Saturday, September 27, 2025

M&A Deal Value Down 23.8% in Oil and Gas, Up 55.1% in Overall U.S. M&A

Lower commodity prices reduce size and volume of energy M&A in 2015 Lower prices for crude oil and natural gas reduced the average deal size and the volume of mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry in 2015. According to a report from Ernst & Young, there were 382 U.S. oil and gas deals in 2015, down 23.8%

Congress Punts Budget till Wed., Crude Exports in the Mix

From Business Journals Members of Congress are like college students who put off writing their term papers and then ask their professor for an extension: Faced with a Friday deadline for funding the federal government, Congress simply gave itself more time. The new deadline for avoiding a government shutdown is Wednesday. By a voice vote Friday, the House followed the