All posts tagged "Mergers and Acquisitions"

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  Second US shale boom’s legacy: Overpriced deals, unwanted assets

  By: Reuters – Oil and gas companies plunged over $156 billion into corporate takeovers and land deals during the second US shale...

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  Investing

  Petronas Said to Show Interest in Buying Permian’s DoublePoint

  By: Kevin Crowley – Bloomberg – Malaysia’s state-backed oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd. has had preliminary talks about buying Permian Basin shale driller DoublePoint...

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  Investing

  Chevron Deal for Oil and Gas Fields May Set Off New Wave of Mergers

  By: Clifford Krauss – The New York Times – In the first big deal since oil prices crashed four months ago, Chevron...

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  Oil & Gas News

  Drilling? – Low Rig Count, Low Fracking Activity, Low M&A

  By: David Blackmon – Forbes –  Drilling? Consolidation? What Drilling? What consolidation? – The highlights of the quarterly mergers and acquisitions tracking report...

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  Exploration

  Oil boom feels more like a bust in Texas shale patch

  Houston Chronicle – Oil Bust or Oil Boom? Last month, two days before the latest government prediction that U.S. shale production would...

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  Exploration

  Chevron CEO talks about the decision to pull out of the Marcellus Shale

  Pittsburgh Business Times – Chevron Corp. Chairman and CEO Michael Wirth said the oil and gas giant entered the Marcellus Shale at a...

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  Exploration

  Peak Permian Oil Output Is Closer Than You Think, Investor Says

  Bloomberg – Such is the extent of the shakeout in the U.S. shale industry that Permian Basin oil production is closer to...

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  Investing

  Oil industry looks forward to more mergers—and more bankruptcies

  KEY POINTS In the past decade, U.S. oil production has grown dramatically, leapfrogging Saudi Arabia and Russia, but with that quick growth...

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  Exploration

  Billionaire Carl Icahn steps up his fight with Occidental over Anadarko deal, wants 4 board seats

  Reuters, via CNBC ~ Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Wednesday, ratcheted up his fight with Occidental Petroleum over its pending purchase of rival Anadarko Petroleum...

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  Oil & Gas News

  Oxy makes public bid for Anadarko over Chevron

  By: Jordan Blum – Houston Chronicle – Houston’s Occidental Petroleum is upping its offer to buy Anadarko Petroleum, creating a public bidding...