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Global upstream M&A in brief
Report summary
Welcome to the Global upstream M&A in brief, where we bring you opinion and analysis on M&A-related news. The report provides rolling coverage of notable upstream transactions and potential A&D activity. Periodic market summaries will be supported in this document by an enhanced version of the excel download that was previously found in the Monthly Market Update. You can bookmark this report for regular updates.
Table of contents
- Regional activity
- ExxonMobil sells UK asset package for more than US$1 billion
- Continental added PRB acreage
- LUKOIL pushes hard for Sangomar position with bid for FAR
- Shell and Ovintiv each exit Duvernay
- Spartan continues Canadian expansion
- Equinor backs out of the Bakken
- DNO acquires ExxonMobil’s stake in the Baeshiqa license, Kurdistan
- Panoro Energy acquires Tullow Oil assets in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon
- EnQuest buys Suncor's stake in Golden Eagle Area for US$325 million
- Surge grabs Grenadier and expands its Permian position
- KNOC set to sell North Sea asset package
- BP sells 20% stake in Khazzan: desperate times call for desperate measures
- ExxonMobil and Chevron reportedly held merger talks early last year
- Regional activity
- Beach buys Mitsui's Bass Basin interests
- Deal Pipeline: NEO in exclusive UK talks with ExxonMobil
- Heirs Holdings buys stake OML 17 (Nigeria) from Majors
Tables and charts
This report includes 5 images and tables including:
- February 2021 deal count compared to historical benchmarks
- February 2021 disclosed consideration compared to historical benchmarks (adjusted to exclude US$50bn+ megadeals)
- Global M&A – January 2021
- January 2021 deal count compared to historical benchmarks
- January 2021 disclosed consideration compared to historical benchmarks (adjusted to exclude US$50bn+ megadeals)
What's included
This report contains:
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