M&A Deal Summary

El Paso Acquires Medicine Bow Energy

On August 1, 2005, El Paso acquired oil/gas exploration company Medicine Bow Energy from Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors and aPriori Capital Partners for 834M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is El Paso’s 1st transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is El Paso’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is El Paso’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is El Paso’s 1st transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-08-01
Target Medicine Bow Energy
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) El Paso
Sellers(s) Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors
aPriori Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 834M USD

Target

Medicine Bow Energy

Denver, Colorado, United States
Medicine Bow Energy Corporation is a private exploration and production company based in Denver, Colorado that focused on the acquisition and exploitation of oil and gas properties in the Rocky Mountain region and East Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

El Paso

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1928
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
DESCRIPTION

El Paso Corporation is a processes, stores, and transmits natural gas and natural gas liquids. The Company was formed in 1928.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
State (Colorado) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2005) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-01 Alpheus Communications

Houston, Texas, United States

Alpheus Communications LLC is a provider of high bandwidth transport, Direct Internet Access (DIA) and data center services for carrier, government and enterprise customers. With owned facilities in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Valley, Alpheus is flexible, content-neutral and responsive to customer needs when low-latency and uptime are essential. As the preferred fiber backbone for Metro Texas, Alpheus is in a unique position to support mission-critical information technology functions and cloud computing solutions through resilient SAS 70-compliant data center platforms for colocation and disaster recovery. Alpheus Communications was founded in 2000 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 Laredo Energy III

Houston, Texas, United States

Laredo Energy III LP is a independent oil & gas acquisition and development company with operations in the Lobo Trend in South Texas.

Buy $225M

Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors

Los Angeles, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Asset Manager
Founded 1984
PE ASSETS 36.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors is an alternative investment management firm focused on hedge funds, public funds, energy private equity, growth private equity, real estate private equity, and mezzanine finance opportunities. Kayne's energy private equity group focuses on $20 to $100 million investments in high-growth exploration and production, midstream and oilfield service companies. The energy group considers both majority or minority stakes in public and private businesses. Kayne's growth private equity practice involves structured investments in public and private companies looking for capital to finance expansion. This group will also consider middle-market leveraged transactions and management buyouts. Kayne's real estate private equity group invests in established, cash-flow generating projects. Areas of interest include student housing and campus-oriented retail properties, amongst other opportunistic investments. The Group looks for acquisitions of $25 to $100 million. Kayne's mezzanine team looks to provide $20 to $35 million of capital for mid-market businesses with $100 to $500 million of sales and $10 to $50 million of EBITDA. Kayne Capital Advisors was formed in 1984 and is based in Los Angeles with additional offices in Armonk, New York; New York City, and Houston.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 85
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 5 of 43
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 34
State (Colorado) 1 of 8
Country (United States) 2 of 73
Year (2005) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-26 Blacksand Energy

Denver, Colorado, United States

Blacksand Energy was a private exploration and production company based in Denver, Colorado that focused on production and development of primarily oil reserves in California.Blacksand Energy - is primarily engaged in the acquisition, development and production of oil and gas properties. Blacksand’s principal asset is the long-life Brea-Olinda oil field located in the LA Basin, onshore California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-10-01 Cavallo Energy

Houston, Texas, United States

Cavallo Energy is a private exploration and production company based in Houston, Texas that focused on the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties in the Texas Panhandle.

Buy -
SELLER

aPriori Capital Partners

Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 2.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

aPriori Capital Partners (formerly DLJ Merchant Banking Partners) is a middle-market private equity firm focused on middle-market buyouts in the US and Europe. Sectors of interest include healthcare, retail, consumer, energy, business services, and industrial. aPriori was originally established in 1985 and has offices in New York and Los Angeles.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 51
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 1 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 22
State (Colorado) 1 of 4
Country (United States) 11 of 38
Year (2005) 4 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 14 of 21
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-25 J.G. Wentworth

Radnor, Pennsylvania, United States

J.G. Wentworth LLC has developed its market leading position through its multi-channel, direct-to-consumer marketing platform and two highly recognizable brands: JG Wentworth and Peachtree.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-08-17 Rockwood Holdings

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Rockwood Holdings, Inc. is a provider of specialty chemicals, pigments, additives and advanced materials to specialized manufacturing and technology companies throughout the world. The company is a global producer for many of its products including lithium compounds and chemicals, surface treatment chemicals, TiO2 pigments for synthetic fibers and ceramic hip joints.

Sell -