80 billion in deals O&G last Qtr18 Nov 2018 17:13
Deals Worth $80.9B Concluded in Upstream Oil and Gas in 3Q18
A total of 362 deals with a combined value of US$80.9bn were registered in the upstream oil and gas industry in Q3 2018, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
Of the total value, US$44.5bn was registered in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Q3 2018, representing a significant increase of 77% from the US$25.1bn in M&A deals announced in Q2 2018. On the capital raising front, a total value of US$36.5bn in capital raising was announced in the upstream sector in Q3 2018, an increase of 19% from the US$30.7bn in capital raising announced in the previous quarter.
The company’s latest report: ‘Quarterly Upstream M&A and Capital Raising Deals Review – Q3 2018’ states that a total of 111 M&A deals, with a combined value of US$13bn, were recorded in the conventional segment, and 88 deals, with a combined value of US$31.5bn, were recorded in the unconventional segment, in the quarter.