Reuters: Eni in Talks to Buy Neptune Energy for $5-6B

Shadia Nasralla and Ron Bousso
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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Eni is in preliminary talks to buy private-equity backed gas and oil producer Neptune Energy for around $5 billion -$6 billion, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, adding that no official bid had been submitted.

Neptune produces around 130,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), three-quarters of which is gas. It has operations in Norway - home to Eni's Var unit - Britain, Indonesia - where Neptune shares licenses with Eni - Algeria, the Netherlands and elsewhere.

Neptune is owned by China Investment Corporation (CIC), the Carlyle Group,and CVC Capital Partners.

It has guided for its 2022 post-tax operating cash flow to reach $2.5 billion-$3 billion and expects production to grow to 165,000 boed next year.

A banking source confirmed talks had taken place in recent weeks, but that the outcome was "far from guaranteed" as valuations differed.

Eni and Neptune declined to comment.

Neptune, founded by the former head of Britain's Centrica Sam Laidlaw, was working on being "IPO ready" but current conditions on financial markets made it difficult to launch one at the moment, CEO Pete Jones said in August.


 (Reporting by Shadia Nasralla, additional reporting by Ron Bousso and Francesca Landini, Editing by Louise Heavens,  David Evans, Kirsten Donovan)

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