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EIG Partners Acquires Cox Oil

On November 26, 2018, asset manager EIG Partners acquired oil/gas exploration company Cox Oil

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EIG Partners’ 15th transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is EIG Partners’ 25th transaction in the United States.
  • This is EIG Partners’ 13th transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-11-26
Target Cox Oil
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) EIG Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Cox Oil

Dallas, Texas, United States
Cox Oil is an independent oil and gas company with a focus on the Gulf of Mexico. Cox has grown through enhanced development of production and reserves in existing assets along with strategic acquisitions. Cox’s assets are located in both the OCS in the Gulf of Mexico and the shallow waters off the coast of Louisiana. Cox Oil is based in Dallas, Texas.

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Buyer

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 37 of 55
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 15 of 21
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 19 of 28
State: Texas M&A 13 of 16
Country: United States M&A 25 of 34
Year: 2018 M&A 7 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-16 Peak Exploration & Production

Durango, Colorado, United States

Peak Exploration & Production is an upstream company focused on the acquisition and development of oil-weighted assets in the core of the Powder River Basin located in northeastern Wyoming. Peak Exploration & Production is based in Durango, Colorado.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-12-19 Opdenergy

Madrid, Spain

Opdenergy is an independent renewable energy producer, focused on solar photovoltaic and onshore wind energy production. Opdenergy has a wide portfolio of projects in different renewable technologies. Opdenergy is based in Madrid, Spain.

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