Mergers & Acquisitions

Williams Companies Rejects $53 Billion Buyout Offer

Williams Companies Rejects $53 Billion Buyout Offer

Energy Transfer Equity makes an all-equity offer for Williams

The Williams Companies (ticker: WMB) rejected an all-equity transaction valued at $53.1 billion, including the assumption of debt and other liabilities, from Energy Transfer Equity (ticker: ETE), according to an ETE

June 22, 2015 - 6:11 pm Mergers & Acquisitions, MLPs, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
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Enbridge Boosts Dividends, Transfers $30.4 Billion of Assets to Income Fund

Enbridge Income Fund Receives Canadian Oil Sands System and Renewables

Enbridge (ticker: ENB) followed through on its April 2015 proposal to transfer assets to its Income Fund, swapping ownership of its Canadian Mainline, Regional Oil Sands System and Canadian renewable …

PBF Purchases 189 MBOPD of Refining Capacity

PBF Purchases 189 MBOPD of Refining Capacity

PBF purchases Chalmette Refinery and other assets for $322 million

PBF Energy (ticker: PBF) announced today that its subsidiary has signed an agreement to purchase Chalmette Refining, LLC in New Orleans, Louisiana for $322 million plus working capital including inventory …

Escalera Resources Expands Atlantic Rim Holdings with $47 Million Purchase

Escalera Resources Expands Atlantic Rim Holdings with $47 Million Purchase

Escalera expands its core assets with purchase from Warren Resources

Escalera Resources (ticker: ESCR) added to its core assets with the $47 million purchase of producing wells and leasehold interests from Warren Resources (ticker: WRES) in the Atlantic Rim Area …

UAE’s Emirates National Oil Company Buys Out Subsidiary for $3.7 Billion

UAE’s Emirates National Oil Company Buys Out Subsidiary for $3.7 Billion

Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), a wholly owned entity of the Dubai government, will buy out Dragon Oil for $3.7 billion. Neither company has confirmed the announcement but several news outlets are reporting an agreement has been reached.

ENOC …

June 15, 2015 - 3:25 pm Mergers & Acquisitions, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, OPEC
Hess Midstream Partners LP One Step Closer to Reality

Hess Midstream Partners LP One Step Closer to Reality

Next Up: IPO

Hess Corporation (ticker: HES) has announced plans for a 50/50 joint venture (JV) consisting of its midstream assets in the Bakken Shale. The company will receive cash consideration of $2.675 billion from its partner, Global Infrastructure Partners

Gulfport Energy Purchases Utica Acreage from American Energy Partners

Gulfport Energy Purchases Utica Acreage from American Energy Partners

Increases Net Utica Position to more than 230,000 Acres

Gulfport Energy (ticker: GPOR) made its second sizable acquisition in three months on June 9, 2015, landing 45,163 gross acres (33,426 net) in the Utica Shale from American Energy – Utica, …

Great Western Oil & Gas Continues Acquisitions in the DJ Basin

Great Western Oil & Gas Continues Acquisitions in the DJ Basin

Great Western purchased 6,000 acres in the Wattenberg Field

Great Western Petroleum, a subsidiary of Great Western Oil & Gas Company, an affiliate of The Broe Group, purchased approximately 6,000 acres and eight producing wells in the Wattenberg Field, according

Enterprise Pays $2.15 Billion for Eagle Ford Pipeline Assets

Enterprise Pays $2.15 Billion for Eagle Ford Pipeline Assets

Bolt-on acquisition extends Enterprise’s infrastructure into the Eagle Ford

Enterprise Product Partners (ticker: EPD) announced today that it agreed to purchase all member interest in EFS Midstream LLC from affiliates of Pioneer Natural Resources (ticker: PXD) and Reliance Industries (ticker: …

Ring Energy Enters the Delaware Basin with $75 Million Acquisition

Ring Energy Enters the Delaware Basin with $75 Million Acquisition

Extends Permian Position

Ring Energy (ticker: REI) followed through on its acquisition comments in its Q1’15 conference call, announcing purchase of 14,000 net acres in the Delaware Basin in a news release on May 26, 2015. The $75 million transaction …

Striker Exploration Announces Acquisition

Striker Exploration Announces Acquisition

Striker Exploration Corp. Announces Belly River Acquisition

Striker Exploration Corp. (“Striker” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:SKX) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with an arm’s length public oil and gas company for

May 19, 2015 - 3:43 pm Canada, Mergers & Acquisitions
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Memorial Production Partners – Is M&A in the Cards?

Memorial Lowers LOE, Raises Production in Q1

Memorial Production Partners (ticker: MEMP) announced its first quarter results last week, highlighting increases in production and Adjusted EBITDA while simultaneously lowering lease operating expenses (LOE) compared to the first quarter 2014.

“Despite …

Noble Energy Jumps into Texas Oil Patch with $3.9 Billion Acquisition of Rosetta Resources

Noble Energy Jumps into Texas Oil Patch with $3.9 Billion Acquisition of Rosetta Resources

“Keeping the Financial Firepower”

Noble Energy (ticker: NBL) is a large-cap exploration and production company with oil and gas operations worldwide, but the Houston-based company previously held no assets in Texas. Until now.

On May 11, 2015, Noble Energy announced …

Enable Midstream Acquires Gas Gathering Assets

Enable Midstream Acquires Gas Gathering Assets

Enable Midstream Announces Acquisition of Monarch Natural Gas Gathering Assets in Texas Panhandle

Enable Midstream Partners, LP (ENBL) announced today that on May 1, it completed acquisition of $80 million of strategic natural gas gathering assets in the …

May 4, 2015 - 5:52 pm Mergers & Acquisitions, MLPs
Manitok Energy Announces Asset Purchase of Production and Fluid Processing Facility

Manitok Energy Announces Asset Purchase of Production and Fluid Processing Facility

MANITOK ENERGY INC. ANNOUNCES THE EXECUTION OF ASSET PURCHASE OF PRODUCTION AND FLUID PROCESSING FACILITY IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA

MANITOK ENERGY INC. IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE EXECUTION OF ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF 1,800 BOE/D OF PRODUCTION AND

May 1, 2015 - 6:51 pm Canada, Mergers & Acquisitions
Talisman Announces Anticipated Date for Completion of Repsol Deal

Talisman Announces Anticipated Date for Completion of Repsol Deal

Talisman Announces Anticipated Date for Completion of Acquisition by Repsol

Talisman Energy Inc. (TLM.TO) (TLM.TO) announces that the completion of the acquisition of Talisman by Repsol S.A. is scheduled to occur on May 8, 2015. Regulatory …

April 30, 2015 - 7:11 pm Canada, Mergers & Acquisitions
Regency Energy Partners Approve Merger

Regency Energy Partners Approve Merger

Regency Energy Partners LP Unitholders Approve Merger with Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (ETP) (“ETP”) and Regency Energy Partners LP (RGP) (“Regency”) today announced that at a special meeting of Regency unitholders held …

April 28, 2015 - 4:35 pm Mergers & Acquisitions, MLPs
Halliburton, Baker Hughes Announce First $3.5 Billion of Divestitures, More to Follow

Halliburton, Baker Hughes Announce First $3.5 Billion of Divestitures, More to Follow

Oilservice major Halliburton announces marketing of certain assets to satisfy antitrust laws

Earlier this month, Halliburton (ticker: HAL) announced that it would divest $3.5 billion in assets in the first round of divestitures to satisfy antitrust concerns in its $35 …

Anatomy of an MLP Transaction: Is Half a Billion Dollars Expensive?

Anatomy of an MLP Transaction: Is Half a Billion Dollars Expensive?

Vanguard Natural Resources (ticker: VNR) announced on April 20th that the company had entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire LRR Energy (ticker: LRE) for a total of $539 million.

The purchase price includes $251 million in …

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Legacy Reserves a Buyer in the M&A Market

A strong balance sheet to weather the downturn

Legacy Reserves L.P. (ticker: LGCY) announced yesterday that it will cut its annual distribution by 43% to $1.40 from $2.44 a unit in order to maintain financial flexibility. In a company press

April 21, 2015 - 6:37 pm Mergers & Acquisitions, MLPs, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Gulfport Energy Expands Utica Position with $300 Million Acquisition

Gulfport Energy Expands Utica Position with $300 Million Acquisition

GPOR Offers Stock, Debt to Finance Purchase of Paloma Partners

Gulfport Energy (ticker: GPOR) has increased its Utica Shale footprint to approximately 212,000 gross leased acres (208,000 net) with the purchase of 24,000 net nonproducing acres in Belmont and Jefferson …

Bonterra Announces Closing of Asset Acquisition

Bonterra Announces Closing of Asset Acquisition

Bonterra Energy Corp. Announces Closing of Strategic Pembina Cardium Asset Acquisition

Bonterra Energy Corp. (www.bonterraenergy.com) (TSX:BNE) is pleased to announce the closing of the previously announced acquisition of certain Cardium focused assets in the Pembina area of Alberta …

April 16, 2015 - 5:55 pm Canada, Mergers & Acquisitions
Source: Royal Dutch Shell

Shell and BG Deal not Likely to Spur LNG M&A Boom

Shell/BG will not be the harbinger of more LNG M&A

The recent proposed $70 billion purchase of BG Group (ticker: BG) by Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDSA) will make the industry’s liquefied natural gas giant even bigger. Shell already had …

April 15, 2015 - 1:21 pm LNG, Mergers & Acquisitions, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Royal Dutch Shell Goes All-In with $70 Billion Purchase of BG Group

Royal Dutch Shell Goes All-In with $70 Billion Purchase of BG Group

Largest combination since the $80 billion Exxon+Mobil deal in 1998

Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDS.B) announced the recommended takeover of BG Group (ticker: BG) in a 75-page release issued on April 7, 2015. The cash-and-share purchase valued at roughly $70 …

Williams Partners L.P. Ups Stake in Utica Pipeline for $575 Million

Williams Partners L.P. Ups Stake in Utica Pipeline for $575 Million

EV Energy Partners Exits the Region

Williams Partners L.P. (ticker: WPZ) has increased its equity interest to 70% in Utica East Ohio Midstream LLC (UEO), the company announced on April 6, 2015. The transaction involved EV Energy Partners’ (ticker: EVEP) …

M&A Update: Oilservice Majors

M&A Update: Oilservice Majors

Oilservice majors Halliburton and Baker Hughes shareholders approve merger

Halliburton (ticker: HAL) announced that its stockholders approved HAL’s proposal to issue shares of Halliburton common stock as contemplated by its merger agreement with Baker Hughes (ticker: BHI). Baker Hughes announced …

Chevron Moves Forward on Divesture Goal, Exits Australia Shareholding Venture

Chevron Moves Forward on Divesture Goal, Exits Australia Shareholding Venture

Chevron Corporation (ticker: CVX), the world’s third largest E&P by market capitalization, is selling its 50% shareholding in Caltex Australia Limited. The deal is reportedly worth about US$3.6 billion, according to the Sydney Morning Times Herald, and is the biggest …

LINN Energy Announces $1 Billion Strategic Acquisition Alliance

LINN Energy Announces $1 Billion Strategic Acquisition Alliance

E&P MLP giant LINN’s signs letter of intent with Quantum Energy Partners

LINN Energy (ticker: LINE) announced the signing of a non-binding letter of intent with private capital investor Quantum Energy Partners, the founding investor in LINN, to fund selected …

March 24, 2015 - 6:57 pm Mergers & Acquisitions, MLPs, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
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Southwestern Sells Non-Core Assets, Bumps 2015 Divesture Totals to $718 million

*Update*

Just one day after selling select gathering assets in the Appalachia for $500 million, Southwestern Energy (ticker: SWN) announced the $218 million sale of conventional operations in East Texas and the Arkoma Basin. Both deals were completed with private …

Halliburton, Baker Hughes Looking to Sell up to $10 Billion in Assets

Halliburton, Baker Hughes Looking to Sell up to $10 Billion in Assets

Asset sales would satisfy antitrust laws

Next month Halliburton (ticker: HAL) and Baker Hughes (ticker: BHI) plan to seek out buyers for as much as $10 billion in assets in order to avoid antitrust concerns and complete their merger,