Deep Dives
Egypt Rumblings on the Ground | Receivables issue dominates EGYPES conversations – is there light at the end of the tunnel?
Welligence participated in last week’s Egypt Energy Show (EGYPES) in Cairo. EGYPES is the largest energy conference in North Africa and the East Mediterranean. This…
Read MoreUS GoM M&A | Esperanza acquires ExxonMobil’s stake in Ursa/Princess
On 21st February 2024, Esperanza Capital Partners announced the acquisition of ExxonMobil’s 15.96% stake in the Shell-operated Ursa/Princess fields in the deepwater US Gulf of…
Read MoreWelligence Egypt M&A | bp and ADNOC to form a joint venture in Egypt
On 14 February 2024, ADNOC and bp announced that they had agreed to form a joint venture in Egypt. bp will provide the assets and…
Read MoreWelligence UK Fiscal & Policy | Labour’s proposed windfall tax terms – another damaging shift in policy on the cards?
On 8 February, the Labour Party announced that it was reducing its £28bn annual expenditure target on green/renewable energy. As part of this announcement and…
Read MoreUK Licensing | Big players continue to dominate 33rd Round awards
On 31 January 2024, the NSTA announced the offers of awards in the second tranche of the 33rd Offshore Licensing Round. A total of 24…
Read MoreGlobal M&A | TotalEnergies establishes Malaysian gas foothold through deal with OMV
On 31 January 2024, TotalEnergies announced that it had agreed to acquire OMV’s 50% stake in the SapuraOMV JV for US$903 million. The consideration includes…
Read MoreAmericas Q4 2023 M&A Quarterly | Deal-making is back on the table
Q4 2023 saw a slight uptick in deal flow anchored by a flurry of transactions in the US Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. We also…
Read MoreSub-Saharan Africa Benchmarking | Africa-focused Independents in a low-carbon future
The SSA-focused independents have dominated M&A transactions on the continent, accounting for 80% of the acquisition spend disclosed in 2023. But with ESG scrutiny ramping…
Read MoreKurdistan M&A | ShaMaran Petroleum and HKN Energy team up to take advantage of TAQA’s exit from the KRI
On 21 January 2024, ShaMaran Petroleum announced that it had agreed to acquire TAQA’s 47.4% stake in the Atrush block in the Kurdistan Region of…
Read MoreWelligence Nigeria M&A | Shell divests Nigerian onshore subsidiary in US$2.4 billion deal, pivots portfolio to deep offshore
On 16 January 2024, Shell announced it had agreed the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, SPDC, to Renaissance in a deal worth up to US$2.4…
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