Canada's Oil Patch Sees Over $30 Billion in M&A, On Track for Biggest Wave in a Decade

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Canada's oil patch has recorded over $30 billion in mergers and acquisitions so far this year, with Wall Street projecting the final tally will surpass the $53 billion recorded in 2017. The wave is being driven by high oil and asset prices amid the Middle East conflict rather than distressed selling, said Raj Singh, CEO at Calgary-based Fuelled Inc. The year's highlight has been Shell's $16.4 billion takeover of Arc Resources, which adds 370,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day to Shell's output and lifts its projected annual production growth rate from 1% to roughly 4% through 2030. In another deal, Tamarack Valley Energy and Headwater Exploration announced an all-stock merger valued at C$10 billion, or $7.25 billion, creating the largest publicly traded pure-play Clearwater oil producer with expected production exceeding 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Carlyle also formed Avenrock Energy to acquire Calgary-based Parallax Energy Operating Inc. from Carnelian Energy Capital, a deal analysts believe cost around $1 billion, marking its second multi-billion-dollar push into Alberta's energy sector in 12 months after its roughly $1.4 billion acquisition of Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. in October.

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Energy▲ · 3 stocks
Energy Transition & Power Demand▲ · 1 stocks
Shell plc
SHEL
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Shell's $16.4 billion takeover of Arc Resources adds 370,000 boe/d and lifts projected annual production growth to ~4% through 2030.

Financials▲ · 1 stocks
Carlyle Group Inc
CG
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Carlyle formed Avenrock Energy to acquire Parallax Energy, its second multi-billion-dollar Alberta energy push in 12 months.

Off-coverage companies 6

ARC Resources Ltd.Private▲ Positive
Capitalrelevance

Arc Resources is the target of Shell's $16.4 billion takeover, the year's highlight M&A deal.

Avenrock EnergyPrivate▲ Positive
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Carlyle formed Avenrock Energy to acquire Parallax Energy Operating, marking its second multi-billion-dollar Alberta energy push.

Carnelian Energy CapitalPrivate▲ Positive
Capitalrelevance

Carnelian Energy Capital is selling Calgary-based Parallax Energy Operating to Carlyle's Avenrock Energy in a deal valued around $1 billion.

Headwater Exploration Inc.Private▲ Positive
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Headwater Exploration announced an all-stock merger with Tamarack Valley Energy valued at C$10 billion, creating the largest pure-play Clearwater producer.

Parallax EnergyPrivate▲ Positive
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Parallax Energy Operating is being acquired by Carlyle's newly formed Avenrock Energy in a deal valued around $1 billion.

Fuelled Inc.Private± Mixed
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