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Eni Agrees to Merge UK Upstream Assets with Ithaca Energy

6 hours ago

Eni has reached an agreement on the combination of substantially all of its upstream assets in the UK, excluding East Irish Sea assets and CCUS activities, with Ithaca Energy, creating a major independent oil and gas company present on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).Under the terms of the business combination agreement Eni and Ithaca will combine the Eni UK business with the existing Ithaca business…

PXGEO Acquires Modus Subsea Services

Apr 22, 2024

Marine geophysical services company PXGEO on Monday announced it has acquired Modus Subsea Services to boost its subsea offering.Modus Subsea Services is a U.K.-based provider of offshore life-of-field support services specializing in autonomous…

TotalEnergies Inks $530M Deal to Acquire Malaysia’s SapuraOMV

Apr 22, 2024

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Sapura Upstream Assets to acquire its 50% interest in Malaysian independent gas producer and operator SapuraOMV for a consideration of $530 million, subject to closing adjustments.This agreement follows a first agreement signed with OMV on January 31…

Norway Clears TGS and PGS Merger

Apr 18, 2024

Norwegian seismic firms TGS and PGS have received merger approval from the Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA), brining them one step closer to establish a premier energy data company.The merger between the companies, first announced in September 2023…

Shearwater and Mondaic Enter Strategic Alliance to Optimize Seismic Surveys

Apr 17, 2024

Marine seismic acquisition firm Shearwater Geoservices and Mondaic, a provider of proprietary software and services for high-resolution 3D imaging, have entered a strategic collaboration for development and use of full waveform inversion solutions…

Enauta Moves Forward with 3R Petroleum Merger

Apr 12, 2024

Enauta has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with 3R Petroleum and Maha Energy regarding the potential transaction involving the integration of Enauta and 3R’s activities, which would create one of the largest oil and gas companies in Latin America…

ADNOC Recently Eyed BP as Takeover Target

Apr 11, 2024

The United Arab Emirates' state-owned oil company recently considered buying Britain's BP but the deliberations did not progress beyond preliminary discussions, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)…

BP in Talks to Sell Some Trinidad Upstream Assets to Perenco

Apr 08, 2024

BP is close to an agreement to sell some of its Trinidad and Tobago oil and gas assets to Anglo-French oil company Perenco, according to three people familiar with the talks.BP is Trinidad and Tobago's largest natural gas producer with an output of just over 1…

SLB Acquires Oilfield Tech Firm ChampionX

Apr 02, 2024

SLB has agreed the purchase of ChampionX in an all-stock transaction, strengthening its position in oilfield servicing market.Under the terms of the agreement, ChampionX shareholders will receive 0.735 shares of SLB common stock in exchange for each ChampionX share…

New Merger to Create One of the Largest Oil & Gas Companies in Latin America

Apr 02, 2024

Enauta has proposed the merger with 3R Petroleum which would create one of the largest and the most diversified independent oil and gas companies in Latin America.The merger proposal has been approved by Enauta’s board of directors, and according to the company…

Acteon Acquired by Private Equity Investors with New CEO in Charge

Mar 27, 2024

Acteon Group, the international offshore energy infrastructure services business, has been acquired by private equity investors Buckthorn Partners and One Equity Partners (OEP).Buckthorn and OEP are making a substantial investment in the business…

NOV Acquires MAATS Tech's Carousel and Cable-Lay Systems IP

Mar 20, 2024

Houston-based energy solutions provider NOV has acquired the intellectual property (IP) rights of MAATS Tech, a defunct business providing turnkey ship-based carousel and cable-lay systems.In 2023, NOV formed a new Cable Lay team based in Stonehouse…

Vår Energi Initiates Intra-Group Reorganization

Mar 18, 2024

Vår Energi and its wholly-owned subsidiary Vår Energi Norge, formerly Neptune Energy Norge, have agreed a joint merger plan for an intra-group merger of the two companies.The purpose of the merger is to simplify the corporate structure in the…

Chevron's CEO Faces Challenges of a Lifetime with Hess Bid

Mar 08, 2024

Chevron CEO Michael Wirth is facing a head-to-head match with Exxon Mobil with his $53 billion bid for Hess and its stake in oil hotspot Guyana, and could wind up trapped in a dispute between two of South America’s biggest energy rivals.On Wednesday…

Hess Says Reviewing Timeline for Closing of Chevron Deal

Mar 07, 2024

U.S. oil producer Hess said on Thursday it was reviewing the timeline for closing its merger with Chevron, after oil major Exxon Mobil signaled a potential counter offer for Hess's Guyana assets.Exxon on Wednesday filed a contract arbitration…

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