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Nov. 5 (splash234.com) razil’s competition watchdog CADE has given conditional approval to the proposed merger between Italian offshore engineering giant Saipem and Norway’s Subsea 7, requiring the companies to sell a specialised pipelay vessel to address competition concerns. The Brazilian regulator approved the combination, which will create Saipem7, after the companies agreed to divest the... Continue Reading →
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas has received final ministerial approval to transfer a 60% participating interest in three exploration licenses offshore Namibia to BP, clearing the final governmental consent required for the transaction. The approval covers PEL97, PEL99 and PEL100 in the Walvis Basin, comprising the Cooper, Guy and Tamar licenses. BP Namibia Energy will... Continue Reading →
Sept.17 (PN) OceanPact and CBO confirmed this week the completion of their business combination, following final approval from the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) and the fulfillment of other conditions precedent. With the integration, CBO becomes part of OceanPact, while the Shipping unit is renamed OceanPact CBO. Upon completion of the transaction, the combined... Continue Reading →
Sept. 11 (OE) SED Energy Holdings and Ventura Offshore have signed a letter of intent for an all-share combination that would create an energy services group with about $1.3 billion in contracted revenue backlog and an implied pro forma equity value of approximately $1 billion. Under the proposed transaction, SED Energy Holdings would acquire 100%... Continue Reading →
Sept 3 (Reuters) - Shareholders of Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy approved the companies' proposed $66.8 billion merger deal, according to regulatory filings on Thursday. The companies had announced their plan to merge in May, which is expected to create one of the world's largest electric utilities during an expansion of energy-intensive data centers to support artificial intelligence. Virginia-based... Continue Reading →
Sept. 1 (splash247) Helix Energy Solutions Group has completed its combination with Hornbeck Offshore Services after shareholders cleared the all-stock deal, creating a larger US offshore services group under the Hornbeck name. Helix shareholders approved the proposals required to complete the transaction at a special meeting and the merger became effective on September 1. The... Continue Reading →
Aug. 3 (OE) Saipem and Subsea7 have cleared a key U.S. regulatory hurdle for their planned merger after the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 expired, allowing the transaction to close in the United States once all remaining conditions are met. The companies said all applicable waiting periods under the... Continue Reading →
July 22 (OE) Italian energy contractor Saipem's merger with Norwegian peer Subsea 7 may lead to price hikes and less innovation, EU antitrust regulators warned on Wednesday as they opened a full-scale investigation. The deal announced in February last year would create a leading global player in offshore energy services, from drilling and engineering to laying... Continue Reading →
July 10 (Reuters) - Italian energy contractor Saipem's merger with Norwegian peer Subsea 7 is set to face a full-scale EU antitrust investigation because of competition concerns about the deal, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The companies announced the deal in February last year to create a leading global player in offshore energy services,... Continue Reading →
July 6 (Reuters) - Brazilian power firm Equatorial and Spain's Iberdrola are in talks with Enel to buy assets of the Italian firm in Brazil, Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico reported on Monday, citing sources. Enel is in a spat over its power concession in Sao Paulo, with authorities considering revoking the approval due to a series of outages in recent... Continue Reading →
