(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 →
Eni in Talks to Buy Neptune Energy for $5-6B
(Reuters) Eni is in preliminary talks to buy private-equity backed gas and oil producer Neptune Energy for around $5 billion -$6 billion, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, adding that no official bid had been submitted. Neptune produces around 130,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), three-quarters of which is gas. It has operations... Continue Reading →
Karoon Energy on the oil assets acquisition trail
(U) Australian independent Karoon Energy is on the acquisition trail as it looks to add more oil assets in Brazil, where it is already producing from the Bauna field, and potentially further afield in the Americas. “We are continuing to explore potential acquisition and farm-in opportunities,” confirmed Karoon chairman Bruce Phillips. Most of the assets... Continue Reading →
CRP Subsea changes hands
UK-headquartered AIS has acquired CRP Subsea as part of its growth strategy and with the aim of expanding its range of subsea offerings. Based in Skelmersdale, England, CRP Subsea, formerly Trelleborg Offshore UK, delivers polymer and syntactic foam-based buoyancy and protection products for the offshore renewables and oil & gas industries. “Considerable growth is expected... Continue Reading →
Siemens Energy launches $4 bln tender offer for Siemens Gamesa
(Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) opened on Tuesday a 4.05 billion euro ($4.05 billion) bid for the third of the shares it does not own in its unit Siemens Gamesa (SGREN.MC), the German company said. The acceptance period will last 36 calendar days and is expected to end on Dec. 13 2022, said the company, after the Spanish... Continue Reading →
Sandbrook Acquires Majority Stake in Havfram
Sandbrook Capital has acquired a majority stake in the the Norwegian offshore installation services company Havfram and has committed $250 million to fund the company's future growth. The new capital will be used to build a fleet of vessels for installation of offshore wind turbines and foundations (“WTIVs”). As part of the transaction, Havfram’s subsea... Continue Reading →
Sembcorp Marine to Buy Keppel Offshore & Marine for $3.2B, Scraps Merger Plan
(OE) Singapore's Sembcorp Marine (Sembmarine) scrapped a deal to merge with Keppel Corp's offshore and marine unit and form new company, in favour of directly buying the unit for S$4.50 billion ($3.19 billion), the Temasek-backed oil rig builder said on Thursday. The new structure also lowers the value of Keppel's unit by S$378 million from... Continue Reading →
Boskalis to delist in November after HAL seals $2.3bn takeover
Dutch offshore contractor and shipowner Boskalis will be delisted in Amsterdam next month following a takeover deal. The group’s biggest shareholder, Monaco investment fund HAL Holding, has sealed a $2.3bn purchase, reaching 98.3% ownership. The last day of trading on Euronext Amsterdam will be 8 November, bringing an end to a public listing of more... Continue Reading →
PRIO on the approval of the merger of Dommo’s shares
Petro Rio S.A. (the “Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following the Material Fact disclosed on September 1st and October 3rd, 2022, informs its shareholders and the market in general that Petro Rio OPCO Exploração Petrolífera S.A (“OpCo”), a subsidiary of the Company, and Dommo Energia S.A. (“Dommo”) approved at their extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings held on... Continue Reading →