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M&A market update: October 2017 - damp squib
Report summary
Q4 is historically the busiest time for M&A, but October was an inauspicious start. Deal count of 30 was the lowest October deal count since 2008; deal spend of US$7.4 billion was down 60% year-on-year and down 70% on the five-year October average prior to the downturn. Of the announced deals, October encapsulated in microcosm some of the recent trends in upstream M&A: Majors returning to growth; IOCs repositioning to focus on core North America unconventional plays; a new wave of buyers moving in to exploit underinvested assets. 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
-
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 – October 2017
What's included
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