(OET) Norwegian survey services provider Magseis Fairfield has delisted its shares from the Oslo Stock Exchange (Oslo Børs) following the acquisition by TGS. The process with TGS started when the company announced a voluntary offer for all shares in Magseis Fairfield (ticker: MSEIS) on 29 June 2022. When this offer expired in October, TGS received accepts for... Continue Reading →
Archer increases 2023 guidance as it closes purchase of P&A specialist
Oilfield services provider Archer has closed the acquisition of plug and abandonment (P&A) specialist Romar-Abrado, increasing its guidance for this year. The acquisition is based on an enterprise value of $8 million, plus earn-out pending trading performance over 2023 to 2025, and is conducted on a debt-free basis and financed by available cash at hand. “We... Continue Reading →
PanGeo Subsea officially becomes Kraken Robotics
The PanGeo Subsea brand and company name have changed to Kraken Robotics as of 1 January 2023, following the completion of the acquisition by the Canadian company in 2021. To remind, Kraken Robotics entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to acquire PanGeo Subsea in April 2021. The Canada-based marine technology company completed the acquisition in the summer of 2021. According... Continue Reading →
PRIO: Dommo Payment Procedures
Petro Rio S.A. (“PRIO” or “Company”) (B3: PRIO3), following the Material Fact disclosed on the 1st of September, 3rd and 24th of October, December 8 and 16 of 2022, announces that the payment, by Petro Rio OPCO Exploração Petrolífera S.A. (“OpCo”), a subsidiary of the Company, of the redemption value of the PNB Shares assigned... Continue Reading →
Seadrill enters $958 million deal to acquire Aquadrill
(OET) Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has entered into an agreement to acquire Aquadrill, formerly known as Seadrill Partners, in an all-stock transaction that values the UK firm at $958 million. Following completion, Seadrill shareholders and Aquadrill unitholders will respectively own 62 per cent and 38 per cent of the outstanding common shares in the company and Aquadrill will... Continue Reading →
PRIO: Dommo Option Period – Procedures and Closing Dates
Petro Rio S.A. (“Company or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following the Material Fact disclosed on the 1st of September, 3rd and 24th of October and 8th of December of 2022, informs the procedures to be observed by the shareholders and subscription warrant holders of Dommo Energia S.A. (“Dommo”) for the choice of the asset, and the date of... Continue Reading →
Spain’s Repsol buys renewable energy firm Asterion Energies for 560 mln euros
(Reuters) - Spanish oil company Repsol (REP.MC) said on Friday it was buying renewable energy firm Asterion Energies, which has assets in Spain, Italy and France, for 560 million euros ($596 million) plus contingent payments of up to 20 million euros. Three sources with knowledge of the matter had told Reuters in October that both Repsol and French utility... Continue Reading →
South Korea: Hanwha Group Inks Deal to Take Over Daewoo Shipbuilding
(Reuters) South Korea's Hanwha Group has signed an agreement to take over Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Daewoo Shipbuilding said in a regulatory filing on Friday. The deal comes after the two parties signed a tentative agreement in September in which affiliates of Hanwha Group, including Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd., said they would invest 2... Continue Reading →
Exxon and Chevron to Spend Billions More on Energy Projects in 2023
(Reuters) The two largest U.S. oil companies - Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp - disclosed plans to increase outlays on energy projects next year amid high oil demand and prices. While spending more, it will be less than half the combined $84 billion they spent in 2013, when oil prices often traded above $100 per barrel... Continue Reading →
Maha Energy, DBO Sign Merger Term Sheet
Sweden-based Maha Energy has signed a binding term sheet regarding a business combination with DBO 2.0 S.A. (“DBO”) for a consideration of 36,775,410 new shares in Maha. According to Maha, DBO is a private upstream oil and gas company focusing on mature offshore fields in Brazil formed in 2017. The company says that DBO has... Continue Reading →