Deal Insight
Centrica joins the UK shale gas hunt
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Report summary
Centrica is to acquire a 25% stake in onshore licence PEDL 165, located in northwest England, from Cuadrilla Resources and AJ Lucas. Centrica will make an up-front cash payment of US$62.5 million (£40 million),but the total consideration could rise to US$250 million. This marks the first UK shale gas-focussed M&A proper, and heralds the arrival of one of the UK's biggest gas players on the scene. Centrica will view its move into UK uncons as an expansion of its exploration ...
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Transaction details
- Upstream assets
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Deal analysis
- Upsides and risks
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Strategic rationale
- Centrica's perspective
- Cuadrilla's perspective
- Oil & gas pricing and assumptions
Tables and charts
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UK Bowland-Hodder Shales MapOil & gas pricing and assumptions: Table 1
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