M&A Deal Summary

AEC Partners and SEACOR Acquire Sea-Vista

On April 21, 2015, private equity firm AEC Partners and SEACOR acquired oil/gas exploration company Sea-Vista

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AEC Partners’ 12th and SEACOR’s 1st transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is AEC Partners’ 11th and SEACOR’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is AEC Partners’ 1st and SEACOR’s 2nd transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-04-21
Target Sea-Vista
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) AEC Partners
SEACOR
Deal Type Joint Venture

Target

Sea-Vista

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Sea-Vista owns and operates Jones Act vessels used for U.S. coastwise trade of crude oil, petroleum, and specialty chemical products. Sea-Vista is based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

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Buyer(S) 2

Buyer

AEC Partners


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2017
PE ASSETS 3.9B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

AEC Partners is a private equity firm focused on providing direct equity investments in companies from the energy sector. AEC Partners looks to invest between $25 to $75 million in companies from the Southern US. AEC Partners is based in Houston, Texas was spun out from Avista Capital Partners and formed as an independent firm in 2017.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 14
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 12 of 12
Type (Joint Venture) 1 of 1
State (Florida) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 11 of 11
Year (2015) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-01 Enduring Resources II

Denver, Colorado, United States

Enduring Resources II LLC is focused on pursuing a diverse portfolio of acquisition and exploitation opportunities in central onshore U.S. basins. Enduring Resources II was founded in 2011 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Sell $2.5B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-11 Hansa Hydrocarbons

London, United Kingdom

Hansa Hydrocarbons is an exploration and production company, focused on the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties in the German and Dutch North Sea.

Sell -
Buyer

SEACOR

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 1989
Sector Transportation
Revenue 1.1B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION
SEACOR's corporate headquarters in Port Everglades, Florida.
SEACOR's corporate headquarters in Port Everglades, Florida.

SEACOR is a holding company providing transportation and logistics services to support a wide range of business sectors. The SEACOR portfolio includes six wholly owned business lines and eight joint ventures. SEACOR’s Ocean Transportation and Logistics Services segment includes Seabulk, which owns and operates a diversified fleet of bulk transportation, port and infrastructure, and logistics assets, including U.S. Jones Act tankers and a fleet of harbor towing vessels in seven U.S. ports. It also includes SEACOR Island Lines, provider of liner, short-sea project cargo transportation and logistics services to and from the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos as well as Waterman Logistics/US Ocean, which provide global multi-modal logistics transportation for commercial and government customers via a fleet of car carriers and heavylift vessels. SEACOR was founded in 1989 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 5
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 1 of 1
Type (Joint Venture) 1 of 1
State (Florida) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 5
Year (2015) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-30 Superior Energy Services - 18 liftboats

United States

Superior's liftboats support a broad range of well intervention, maintenance, decommissioning and construction services for offshore crude oil and natural gas production. All of the liftboats are currently located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Buy $143M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-13 U.S. Shipping

Edison, New Jersey, United States

U.S. Shipping provides a fleet of six U.S.-flagged vessels including one highly sophisticated parcel tanker, one product tanker, and four state-of-the-art articulated tug barges. USSC transports chemicals and petroleum products and petroleum throughout the U.S. was founded in 2002 and is based in Edison, New Jersey.

Buy -