Regional Upstream M&A Activity – US Surpasses 2010 levels, rest of world shrinks
United States with $78.6 billion or 48% of total global deal value, continued to be the top region for upstream M&A activity during 2011. The total deal value for the US was higher than $74.8...
View ArticleShare of Unconventional Deals Higher than in 2010; Dominated by US Shale
In 2011, share of conventional deals in the total deal value was approximately 59%. This was significantly lower than the share in 2010 (71%) and closer to the 2009 share of 51%. The $41 billion...
View ArticleChinese NOC’s Continue Acquisitions; Deal Value for 2011 Below 2010 Levels
Led by Sinopec, Chinese NOCs have been ramping up their acquisition spend year after year from almost negligible in 2007 to 15% of the total deal value in 2010. Overall the Chinese NOCs ended 2011 at...
View ArticleApache – The Opportunistic Acquirer
In 2009, Apache stayed away from the acquisition market and instead, built its cash position from operations and waited for the right opportunities to surface. During 2010, Apache spent more than $11...
View ArticleApache – Select Acquisitions and Divestitures 2009-2011
Apache has pursued an opportunistic acquisition strategy lapping up distressed assets from BP and with no significant divestitures.
View ArticleEurope/North Sea Historic transaction activity – 2011 all time high after...
A few large value transactions announced in the third quarter last year lifted the value of upstream transactions in Europe during 2011 to $14.4 billion, which is 9% of the overall transaction value in...
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