Global Oil & Gas Industry Deals Total $28.01bn in Q2 2020 Fueled by Africa & Middle East
Total oil & gas industry deals for Q2 2020 worth $28.01bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
The value marked an increase of 106.2% over the previous quarter and a drop of 68.1% when compared with the last four-quarter average of $87.85bn.
In terms of number of deals, the sector saw a drop of 30.5% over the last four-quarter average with 405 deals against the average of 583 deals.
In value terms, Middle East and Africa led the activity with deals worth $11.29bn.
Oil & gas industry deals in Q2 2020: Top deals
The top five oil & gas deals accounted for 63.6% of the overall value during Q2 2020.
The combined value of the top five oil & gas deals stood at $17.83bn, against the overall value of $28.01bn recorded for the month.
The top five oil & gas industry deals of Q2 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:
- -Brookfield Asset Management, GIC, Global Infrastructure Management, NH Investment & Securities, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Snam’s $10.1bn acquisition of ADNOC Gas Pipeline Assets
- -The $5bn asset transaction with BP by Ineos Group
- Bluescape Energy Partners, Elliott Management and Fidelity Management & Research’s $1.4bn private equity deal with CenterPoint Energy
- -The $750m private equity deal with DoublePoint Energy by Apollo Global Management, Double Eagle Energy Holdings, FourPoint Energy, Magnetar Capital and Quantum Energy Partners
- -Total’s asset transaction with Tullow Uganda and Tullow Uganda Operations for $575m.