Energy M&A Trends - August 2008

GlobalData's Energy M&A Trends August 2008 Report is an excellent source providing detailed information on M&A, Equity/Debt Offerings, Private Equity, Venture Financing and Partnership transactions in the Energy industry. The report also provides detailed comparative data on the number of deals and their value in the last six months subdivided by sector and geography.
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1 Table of Contents 2
1.1 List of Figures 4
2 Oil & Gas Industry, Deal Summary 6
2.1 Oil & Gas Industry, Deal Value versus Volume Analysis, July 2008 6
2.2 Oil & Gas Industry, Featured Deals, July 2008 6
2.2.1 Shell Canada Files Formal Offer To Acquire Duvernay Oil 6
2.2.2 Gazprom Neft Announces Debt Offering Of $1,495.93 Million 7
2.2.3 Total Prices Debt Offering Of $1,463.01 Million 7
2.2.4 Chesapeake Energy Prices Its Common Stock Offering Of $1,431.25 Million 7
2.2.5 XTO Energy Prices Its Public Offering Of 26 Million Shares For $1,248 Million 7
2.2.6 Transneft Completes Private Placement Of $1,050 Million 7
2.2.7 Nabors Industries To Offer Additional Senior Notes For $750 Million 7
2.3 Oil & Gas Industry, Rumors, July 2008 7
2.3.1 China National Petroleum To Acquire Minority Stake In Shale Gas Assets Of Chesapeake 7
2.3.2 Repsol Plans To Acquire Stake In Sakhalin-III From Rosneft 7
2.3.3 ONGC Plans To Acquire Stake In Imperial Energy 7
3 Oil & Gas Industry, Asset Purchase Deals 9
3.1 Oil & Gas Industry, Top Asset Purchase Transactions of the Month 9
3.1.1 BP To Acquire Leasehold And Producing Natural Gas Properties From Chesapeake Energy 9
3.1.2 Quicksilver Resources To Acquire Working And Royalty Interests In Barnett Shale 10
3.1.3 Transocean To Sell GSF Arctic II And GSF Arctic IV To Northern Offshore For $750 Million 10
3.1.4 XTO Energy To Acquire Barnett Shale Producing Properties For $800 Million 10
3.1.5 Centrica To Acquire Operated Gas And Oil Assets In Norway From Marathon Oil 10
4 Oil & Gas Industry, Deal Summary by Sector 11
4.1 Upstream Oil & Gas Deals, July 2008 11
4.1.1 Upstream Energy – Deals of the Month 11
4.1.2 Upstream Oil & Gas, Acquisitions and Asset Purchase Deals’ Multiples, January – July 2008 12
4.2 Midstream Oil & Gas Deals, July 2008 13
4.2.1 Midstream Energy – Deals of the Month 13
4.3 Downstream Oil & Gas Deals, July 2008 14
4.3.1 Downstream Energy – Deals of the Month 14
4.4 Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Deals, July 2008 15
4.4.1 Equipment and Services – Deals of the Month 15
5 Oil & Gas Deal Summary by Geography 16
5.1 North America Oil & Gas Deals, July 2008 16
5.1.1 North America – Deals of the Month 16
5.1.2 North America Oil & Gas, Acquisitions and Asset Purchase Deals’ Multiples, January – July 2008 17
5.2 Europe Oil & Gas Deals, July 2008 18
5.2.1 Europe – Deals of the Month 18
5.3 Asia-Pacific Oil & Gas Deals, July 2008 19
5.3.1 Asia-Pacific – Deals of the Month 19
5.4 Rest of the World (ROW) Oil & Gas Deals, July 2008 20
5.4.1 ROW – Deals of the Month 20
6 Further Information 21
6.1 Methodology 21
6.2 About Global Markets Direct 21
6.3 Contact Us 22
6.4 Disclosure information 22
6.5 Disclaimer 22
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Figure 1: Oil & Gas Industry, Deal Value and Volume, February 2008 – July 2008 6
Figure 2: Oil & Gas Industry, Asset Purchase Deals, Deal Value and Volume, February 2008 – July 2008 9
Figure 3: Upstream Oil & Gas Industry, Deal Value and Volume, February 2008 – July 2008 11
Figure 4: Upstream Oil & Gas, Acquisitions and Asset Purchase Deals’ Multiples, January – July 2008 12
Figure 5: Midstream Oil & Gas Industry, Deal Value and Volume, February 2008 – July 2008 13
Figure 6: Downstream Oil & Gas Industry, Deal Value and Volume, February 2008 – July 2008 14
Figure 7: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Industry, Deal Value and Volume, February 2008 – July 2008 15
Figure 8: Oil & Gas Industry, North America, Deal Value and Volume, February 2008 – July 2008 16
Figure 9: North America Oil & Gas, Acquisitions and Asset Purchase Deals’ Multiples, January – July 2008 17
Figure 10: Oil & Gas Industry, Europe, Deal Value and Volume, February 2008 – July 2008 18
Figure 11: Oil & Gas Industry, Asia-Pacific, Deal Value and Volume, February 2008 – July 2008 19
Figure 12: Oil & Gas Industry, Rest of the World, Deal Value and Volume, February 2008 – July 2008 20
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