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Offline thackney

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BHP Agrees to Sell US Onshore Assets for $10.8B
« on: July 30, 2018, 01:55:34 pm »
BHP Agrees to Sell US Onshore Assets for $10.8B
https://www.rigzone.com/news/bhp_agrees_to_sell_us_onshore_assets_for_108b-27-jul-2018-156429-article/
July 27, 2018

BHP has entered into agreements for the sale of its entire interests in the Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Permian and Fayetteville onshore U.S. oil and gas assets for a combined base consideration of $10.8 billion.

BP American Production Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of BP plc, has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the issued share capital of Petrohawk Energy Corporation, the BHP subsidiary which holds the Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Permian assets, for a consideration of $10.5 billion.

MMGJ Hugoton III, LLC, a company owned by Merit Energy Company, has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the issued share capital of BHP Billiton Petroleum (Arkansas) Inc and 100 percent of the membership interests in BHP Billiton Petroleum (Fayetteville) LLC, which hold the Fayetteville assets, for a total consideration of $0.3 billion.

Both sales are subject to the satisfaction of customary regulatory approvals and conditions precedent, BHP said in a company statement. Completion of the sales is expected to occur by the end of October....
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Re: BHP Agrees to Sell US Onshore Assets for $10.8B
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2018, 11:00:57 pm »
The big boys who were late to the unconventionals game are paying up big time in order to come back in.

BP sold off a lot of the Permian when it sold its half interest in Altura back in 2000 for a measly $3.6bn.  It made Oxy instantly into the largest producing company in Texas and a major player in the Permian.

That was a costly move by BP and the other Altura owner Shell.

Occidental to buy Altura Energy for $3.6 billion
https://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-98/issue-12/in-this-issue/general-interest/occidental-to-buy-altura-energy-for-36-billion.html

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