A&D DEAL SHEET |
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Sector | Date Announced |
Buyer | Seller | Value (US$MM) |
Comments |
E&P | 8/29/22 | Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. | Murphy Oil Corp. | $16 |
Purchased 62.5% interest in Mississippi Canyon Block 734 comprises three wells and related subsea infrastructure, collectively known as the Thunder Hawk Field, located in the US GoM. |
S&S | 8/30/22 | Aker Solutions ASA | Schlumberger Ltd.; Subsea 7 SA | $700.5 |
To form a JV by combining Schlumberger’s and Aker Solutions’ subsea businesses with Subsea 7 as an equity partner in the new JV; combined business will have approximately 9,000 employees globally and generate an estimated synergy potential of more than $100 million per annum. (Expected to close 2H 2023) |
E&P | 9/1/22 | IKAV | Exxon Mobil Corp.; Shell Plc; Aera Energy LLC | $4,000 |
To purchase Aera Energy, formerly a JV between Exxon Mobil and Shell and one of CA’s largest oil and gas producers; includes 13,000 wells in the San Joaquin Valley producing about 95,000 boe/d. (Expected to close 4Q 2022) |
E&P | 9/1/22 | Permian Resources Corp. | Colgate Energy Partners III LLC; Centennial Resource Development Inc. | $3,900 |
Acquired Stronghold Energy II Operating LLC and Stronghold Energy II Royalties LP consisting of 37,000 net acres located primarily in Crane County, TX, in the Permian Basin’s Central Basin Platform; includes strong current net production of about 9,100 boe/d (54% oil, 75% liquids). (Completed; PSA announced July 2022) |
E&P | 9/1/22 | Ring Energy Inc. | Stronghold Energy | $465 |
Acquired Stronghold Energy II Operating LLC and Stronghold Energy II Royalties LP consisting of 37,000 net acres located primarily in Crane County, TX, in the Permian Basin’s Central Basin Platform; includes strong current net production of about 9,100 boe/d (54% oil, 75% liquids). (Completed; PSA announced July 2022) |
S&S | 9/1/22 | STEP Energy Services Ltd. | ProPetro Holdings Corp. | CA$17.2 |
Purchased four high-spec, ultradeep capacity coiled tubing units, ancillary equipment along with the divisional leadership and operational personnel from ProPetro. |
E&P | 9/6/22 | EQT Corp. | Tug Hill Inc.; XcL Midstream LLC; Quantum Energy Partners | $5,200 |
To acquire THQ Appalachia I LLC (Tug Hill)'s upstream assets and THQ-XcL Holdings I LLC (XcL Midstream)'s gathering and processing assets, both backed by Quantum Energy Partners, in the Appalachian Basin offsetting existing West Virginia core leasehold. (Expected to close 4Q 2022) |
E&P | 9/6/22 | Sitio Royalties Corp. | Brigham Minerals Inc. | $4,800 |
To acquire in an all-stock merger; combined company will consist of a total of 259,510 net royalty acres in the Permian Basin and other oil-focused regions. |
Mid | 9/8/22 | Williams Cos. Inc. | NorTex Midstream; Tailwater Capital | $423 |
Bought NorTex Midstream, a fully contracted natural gas pipeline and storage asset in North Texas backed by Tailwater Capital. |
Mid | 9/12/22 | Antero Midstream Corp. | Crestwood Equity Partners LP | $205 |
To purchase Crestwood’s Marcellus natural gas gathering and compression assets are located in the Appalachian Basin in Doddridge and Harrison Cos, WV; includes 72 miles of dry gas gathering pipelines and nine compressor stations with roughly 700 MMcf/d of compression capacity. (Expected to close 4Q 2022) |
Renew | 9/12/22 | CIM Group | MAS Energy LLC | N/A |
Acquired 100% of the renewable natural gas (RNG) development platform of MAS Energy, which will be renamed Terreva Renewables. |
E&P | 9/12/22 | Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. | Deltastream Energy Corp.; ARC Financial Corp. | CA$1,425 |
To buy privately held pure-play Clearwater oil producer, Deltastream, which is backed by ARC Financial. (Expected to close October) |
E&P | 9/12/22 | Topaz Energy Corp. | Deltastream Energy Corp. | $265.3 |
To purchase a newly created 5% gross overriding royalty on all current and future oil production from Deltastream’s entire Clearwater acreage. (Expected to close Sept. 29) |
E&P | 9/13/22 | U.S. Energy Development Corp. | Undisclosed | $60 |
Acquired three separate asset packages in the core of the Delaware Basin in the Permian region that includes partnering with operators in 17 new wells spanning a three-county area. |
Renew | 9/14/22 | Enverus | RatedPower | N/A |
Purchased the Madrid-based company helps companies in the solar industry through use of automatization and optimization as well as digital technologies and analysis. |
E&P | 9/15/22 | SilverBow Resources Inc. | Undisclosed | $50 |
Purchased through a series of transactions a 7,500 net-acre position in the dry gas Dorado play in Webb County, TX, with over 50 net drilling locations across the Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford formations; net recoverable resource is 650 Bcf and current net production is about 30 MMcf/d. |
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