California Resources said on Monday it would buy rival Berry Corp, hoping to create a bigger, more cost-efficient oil and gas producer in the most populous U.S. state as it eases its stringent environmental regulations...
Phillips 66 buys remaining stake in major US refineries from Cenovus for $1.4 billion
Phillips 66 said on Tuesday it will acquire the remaining 50% stake in WRB Refining from Cenovus Energy for $1.4 billion, giving it full ownership of two major U.S. refineries. Shares of the U.S. refiner were up 2.7%...
Canada’s Strathcona buys more MEG Energy shares, to oppose Cenovus deal
Canadian oil and gas producer Strathcona Resources said on Thursday it has bought additional 6.04 million common shares of rival MEG Energy for about C$172.7 million ($124.99 million). Strathcona now owns or controls...
Plains to buy EPIC Crude stake for $1.6 billion from Diamondback, Kinetik
Plains All American Pipeline said on Tuesday it would buy a 55% stake in pipeline operator EPIC Crude Holdings from units of Diamondback Energy and Kinetik Holdings for $1.57 billion, including $600 million in debt...
Strathcona Resources acquires additional MEG Energy shares
Canadian oil and gas producer Strathcona Resources said on Tuesday it has purchased additional 6.66 million common shares of rival MEG Energy for about C$190.8 million ($138.09 million). With this acquisition...
Canada’s Strathcona seeks to raise MEG Energy stake, opposes Cenovus bid
Canadian oil and gas producer Strathcona Resources said on Thursday it intends to buy an additional 5% stake in rival MEG Energy and vote against the acquisition of MEG by another rival, Cenovus Energy. Cenovus agreed...
EPIC Crude pipeline owners explore $3 billion sale, sources say
The owners of the EPIC Crude pipeline are exploring a sale, with any deal likely to value the energy infrastructure at around $3 billion including debt, people familiar with the matter said. EPIC Crude is one of the...
Air Liquide to buy South Korea’s DIG Airgas for $3.3 billion to bolster Asia footprint
Air Liquide has signed a binding deal to buy South Korea’s DIG Airgas from Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund 2, valuing it at 2.85 billion euros ($3.3 billion), the French industrial gases group said on Friday...
US oil and gas M&A activity quadrupled last year, report says
Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. oil and gas sector more than quadrupled last year despite softer commodity prices as energy companies boosted spending to improve efficiency and profits, according to an Ernst &...
Ampol nears $656 million deal to buy EG Group’s Australian fuel stations, AFR reports
Australia’s Ampol is in advanced talks to buy British fuel station operator EG Group’s Australian service station portfolio in a deal that could exceed A$1 billion ($656.30 million), the Australian Financial...
Centrica frontrunner to buy National Grid’s LNG terminal in $2 billion deal, FT reports
British Gas owner Centrica and Energy Capital Partners are in talks to buy the Isle of Grain LNG terminal from National Grid in a deal valued at about 1.5 billion pounds ($2.03 billion), the Financial Times reported on...
ConocoPhillips to sell Anadarko assets for $1.3 bln; profit beats estimates
ConocoPhillips will sell its Anadarko Basin assets for $1.3 billion, the company said on Thursday, as it sheds non-core acreage following the Marathon Oil acquisition to reduce debt and focus on higher-margin basins...
