M&A Deal Summary

National Fuel Acquires CenterPoint Energy s Ohio natural gas utility business

On October 21, 2025, National Fuel acquired utilities company CenterPoint Energy s Ohio natural gas utility business from CenterPoint Energy for 2.6B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is National Fuel’s 1st transaction in the Utilities sector.
  • This is National Fuel’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is National Fuel’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is National Fuel’s 1st transaction in Ohio.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-10-21
Target CenterPoint Energy s Ohio natural gas utility business
Sector Utilities
Buyer(s) National Fuel
Sellers(s) CenterPoint Energy
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 2.6B USD

Target

CenterPoint Energy s Ohio natural gas utility business

Ohio, United States
CenterPoint Energy's Ohio natural gas utility business provides regulated natural gas distribution services and is based in Ohio.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

National Fuel

Williamsville, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1902
Sector Utilities
Employees2,311
Revenue 1.9B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

National Fuel is a diversified energy company that engages in utility, pipeline and storage, exploration and production, energy marketing, and gathering of oil and gas utilities. National Fuel was founded in 1902 and is based in Williamsville, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Utilities M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Ohio M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-05-04 Royal Dutch Shell - U.S. Appalachia Assets

New York, United States

Royal Dutch Shell plc - U.S. Appalachia Assets are located in the predominately rural northern and western portions of Pennsylvania, where drilling and producing of dry gas from the Marcellus and Utica forms.

Buy $541M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

CenterPoint Energy

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1866
Sector Utilities
Employees8,872
Revenue 8.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
CenterPoint Energy's corporate headquarters in downtown Houston, Texas.
CenterPoint Energy's corporate headquarters in downtown Houston, Texas.

CenterPoint Energy is a domestic energy delivery company that includes electric transmission & distribution, natural gas distribution, and energy services operations. CenterPoint Energy owns and operates natural gas distribution systems. CenterPoint also offers variable and fixed-price physical natural gas supplies primarily to commercial and industrial customers and gas utilities. CenterPoint Energy was founded in 1866 and is based in Houston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 6
Sector: Utilities M&A 4 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 6 of 6
State: Ohio M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 6 of 6
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-02-20 CenterPoint Energy - Louisiana & Mississippi Natural Gas Distribution Operations

United States

CenterPoint Energy's Louisiana & Mississippi Natural Gas Distribution Operations provides natural gas distribution systems that serve approximately 381,000 residential and commercial customers across both states.

Sell -