Iraq & Kurdistan | A tale of two halves: Federal Iraq’s pursuit of stability amidst Kurdistan’s export dilemma
Following years of political turbulence and economically unattractive fiscal terms, Iraq has experienced a resurgence of interest in recent years. Thanks to revamped terms under…
Read MoreGlobal LNG | FSRUs increasingly secure supplies for Europe and Asia’s energy transitions
FSRU demand surged in 2022 from European buyers looking to quickly import LNG following drastic cuts to Russian piped gas supplies. The shock more than…
Read MoreGlobal FLNG | Delivering the next wave of FLNG projects will not be smooth sailing
FLNG momentum has been building with recent Floating and Fast LNG projects having created a lot of buzz in the industry. We estimate FLNG and…
Read MoreWelligence MENA Q1 2024 M&A Report | Mixed fortunes for ADNOC and bp’s East Med gas deals
Three deals were announced in the MENA region in Q1 2024, which we valued at a total consideration of US$1.7 billion. We estimate the deals…
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 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 MoreMENA Q3 2023 M&A Quarterly | Deal-making slows after post-Covid highs, will activity bounce back?
M&A within the MENA region slowed during Q3 2023 following strong quarters post-Covid. There were just two transactions, the largest being OQ’s US$1.4 billion divestment…
Read MoreWelligence Middle East | MENA Outlook 2023
In this presentation, we highlight the recent M&A deal count and considerations in the MENA upstream sector and identify a key theme – gas portfolios…
Read MoreWelligence Middle East | Middle East NOCs – will the international upstream acquisition spree continue?
In a region where international E&Ps spent much of the last century jockeying to take a role in the upstream space, the tide in the…
Read MoreWelligence MENA M&A Quarterly Report | Bumper quarter for deal-making as Majors open their wallets
The quarter was one of the most eventful in MENA for many years. The stand-out deal was the bp and ADONC joint bid to acquire…
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