UK M&A | Equinor and Shell join forces, creating the largest UK E&P
On 5 December 2024, Equinor and Shell agreed to combine their UK subsidiaries into a joint venture to be owned 50:50 by the two companies.…
Read MoreColombia M&A | GeoPark to acquire Repsol’s Colombia portfolio for US$530 million
On 29 November 2024, GeoPark announced an offer to acquire Repsol’s Colombia portfolio for US$530 million. The portfolio comprises non-operating stakes in five producing assets…
Read MoreNorway M&A | Equinor acquires Sval Energi’s Halten Øst interest
On 7 November 2024, Equinor announced it had acquired Sval Energi’s 11.8% interest in the Halten Øst development for an undisclosed consideration. Halten Øst is…
Read MoreSingapore International Energy Week: Doubling down on gas | Why the world needs a realistic energy transition plan
Welligence attended this year’s edition of the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW), from 21-25 October 2024. Notable speakers and guests included Aramco’s CEO Mr Amir Naseer, IEA’s Executive…
Read MoreAPAC Q3 2024 M&A Quarterly | Gas continues underpinning APAC deal-making
In Q3 2024 saw six announced deals, five upstream and one for an LNG liquefaction stake across Malaysia, East Timor and Australia. The region’s M&A…
Read MoreSub-Saharan Africa Q3 2024 M&A Quarterly | Deal-making slows but SSA still on track for robust year of M&A
Last quarter saw just one deal in Sub-Saharan Africa, marking a slowdown from the first half of 2024. Despite that, 2024 remains set to be…
Read MoreWelligence North America Q3 M&A Quarterly | Chevron’s divestment program headlines deal-making
A single deal was announced in Q3 2024, marking another quiet quarter and well below the activity seen in Q4 2023/Q1 2024. But Q4 2024…
Read MoreWelligence MENA Q3 2024 M&A Report | Roc Oil enters MENA, but overall deal activity muted
It was a quiet quarter with just two transactions: Roc Oil’s takeover of Tethys Oil, which concludes the Swedish independent’s strategic review announced in February,…
Read MoreLatin America Q3 2024 M&A Quarterly | Uptick in deal activity driven by YPF’s portfolio optimization
Out of the 13 deals announced in Q3 2024, ten occurred in Argentina, one in Brazil, one in Trinidad and Tobago, and one in Mexico.…
Read MoreWelligence Europe Q3 2024 M&A Report | Deal activity wanes again
Three deals were announced in Q3 2024, reduction on the nine in Q2, with one deal apiece in the UK, Norway and Netherlands. The focus…
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