Mergers & Acquisitions News


Shelf Drilling to Consolidate Jack-Up Fleet and Resolve Funding Gaps via Triangular Merger

Sep 16, 2024

UAE-based offshore drilling firm Shelf Drilling (SHLF) has initiated a business consolidation plan via triangular merger between its indirect subsidiary SHLF MergCo, Shelf Drilling North Sea (SDNS), as the surviving entity in the proposed merger…

Offshore Driller Seadrill Has Its Sights Set on Asset Acquisitions, M&A

Sep 11, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill is looking to buy more assets or create a larger player by merging with peers, the company's CEO said on Wednesday.Norwegian-born billionaire John Fredriksen lost the control of the company, once the world's largest driller by market cap…

Korea's Hanhwa Sets Out Plan for Full Takeover of Singapore's Dyna-Mac

Sep 11, 2024

South Korean conglomerate Hanhwa Group has offered to acquire all of the shares it does not own in Singapore's Dyna-Mac Holdings, valuing the offshore oil and gas contractor at S$669.2 million ($513.90 million).Hanhwa's units Hanhwa Aerospace and Hanwha Ocean already own a 25…

Motive Offshore Picks Up Acteon's Aquatic

Sep 10, 2024

Motive Offshore Group, a rental, inspection and engineering equipment provider for the energy sector, has acquired Aquatic, a company specializing in laying and retrieving flexible products from the seabed, previously owned by marine energy and infrastructure services company Acteon…

Noble Corporation Completes Diamond Offshore Acquisition

Sep 04, 2024

U.S.-based offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation on Wednesday announced it has completed its acquisition of peer Diamond Offshore Drilling. The merger creates the industry's largest fleet of 7th generation dual-BOP drillships and adds 4…

Harbour Energy Concludes Wintershall Dea Deal and Raises Production Outlook

Sep 03, 2024

Britain's Harbour Energy raised its 2024 production forecast on Tuesday, after completing the purchase of oil and gas firm Wintershall Dea's assets.Harbour in December had agreed to acquire the non-Russian oil and gas assets of the German company in an $11…

Adani Ports to Buy $185 Million Stake in Astro Offshore

Aug 30, 2024

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone said on Friday it will buy a majority stake in an offshore support vessel operator for $185 million, expanding its fleet and diversifying beyond port operations.Astro Offshore, in which Adani Ports will buy an 80% stake…

MOL Increases Stake in MODEC

Aug 20, 2024

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. completed the purchase on the market of 89,500 shares of common stock of MODEC, Inc. and along with the 10,162,300 shares already acquired in June 2023, MOL now holds a 15% stake in MODEC and will make it an equity-method affiliate…

Archer Limited increases ownership in Iceland Drilling

Aug 16, 2024

Archer has agreed to acquire an additional 10% of the shares in Iceland Drilling from its joint venture partner Kaldbakur for $2.5 million, settled in Archer limited shares, bringing Archer’s total ownership to 60%.Iceland Drilling is a leader in high-temperature geothermal drilling…

Woodside to Buy Ammonia Project on US Gulf Coast for $2.35B

Aug 05, 2024

Australia’s Woodside Energy has signed an agreement with Dutch-based OCI Global to acquire its clean ammonia project for $2.35 billion, which is still under construction on the U.S. Gulf Coast in Texas.Woodside has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of OCI Clean Ammonia Holding…

Archer Acquires Argentinian Managed Pressure Drilling Firm

Aug 01, 2024

Oilfield services firm Archer has entered into an agreement with Air Drilling Associates to acquire its managed pressure drilling (MPD) subsidiary ADA Argentina.ADA provides MPD services to Archer's largest customers in the Vaca Muerta basin in Argentina…

Enauta Finalizes Merger with 3R Petroleum

Jul 31, 2024

Brazilian oil and gas companies Enauta and 3R Petroleum have completed all conditions for the previously announced merger, which is set to be finalized on July 31, 2024.The merger follows the memorandum of understanding (MoU) the companies signed in April…

Viaro Energy Acquires Shell and ExxonMobil’s UK Southern North Sea Assets

Jul 30, 2024

UK-based oil and gas company Viaro Energy reached an agreement with Shell and ExxonMobil for the acquisition of a full working interest in the Shell-operated UK Southern North Sea assets owned by the two supermajors.Viaro Energy made the deal…

Helmerich & Payne to Buy KCA Deutag for $1.97 Billion

Jul 29, 2024

Oilfield services firm Helmerich & Payne Inc will acquire Britain's KCA Deutag International for $1.97 billion in cash, making the combined company one of the biggest rig providers in the Middle East, the companies said on Thursday.Oilfield…

OEG Acquires Offshore Wind O&M Specialist

Jul 29, 2024

OEG Energy Group has completed the acquisition of Offshore Painting Services (OPS Wind), a provider of specialist operations and maintenance (O&M) and training services to the offshore wind sector.OPS Wind has its head office in Liverpool with a regional office in Llandudno…

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