German state-owned utility Uniper will launch the sale of its 20% stake in the natural gas pipeline Opal, one of Europe’s largest transmission corridors, the company said on Monday. Uniper’s disposal of the...
Harbour Energy to acquire North Sea assets for $170 million, shares rise 6%
Harbour Energy said on Friday it had agreed to acquire all the subsidiaries of Waldorf Energy Partners and Waldorf Production in the UK North Sea fields, currently in administration, for $170 million, sending its shares...
BlackRock sells 7% stake in Naturgy for $2 billion
BlackRock has sold a 7.1% stake in Spanish gas utility Naturgy for around 1.7 billion euros ($1.99 billion) through an accelerated bookbuild placement managed by JPMorgan, the firm said on Thursday. The transaction...
BlackRock to sell 7% stake in Naturgy in accelerated sale
BlackRock plans to sell around 69 million shares in Spanish gas utility Naturgy, equivalent to 7.1% of the company, in an accelerated bookbuild placement managed by JP Morgan, the firm said on Wednesday. The...
Shell in advanced talks to buy LLOG Exploration for more than $3 billion, sources say
Shell is in advanced talks to buy LLOG Exploration Offshore in a deal worth more than $3 billion, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that would boost the oil major’s upstream portfolio through one...
Putin clears deals with Rosneft and Shell’s joint-venture stake in Caspian Pipeline Consortium
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on Monday clearing potential deals with Rosneft and Shell’s joint-venture stake in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which exports oil mainly from Kazakhstan. The...
Antero to buy HG Energy’s gas producing assets in $2.8 billion deal
Antero Resources said on Monday it would buy assets from privately held HG Energy in a deal valued at $2.8 billion, as the U.S. natural gas producer looks to expand its footprint. Separately, Antero Midstream, which...
Oil majors unite to oppose Subsea7-Saipem merger in Brazil antitrust case
Oil majors operating in Brazil have closed ranks to oppose a proposed merger between energy contractors Subsea7 and Saipem, and antitrust agency Cade has asked the two firms to provide its probe with new data on Friday...
Exxon in talks with Iraq about buying Lukoil stake in giant West Qurna 2 oilfield, sources say
Exxon Mobil has approached the Iraqi oil ministry to express its interest in buying Russian firm Lukoil’s majority stake in the giant West Qurna 2 oilfield, five Iraqi official sources with direct knowledge of the...
Poland’s Orlen offers to buy out Energa minorities to take full control
Polish state-controlled refiner Orlen said on Wednesday it plans to buy out the remaining shares in its utility unit Energa to take full ownership, with a price tag of about 709 million zlotys ($189 million). The move...
Total and Chevron lead race to buy into Galp’s Namibia oil discovery, sources say
Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron have emerged as front-runners in the auction for a 40% operating stake in Galp’s Mopane discovery in Namibia, four sources told Reuters. Oil companies have flocked to Namibia...
Chevron joins race to explore potential purchase of Lukoil assets, sources say
U.S. oil major Chevron is studying options to buy global assets of sanctioned Russian oil firm Lukoil, five sources familiar with the process told Reuters on Monday. The U.S. Treasury gave clearance last week to...
