Insight
M&A market update: May 2018 – deal flow hits multi-year low
Report summary
It was another subdued month for upstream M&A, as deal flow fell to its lowest level since March 2015. Spend increased on last month, which had been one of the lowest monthly totals recorded, but remained below historical averages. There were some highlights in May, with Russia the focal point. Total entered Arctic LNG-2, acquiring 10% in the project from NOVATEK. Mubadala was also active in Russia, continuing its overseas expansion with the acquisition of a stake in Gazpromneft-Vostok. 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 May 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).
Table of contents
- The month in brief
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Announced deals
- Trends
- Headline deals: announced
- North America
- Rest of the World
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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 – May 2018
What's included
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