Veritas Capital has completed the acquisition of energy industry intelligence company Wood Mackenzie from Verisk.The acquired company will be led by Mark Brinin, who has been promoted from Co-President to Chief Executive Officer. Joe Levesque…
Capricorn Energy shareholders on Wednesday voted in favor of six new directors proposed by activist shareholder Palliser, and the British oil and gas company said the new board would conduct a strategic review of its businesses.The shareholder vote comes days after five directors…
Italian energy group Eni is discussing with Norwegian private equity firm HitecVision a sale of a stake in its retail and renewables unit Plenitude, according to sources with knowledge of the talks.After freezing plans for an initial public…
CNOOC Ltd, China's top offshore oil and gas producer, has halted a planned sale of its UK North Sea portfolio, which could have been valued at as much as $3 billion, Bloomberg News reported.Although initial offers failed to meet CNOOC's expectations for the business…
Capricorn Energy said on Tuesday that Nicoletta Giadrossi has stepped down from the board as chairperson with immediate effect, along with Chief Executive Officer Simon Thomson and three other directors. The British oil and gas producer said James Smith will remain the chief financial officer…
OSM Maritime Group and Thome Group have agreed to a merger that will create one of the world's largest ship management companies.The combined company OSM Thome will be headquartered in Arendal, Norway, with technical management hubs maintained in Singapore and Europe…
Offshore transport firm CHC Helicopter Group (CHC), has agreed to sell Offshore Helicopter Services UK (OHS UK) to Ultimate Aviation Group, a South African headquartered international aviation business for an undisclosed fee.CHC is selling OHS…
Archer Limited has signed a term sheet with Baker Hughes to potentially acquire Baker Hughes’ coil tubing and pumping (“CT&P”) business in the United Kingdom. 'The CT&P business fits well within Archer’s overall strategy to grow our drilling…
Israel's NewMed Energy LP said on Sunday it was making final arrangements for a merger with UK-based Capricorn Energy, whose shareholders will vote on whether to approve the deal on Feb. 1. Capricorn's shareholder ballot is due the same day…
Shell held talks with Harbour Energy to sell its Norwegian oil and gas fields last year but could not reach a deal due to gas price volatility and uncertainty over the long-term outlook, three company sources told Reuters. London-based Shell…
Oilfield services company Archer Limited has acquired Aberdeenshire-based firm Romar-Abrado, which offers services to the plugging and abandonment market. The acquisition is based on an enterprise value of USD 8 million, plus an earn-out pending trading performance over 2023 to 2025…
Serica Energy will look to expand beyond the British North Sea following the acquisition of smaller rival Tailwind in order to diversify its revenue sources, its chief executive said.Serica last month announced it had agreed to buy privately…
Reabold, the AIM-listed investing company with a portfolio of upstream oil and gas projects, said Tuesday it had completed the acquisition of Simwell Resources Limited.Simwell Resources Ltd's website info shows that Simwell is a privately funded…
Offshore drilling firms Seadrill Limited and Aquadrill (ex-Seadrill Partners) on Thursday announced a definitive merger agreement under which Seadrill will acquire Aquadrill in an all-stock transaction. When the transaction is completed, Seadrill…
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has agreed to acquire a 24.9% shareholding in Austrian oil and gas group OMV from Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Company, the two companies said on Wednesday. Upon closing of the transaction,…