Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Totally Bought: Maersk Oil/Total Deal Closed – Makes Total 2nd Largest North Sea Operator

Total S.A. (ticker: TOT) closed the acquisition signed on August 21, 2017, adding around one billion BOE 2P reserves, mainly in OECD countries. The acquisition also increases Total’s production by 160 MBOEPD in 2018, and the company expects to ramp up production to 200 MBOEPD by early 2020. According to Total, this deal makes the company the second-largest operator in

DONG Energy Sells Out of Oil & Gas for $1.3 Billion

DONG sells oil & gas assets to INEOS, making the company the largest private enterprise operating in the North Sea Petrochemical manufacturer INEOS announced today that it agreed to acquire all of DONG Energy’s oil and gas assets for total consideration of approximately $1.3 billion. The acquired assets produced 100 MBOEPD in 2016 and hold approximately 570 MMBOE of reserves

Shell Selling North Sea Assets to Chrysaor for $3.8 Billion

Shell Selling North Sea Assets to Chrysaor for $3.8 Billion

Deal will make Chrysaor one of the largest UK oil and gas producers  Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDSA) has agreed to sell a package of UK North Sea assets to privately held UK producer Chrysaor for a total of up to $3.8 billion, including an initial consideration of $3.0 billion and a payment of up to $600 million between 2018-2021 subject

Is Wind Giant DONG Energy Selling its Oil & Gas Segment, or Not?

DONG says oil & gas segment is “not considered a long-term strategic commitment” – DONG engages J.P. Morgan to conduct a market assessment Denmark-based wind energy developer DONG Energy (ticker: DENERG) successfully launched Europe’s biggest 2016 IPO in June. Besides its robust offshore wind development business in Europe, bioenergy, thermal power and energy distribution segments, the company runs a healthy oil and gas business.

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Royal Dutch Shell Divests GOM Assets

In exchange for $425 million in cash, Royal Dutch Shell (ticker: RDS) has sold off the company’s stake in assets held in the Gulf of Mexico, the transaction is expected to close in October. The sale agreement bodes well for its disposal talks in the North Sea, Gabon and New Zealand, according to sources, signaling buyers will meet its expectations

Statoil Boosts Footprint in Norwegian Continental Shelf with $540 Million Share Purchase

Believes peak production from the Johan Sverdrup offshore field could reach 380 MBOPD Norway-based Statoil (ticker: STO), the largest acreage holder on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), added to its portfolio by acquiring more than 37 million shares of Lundin Petroleum (ticker: LUPE). The acquisition, announced on January 14, 2016, is valued at SEK 4.6 billion (roughly US$540 million) and

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Repsol, Statoil Announce Asset Swap Involving Eagle Ford and Norway Positions

No oil and gas companies were in attendance for Major League Baseball’s winter meetings (baseball’s equivalent of Christmas with its free agent signings, discussions, swaps and trades), but two industry giants independently agreed to a swap of their own on December 11, 2015. Norway’s Statoil (ticker: STO) and Spain’s Repsol (ticker: REPYY) will trade acreage positions in a non-cash, straightforward

Hess Puts 2017 Spend at $2.25 Billion

Ithaca Energy Inc.: Q3-2015 Operations Update

CALGARY, AB–(Marketwired – Oct 5, 2015) – Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX: IAE) (LSE: IAE) Not for Distribution to U.S. Newswire Services or for Dissemination in the United States Ithaca Energy Inc. Third Quarter 2015 Operations Update 5 October 2015 Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) (“Ithaca” or the “Company”) provides an operations update following the end of the

Total Divests $1.3 Billion of Assets in a Week

Total sells North Sea midstream assets On August 27, Total (ticker: TOT) announced that it sold its FUKA and SIRGE gas pipelines, along with the St. Fergus Gas Terminal, to North Sea Midstream Partners for £585 million (approximately $905 million). The Frigg UK Pipeline (FUKA) is a 362-kilometer, 32-inch pipeline with a nominally capacity of 1,271 MMcf/d, while the Shetland

Low Prices Threaten North Sea Drilling

Falling oil prices threaten offshore oil and gas industry’s profitability in Britain’s North Sea If Brent crude, the North Sea benchmark, remains in the $60 to $70 range, at least 85% of British offshore oil and gas resources in the planning stages are at risk of being dropped, according to Wood Mackenzie. That could mean the abandonment of $27 billion