Houston-based Schlumberger will issue five tranches of senior notes worth US$6 billion to help fund its pending $14.8 billion mega merger with Cameron International. Image from Schlumberger. Last week on 10 December…
Shell has cleared the final regulatory approval for its US$70 billion acquisition of BG Group, after receiving 'unconditional merger clearance' from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM). This approval from China is the final regulatory…
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared the proposed multi-billion dollar merger between Schlumberger and Cameron International without any conditions, both companies announced in a joint statement on Wednesday (18 November). The…
US services giant Halliburton is offering five tranches of senior notes for a total of US$7.5 billion, to use the cash to fund a portion of the pending $34.6 billion Baker Hughes mega merger. Image from Baker Hughes…
The pending Halliburton and Baker Hughes mega merger will result in additional divestures of businesses for the approval of the US$34.6 billion deal, which is also under a three-week delay with the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ)…
Shell and BG Group’s US$70 billion merger received the unconditional merger clearance from the European Union (EU), completing two of the five preconditions for the mega merger, Shell announced today (2 September). Image from Shell…
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the European Commission are digging deeper into Halliburton’s US$34 billion proposed acquisition of Baker Hughes by requesting additional information in discrete areas. Image from Baker Hughes…
The Halliburton and Baker Hughes US$34.6 billion proposed merger is getting an extension of about 90-days after the two oil giants entered into a timing agreement with the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for its review…
The European Commission has cleared the proposed US$7.6 billion merger between Dresser-Rand and Siemens, the Houston-based equipment supplier announced on 29 June. All of the conditions precedent regarding regulatory matters have now been satisfied…
KPMG Corp. Finance recently advised on the sale of a precision engineering specialist in the oil and gas industry. KPMG advised Vine Street Capital and the management of Lymington Precision Engineers on its sale to Senior, an international manufacturing group…
Houston-based Halliburton announced it will separately market for sale the company’s fixed cutter and roller cone drill bits, directional drilling and logging-while-drilling (LWD), measurement-while-drilling (MWD) businesses. The announcement…
Baker Hughes and Halliburton are in ‘preliminary discussions’ in regards to a possible merger between the two oil services providers, Baker Hughes confirmed on 14 November. “These discussions may or may not lead to any transaction. Baker…
Houston-based Dune Energy has been acquired by Eos Petro Inc. in a cash deal. Eos will acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Dune for $0.30 per share in cash pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger dated 17 September 2014. It…
A new company, DNV GL Group, has been formed following the merger of DNV and GL Noble Denton. DNV GL Group is now a major ship and offshore classification society, providing technical assurance and risk management services to the oil and gas industry and expertise in wind…
87% of shareholders approved NOV acquisitionRobbins & Myers shareholders overwhelming approved NOV's acquisition of the company, Robbins & Myers announced on 27 December 2012.Nearly 85.7% of outstanding shares voted for the transaction,…
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