Asset/portfolio management
As the pace of new discoveries slows and high-quality prospects become harder to find, oil companies may need to rely more heavily on mature fields to maintain production and support future supply.
EY reports an 11% decline in reserve additions and the first sub-100% reserve replacement ratio since 2021, even as crude output climbed.
By acquiring 100% of Ventura’s outstanding shares, SED Energy Holdings would scale its business into a combined $1 billion company backed by a $1.3 billion contract backlog focused on deepwater drilling, shallow-water tender rigs, and seismic acquisition.
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Instead of insights, traditional economic yardsticks in mature fields can create surprises. Buyers, investors, and lenders need new yardsticks—besides those based on present value—in order to make profitable decisions in mature properties. -
Aker BP submitted the NOAKA development plan along with 10 other investments on the Norwegian shelf that collectively represent one of the largest private industrial developments in Europe.
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The infrastructure company placed the winning high bid in a bankruptcy auction.
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The supermajor is expected to put off green-lighting the presalt project for up to 2 years.
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The Permian Basin operator said the purchase ‘checks all the boxes’ it looks for in an acquisition.
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BP and Equinor win four deepwater exploration blocks in the C-NLOPB’s call for bids.
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The deal upon closing at year-end would expand Marathon’s position in the south Texas shale play by 130,000 net acres.
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The acquisition plan supplants earlier merger agreement with new terms and a potential faster timeline for the combination.
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A duo of deals sees BP snapping up a US biogas producer, while TC Energy invests in producing biogas from Jack Daniel's byproducts.
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M&A market activity in the third quarter delivered the best showing of 2022 despite price volatility and a dearth of deals in the prolific Permian Basin.
