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M&A market update: October 2018 – corporate consolidation kicks off
Report summary
Upstream M&A hit the headlines on a number of occasions this month. The continued restructuring of the European corporate landscape seemed set to be October's key theme, but after a flurry of deals at the end of the month, US corporate consolidation became the topic on everyone's lips. 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 October 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
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The month in brief
- Announced deals
- Trends
- Headline deals: announced
- Headline deals: announced
- North America
- Rest of the World
- Europe
- Elsewhere
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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 2018
What's included
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