Total oil & gas industry deals worth $17.9bn were announced globally for October 2022, with Omega Acquisition’s $4.31bn acquisition deal for 17% stake in Continental Resources being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked a decrease of 51.8% over the previous month of $37.01bn and a drop of 36.2% when compared with the last 12-month average of $27.96bn.
In terms of number of deals, the sector saw a drop of 26.07% with 156 deals in October 2022 when compared to the last 12-month average of 211 deals.
In value terms, North America led the activity with deals worth $8.46bn in October 2022.
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By GlobalDataOil & Gas industry deals in October 2022: Top deals
The top five deals accounted for 67.7% of the overall value during October 2022.
The combined value of the top five deals stood at $12.09bn, against the overall value of $17.9bn recorded for the month.
The top five oil & gas industry deals of October 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Omega Acquisition’s $4.31bn acquisition deal for 17% stake in Continental Resources
2) The $3.3bn private equity of Wood Mackenzie by Veritas Capital
3) MidOcean Energy Holdings’s $2.15bn acquisition deal with Tokyo Gas Australia
4) The $1.6bn acquisition of Firebird Energy by Diamondback Energy
5) Suncor Energy’s $731.4m asset transaction deal for 21.3% stake in Teck Resources
