"Expand" Your Mind

"Chesapeake and Southwestern will finalize $7.4B merger and change names tdo ""Expand Energy""; Validus to Buy Citizen Energy in Deal Worth Over $2 billion; Sources SayHess CEO opts out of Chevron’s board after $53 billion merger."

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Rob Quigley
September 27, 2024

Good morning and happy Friday. Chesapeake/Southwestern are rebranding as "Expand Energy" after close. What you you think about that name??? There's a little news coming out of the MidCon with Validus being set to buy Citizen's deal. And finally, John Hess will not be joining the new combined Hess/Chevron organization. Let's do it!

Daily Headlines

  • Trauber: Inventory drives M&A as E&Ps vie for relevancy Hart Energy .

  • M&A seen slowing ahead of U.S. elections amid economic uncertainty BOE Report.

  • Howard: Midstream’s M&A Renaissance Hartenergy$$$

  • Exxon, IEA differ on oil demand outlook OilPrice.

  • EQT plans to reverse some US natgas production curtailments in Oct, CEO says Naturalgasworld

  • Texas approves plan to boost oil and gas drillers' power grid access MSN.com

  • India’s $100B oil exploration opportunity emerges OilPrice.

Deal Flow

M&A/Investment

  • Validus to Buy Citizen Energy in Deal Worth Over $2 billion, Sources Say Hartenergy

  • Chesapeake and Southwestern finalize $7.4B merger World Oil .

  • Hess CEO opts out of Chevron’s board after $53 billion merger World Oil

  • Exxon plans $10 billion investment in Nigeria’s oil sector BOE Report.

IPO/Direct Listing/Issuances/Block Trades

Debt

  • Saudi Aramco raises $3 billion in debt sale, pivots from $100 oil price target Offshore Technology.

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