Private equity backed independent Chrysaor says it is already maturing drilling opportunities after completing a deal to buy a major package of UK North Sea assets from Shell for up to US$3.8 billion. The deal sees Chrysaor become a major independent exploration company company in the UK…
Supermajor Shell has agreed to sell a package of UK North Sea assets to Chrysaor for a total of up to US$3.8 billon. The packaged deal consists of Shell's interest in Buzzard, Beryl, Bressay, Elgin-Franklin, J-Block, the Greater Armada cluster…
Mexico’s ALFA S.A.B. and US-based Harbour Energy are terminating the proposed US$5.3 billion acquisition of Toronto-based Pacific Rubiales Energy. Image from Pacific Rubiales. 'The…
While at first the oil price seemed to spur a rash of big M&A deals in 2014 and early 2015, analysts at GlobalData and IHS say the market could slow if the oil price doesn’t increase. Jeannie Stell reports. Image from Baker Hughes…
Upstream oil and gas deals activity, including capital markets and mergers and acquisitions, totaled US$23.5 billion from 114 transactions in May 2015, an almost $75 billion drop in value from the $98.4 billion achieved across 111 deals in April 2015…