrainian officials with Jordi Sarda BonvehiUkraine signs fake deal on state television Oilprice.com - Certainly the folks at Gazprom are having a good snicker, reveling in the mockery that has been made of what should have been a landmark…
A robust mergers & acquisitions market in the latter half of 2011, particularly in midstream, bodes well for deal making in 2012, according to Deloitte's Center for Energy Studies. But world events could throw a wrench into the M&A machine, as Russell McCulley reports…
The number and total value of US oil & gas mergers and acquisitions dipped slightly in 2Q 2011 over the same period last year, according to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) study. But the average deal value for the largest transactions rose by 14%…
Merger and acquisition activity in the US oil & gas sector picked up steam 3Q 2010, despite ongoing uncertainty about business in the Gulf of Mexico, reported PricewaterhouseCoopers.For the three-month period ending 30 September, there were…