Welligence Cote d’Ivoire M&A | VAALCO takes out Svenska and enters Côte d’Ivoire
On 29 February 2024, VAALCO Energy announced it had agreed to acquire Svenska Petroleum Exploration for US$66.5 million. Svenska’s primary asset is the producing deepwater…
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 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 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…
Read MoreMENA Q4 2023 M&A Quarterly | Harbour Energy and Energean make moves in North Africa
Two deals involving MENA assets were announced in Q4 2023, in line with the prior quarter, making for a quiet second half to 2023 following…
Read MoreUS GoM M&A | North American M&A frenzy spills into the Gulf — Talos Energy acquires QuarterNorth
On 15 January 2024, Talos Energy announced it had agreed to acquire QuarterNorth for US$1.29 billion. The deal will be funded through the issuance of…
Read MoreSub-Saharan Africa Q4 2023 M&A Quarterly | Deal flow slows, but is it the calm before the storm?
Two deals were announced in Q4 2023. This was a slow finish to the year but still contributed to 2023 being the most active year…
Read MoreEurope Q4 2023 M&A Quarterly | Buoyant quarter with more deals to follow
Nine deals were announced in Q4 2023, in line with Q2. This contributed to making 2023 the joint most active year for M&A so far…
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