Trinidad’s tax reforms receive mixed reviews
“Although the proposed reforms will be helpful to Trinidad and Tobago’s upstream sector, the reality is that the reforms do not go far enough,” says…
Read MoreWelligence Americas M&A Q3 2022 | US GoM deal-making finally takes off. Is Brazil’s secondary market ready to follow?
M&A came back with a bang through Talos’ US$1.1 billion acquisition of EnVen at the end of the quarter. The deal could mark the start…
Read MoreWelligence Americas M&A Q2 2022 | PetroRio makes transformational Brazil acquisition, but headwinds could slow deal-making in the region
Brazil again dominated deal-making in our Americas coverage, with deals worth almost US$2.3 billion. M&A activity elsewhere was also again quiet. ACCESS PDF
Read MoreWelligence Americas M&A Q1 2022 | Strong quarterly deal flow in Brazil, but will high prices deter activity over the rest of the year?
A pair of Petrobras sales in Q1 is set to bring in almost US$2 billion. In January, the company sold the Potiguar Cluster to 3R…
Read MoreUnderinvestment hampers Trinidad’s LNG push
The trend is difficult to turn around by this year, as it has been continuing for some time, says Omar Rios, research analyst at Welligence…
Read MoreAmericas Upstream M&A Report — Q4 2021
With expectations of oil price stability, the market for Upstream M&A could be set for some big announcements – as usual, Brazil will dominate. This…
Read MoreAmericas M&A Report – Market heats up: Petrobras set to bring in US$5 billion+ as deals pick up speed
In the latest update of our Americas M&A tracker, which covers the US Gulf of Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, we have identified approximately…
Read MoreTrinidad scrambles to prevent gas nosedive
“Trinidad’s governments have always been very slow to react to changing macroeconomic conditions but can have no excuse for not reacting to the country’s declining…
Read MoreThe BHP/Woodside combo – diving into BHP’s Americas portfolio
The proposed US$28 billion combination of Woodside Petroleum and BHP’s oil & gas business creates one of the world’s leading independents. The Americas will play…
Read MoreAmericas Upstream M&A Report – YPF follows in the footsteps of Petrobras with mature fields sell-off
Deal flow remains quiet in the Americas, but we expect a pick-up in activity in the next few months as Petrobras closes out several ongoing…
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