M&A Deal Summary

First Reserve Acquires Acteon

On November 1, 2006, private equity firm First Reserve acquired energy services and equipment company Acteon from Lime Rock Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is First Reserve’s 15th transaction in the Energy Services and Equipment sector.
  • This is First Reserve’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Acteon was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2012.
  • Acteon was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2024.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-11-01
Target Acteon
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Buyer(s) First Reserve
Sellers(s) Lime Rock Partners
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Acteon

Norwich, United Kingdom
Acteon is a global oilfield services provider focusing on the provision of subsea services and products. Acteon was founded in 1989 and is based in Norwich, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

First Reserve

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1983
PE ASSETS 32.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

First Reserve is a specialist private equity firm focused on investments in energy companies. First Reserve targets equity investments of $50 to $500 million in companies valued from $100 million to $10 billion. Target areas of interest within the energy industry include energy manufacturing and services (drilling service providers and wellhead equipment manufacturers), energy infrastructure, energy reserves, renewable energy and alternative fuels, and energy related insurance and financial products. First Reserve was established in 1983 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 38 of 112
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 15 of 34
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 3 of 11
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 7
Year: 2006 M&A 7 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-13 GenPower

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

GenPower is a newly constructed 7 MW supercritical coal-fired power generating facility in West Virginia, and Mepco, a West Virginia-based coal mining operation.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-12-01 T-3 Energy Services

Houston, Texas, United States

T-3 Energy Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTES) was formed in February 2000 by First Reserve and management as an acquisition vehicle to consolidate high-end equipment repair and specialty machining operations focused in the Gulf of Mexico. T-3 operates in three distinct business lines: the repair and refurbishment of production valves and drilling equipment, primarily blow-out preventers (BOPs); flow control equipment manufacturing and repair consisting of wellheads, production chokes, control valves and pressure safety valves; and downstream product manufacturing, distribution and repair, including flow control equipment, high pressure connection equipment and electric motors.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Lime Rock Partners

Westport, Connecticut, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 10.4B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Lime Rock Partners is a private investment firm focused on growth capital investments in the energy industry. Specifically, Lime Rock looks for companies engaged in exploration & production, energy service, and oil service technology in North America and Europe. Lime Rock's target investment size is $50 to $150 million in businesses valued up to $500 million. Lime Rock Partners was formed in 1998 and is affiliated with Lime Rock Resources. Lime Rock Partners has offices in Westport, Connecticut; Aberdeen, Scotland; and Houston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 62
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 5 of 26
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 2 of 9
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 11
Year: 2006 M&A 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-09-01 Augustus Energy Partners

Billings, Montana, United States

Augustus Energy Partners, LLC is a private exploration and production company based in Billings, Montana that focuses on the acquisition of oil and gas properties in the Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast regions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-12-14 NQL Energy Services

Nisku, Alberta, Canada

NQL Energy Services was a provider of downhole tools, services and technology used in oil and gas drilling applications, in particular its BlackMax line of downhole mud motors.

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