Welligence Global Fiscal | Global trends in petroleum fiscal terms – a race to the top?
Since the 2014 oil price crash, countries have increasingly competed for limited upstream investment by adopting investor-friendly reforms—driven by declining investment, tighter capital availability, and…
Read MoreWelligence Global offshore project execution: What have we learnt so far?
Offshore projects sanctioned between 2019 to 2021 were hit by cost overruns and delays due to Covid restrictions. What is the outlook for the next…
Read MoreWelligence Global Corporate | Oil market uncertainty – budgets and barrels at risk?
The oil sector once again finds itself in an uncertain market environment. At the time of publication of this report, Brent crude prices are hovering…
Read MoreWelligence M&A | Global upstream deal-making in April 2025 – a summary
There were four transactions announced in April 2025, down on the 13 announced in March, and below the rolling 12-month average.
Read MoreWelligence M&A | Robust first quarter but signs that M&A is slowing
Around US$34 billion was spent on M&A globally in Q1, across 47 transactions. As usual, the majority of deal-making was onshore North America, which accounted…
Read MoreWelligence Latin America Q1 2025 M&A Quarterly | Uptick in activity, but a slowdown may lie ahead
14 deals were announced during Q1 2025, versus the three in Q4 2024 and three seen in Q1 2024 a year prior. The price of…
Read MoreWelligence M&A | Global upstream deal-making in March 2025 – a summary
There were 13 transactions announced in March 2025, up on the seven announced last month, and above the rolling 12-month. …
Read MoreWelligence Company Spotlight | Westlawn Americas Offshore – M&A and exploration success deliver balanced growth
Westlawn Americas Offshore (WAO) is a privately held independent company focused on the Americas. In less than three years, it has built a non-operated, deepwater asset…
Read MoreWelligence Global FPSO Review | Supply chain pressure continues to hit the FPSO market
The FPSO market is witnessing a resurgence in demand. South America remains the industry hotspot, but activity is set to pick up in frontier countries…
Read MoreWelligence Company Spotlight | SierraCol Energy – the largest oil producing independent in Colombia
SierraCol Energy is one of the leading independents in Latin America. Solely focused on Colombia, the company has built a material, operated portfolio over the…
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