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Insight 08 May 2018

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Report summary

Upstream M&A activity was subdued in April – both deal count and deal spend were below-average. Globally, there was a shortage of middle-to-upper market deals. Spend in the US – frequently the bedrock of global M&A activity – failed to surpass the one billion dollar mark. Oil may be hitting multi-month highs but M&A remains out of favour in the US, as E&Ps continue to prioritise returns over growth. This Insight contains a snapshot of high level trends in the upstream M&A market, and a summary of major deal activity – both announced and rumoured – during April 2018. In this M&A monthly market update: a review of upstream M&A trends; a summary of the month’s biggest announced deals; commentary on the current Deal Pipeline (potential/rumoured deals).

The month in brief
Announced deals
- Trends
- Headline deals: announced
- North America
- Rest of the World
Deal Pipeline
- Headline additions
- Notable updates
Appendix

Tables and charts

This report includes 10 images and tables including:

Weighted average Implied Long-Term Oil Price vs. Brent oil price
No. of deals in Pipeline by region/resource
Value of deals in Pipeline by region/resource

Monthly spread between Brent and the Implied Long-Term Oil Price vs. deal count vs. deal spend
Monthly deal count North America vs. ROW
Monthly deal spend North America vs. ROW
Monthly deal count by region ROW
Monthly deal spend by region ROW
Implied Long-Term Oil Price (deal by deal) vs. Brent oil price
Global M&A – April 2018