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Woodside Wraps Up 15.1% Scarborough Stake Sale to JERA for $1.4B

Oct 31, 2024

Woodside has completed the sale of a 15.1% non-operating participating interest in the Scarborough joint venture to JERA, Japan’s largest power generation company, for approximately $1.4 billion.The Scarborough joint venture includes the Scarborough…

Transocean Starts Merger Talks Seadrill

Oct 28, 2024

Offshore drilling provider Transocean is in talks to merge with rival Seadrill, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.The companies are discussing the potential structure of the combination, it said.However…

Avangrid Wraps Up $160M Kitty Hawk North Lease Sale to Dominion Energy

Oct 25, 2024

Avangrid, the U.S. unit of Spain's Iberdrola, has closed the sale of Kitty Hawk North offshore wind lease are to Dominion Energy for approximately $160 million.The sale price consists of a lease acquisition payment of $117 million and associated development cost reimbursement to Avangrid…

Ashtead Technology Buys Two Acteon's Firms in $82M Deal

Oct 24, 2024

Subsea technology and services provider Ashtead Technology has signed an agreement with Acteon Group to acquire Seascan and its subsidiaries known as Seatronic, and its sister company J2 Subsea for $81.5 million.The latest acquisition will further…

Stonepeak Buys 50% Share of Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind from Dominion Energy

Oct 23, 2024

Dominion Energy has completed the sale of 50% noncontrolling interest in 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project to Stonepeak.Dominion Energy will retain full operational control of the construction and operations of the project…

Venterra Acquires Subsea Energy Services Provider Oceanscan

Oct 22, 2024

Offshore wind service business Venterra Group has acquired Oceanscan Holdings, a group of companies that provide subsea and non-destructive test equipment, geotechnical services and specialist personnel to the offshore energy market.Oceanscan is highly complementary to Venterra’s service lines…

VINCI Set to Acquire Two Dutch Maritime Specialists

Oct 08, 2024

VINCI Energies has expanded its industrial activities into a new market segment in the Netherlands with the acquisition of RH Marine and Bakker Sliedrecht, a group of two companies specializing in the maritime sector.By joining VINCI Energies’ network of companies…

Eni Takes 38.7% Stake in Ithaka Energy After UK Assets Sale

Oct 03, 2024

Italian oil giant Eni has completed the sale of its upstream assets in the UK, excluding East Irish Sea assets and CCUS activities, to Ithaca Energy, taking approximately 38.7% stake in the London-listed company.The combination is funded through…

One of the World's Largest Offshore Wind Developers Could Be for Sale

Oct 01, 2024

Australia's Macquarie has engaged advisors for a potential sale of its subsidiary Corio Generation, one of the world's largest offshore-wind developers, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.Corio oversees a 30-gigawatt pipeline of offshore wind projects spanning Europe…

US FTC Greenlights Chevron-Hess Deal

Oct 01, 2024

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission allowed Chevron's $53 billion purchase of Hess Corp on Monday, in an order that barred Hess CEO John Hess from Chevron's board.The FTC's order leaves Exxon Mobil's challenge to the deal, which is expected to stretch deep into next year…

German Independent Inspections Firm Acquires Safetec

Oct 01, 2024

German company TÜV Rheinland has acquired Safetec, a risk management consulting company in Norway active across oil and gas, renewables, and maritime sectors.Safetec’s operations will complement the existing risk, safety and integrity management…

PRIO Buys Peregrino Oil Field Stake in $1.92B Deal with Sinochem

Sep 27, 2024

Brazilian oil and gas company PRIO has signed a sale and purchase agreement with SPEP Energy Hong Kong Limited and Sinochem International Oil for the acquisition of 40% interest in the Peregrino and Pitangola fields in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil…

Brava Energia Welcomes US Oil and Gas Company as Partner in Two Brazil Fields

Sep 27, 2024

Brava Energia, formerly 3R Petroleum before the merger with Enauta, has concluded a sale of 20% stake in a concession offshore Brazil to the affiliates of Westlawn Americas Offshore (WAO), welcoming the U.S. oil and gas company as partner in the Atlanta and Oliva fields…

OKEA Sells Stake in Producing Field Off Norway to Lime Petroleum

Sep 24, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA has entered into agreement with Lime Petroleum, a subsidiary of Rex International, to sell its stake in the Yme field for $15.6 million, exiting the producing field in the south-eastern part of Norwegian North Sea…

FTC Set to Greenlight Chevron's $53 Billion Hess Buy

Sep 23, 2024

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is expected to greenlight U.S. oil producer Chevron's purchase of Hess as soon as this week, two people familiar with the matter said, leaving Exxon Mobil's challenge to the $53 billion deal as its final hurdle…

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