M&A Deal Summary

Sunoco Acquires NuStar Energy

On January 22, 2024, Sunoco acquired energy services and equipment company NuStar Energy from EIG Partners for 7.3B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sunoco’s 2nd transaction in the Energy Services and Equipment sector.
  • This is Sunoco’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Sunoco’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sunoco’s 6th transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2024-01-22
Target NuStar Energy
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Buyer(s) Sunoco
Sellers(s) EIG Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 7.3B USD
Advisor(s) Barclays Investment Bank (Financial)
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Sidley (Legal)

Target

NuStar Energy

San Antonio, Texas, United States
NuStar Energy is an independent liquids terminal and pipeline operator. The company currently has approximately 9,500 miles of pipeline and 63 terminal and storage facilities that store and distribute crude oil, refined products, renewable fuels, ammonia, and specialty liquids. NuStar Energy was founded in 1999 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sunoco

Dallas, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Distribution
Employees3,298
Revenue 22.7B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Sunoco is a master limited partnership (MLP) that primarily distributes motor fuel to convenience stores, independent dealers, commercial customers and distributors. Sunoco was founded in 2012 and is based in Dallas, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 12
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 6
State: Texas M&A 6 of 6
Country: United States M&A 11 of 11
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-01-11 Sunoco - 204 Stripes Stores

Texas, United States

Sunoco's 204 Stripes Stores includes Stripes® convenience stores and Laredo Taco Company® restaurants.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-05-05 Parkland

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Parkland is an independent marketers of fuel and petroleum products. It deliver gasoline, diesel, propane, lubricants, heating oil and other high quality petroleum products to motorists, businesses, households and wholesale customers in Canada and the United States. Parkland was founded in 1977 and is based in Calgary, Alberta.

Buy $9.1B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

EIG Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 39.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

EIG Global Energy Partners specializes in private investments in energy and energy-related infrastructure around the world. Specific areas of interest include upstream oil and gas, midstream, power generation, renewables, and related infrastructure. EIG manages a variety of funds that provide hybrid debt and structured equity financing solutions to energy projects and companies. The Firm also offers credit/direct lending vehicles that target higher credit-quality project finance instruments. EIG Global Energy Partners is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 13
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 7
State: Texas M&A 6 of 8
Country: United States M&A 8 of 11
Year: 2024 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-28 Ocyan

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ocyan is a solutions provider of maintenance solutions to the offshore oil and gas sector, including the operation of subsea construction and decommissioning projects. The company currently operates four offshore units through a 50/50 joint venture with Altera Infrastructure, holding long-term contracts with Libra Consortium, Karoon Energy, and 3R Petroleum. It is focused on the digitalization of the oil and gas industry and engineering, procurement, and construction (“EPC”) contracts for renewable energy projects. Ocyan is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Buy $390M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-05-16 SilverBow

Houston, Texas, United States

SilverBow is an oil and gas company that engages in developing, exploring, acquiring, and operating oil and gas properties with a focus on onshore and inland waters oil and natural gas reserves in Louisiana and Texas, as well as oil and natural gas reserves in New Zealand. SilverBow was founded in 1979 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Sell $2.1B