Oil & Gas Deals* 2007 Annual Review
Private equity - a major driver of O&G Deals
O&G Deals*2007 annual review offers you an insight into the deal totals, makers and places that are driving merger and acquisition activity within the global oil and gas market through 2007.
Deal activity in the sector remains at the level achieved in 2006. The total deal value has increased slightly – from US$291.1bn to US$292.2bn.
Private equity investors were major O&G players in 2007 with three of the top ten O&G deals involving private equity buyers. Private equity investment was also a notable feature in the midstream and service sectors. The extent of private equity investment in the top fifty deals is something that has not been seen in the sector in recent years.
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ annual review, activity in the oil field services sector intensified with a 165% increase in the total value of deals to US$67.3bn in 2007. The share of service sector M&A in total O&G deals has increased from 4% in 2005, through 9% in 2006, to 23% in 2007. The average value of individual deals in the sector nearly tripled from US$162 million in 2006 to US$451 million in 2007.
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