Add-on Acquisition • Oil/Gas Exploration

Occidental Petroleum Acquires CrownRock

On December 11, 2023, Occidental Petroleum acquired oil/gas exploration company CrownRock from Lime Rock Partners and EIG Partners for 12.0B USD

Acquisition Context
  • This is Occidental Petroleum’s 5th transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Occidental Petroleum’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Occidental Petroleum’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Occidental Petroleum’s 4th transaction in Texas.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date December 11, 2023
Target CrownRock
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) Occidental Petroleum
Sellers(s) Lime Rock Partners
EIG Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 12.0B USD
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs
Perella Weinberg Partners (Financial)
Vinson & Elkins (Legal)

Target Company

CrownRock

Midland, Texas, United States
CrownRock is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, development, exploitation and exploration of oil and natural gas properties. CrownRock operations are primarily focused on the development of its core Permian Basin assets. CrownRock was founded in 2007 and is based in Midland, Texas.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Occidental Petroleum

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1920
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Employees11,800
Revenue 26.7B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Occidental Petroleum is an oil and gas exploration and production company that provides applying advanced technology to boost production and access hard-to-recover reserves. Occidental Petroleum was founded in 1920 and is based in Houston, Texas.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 9 of 9
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration 5 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition 6 of 6
State: Texas 4 of 4
Country: United States 7 of 7
Year: 2023 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-08-15 Carbon Engineering

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Carbon Engineering (CE) is a climate solutions company that is focused on the global deployment of large-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology that captures carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere so it can be permanently stored deep underground or used to produce clean, affordable transportation fuels. With its partners, CE is working to deploy large-scale, commercial DAC facilities in multiple markets around the globe. Carbon Engineering is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Buy $1.1B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-08-06 Occidental - Natural Gas Gathering Affiliate

Houston, Texas, United States

Occidental's Natural Gas Gathering Affiliate includes certain natural gas gathering systems in the Midland Basin, as well as approximately 200 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines. Occidental's Natural Gas Gathering Affiliate is based in Houston, Texas.

Sell $580M

Seller Profiles 2

SELLER

Lime Rock Partners

Westport, Connecticut, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 10.4B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Lime Rock Partners is a private investment firm focused on growth capital investments in the energy industry. Specifically, Lime Rock looks for companies engaged in exploration & production, energy service, and oil service technology in North America and Europe. Lime Rock's target investment size is $50 to $150 million in businesses valued up to $500 million. Lime Rock Partners was formed in 1998 and is affiliated with Lime Rock Resources. Lime Rock Partners has offices in Westport, Connecticut; Aberdeen, Scotland; and Houston, Texas.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 61 of 62
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration 23 of 23
Type: Add-on Acquisition 24 of 25
State: Texas 15 of 15
Country: United States 29 of 29
Year: 2023 4 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-01 TGT Diagnostics

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

TGT Diagnostics is an international provider of well and reservoir monitoring services focusing on water and hydrocarbon deposits. The company’s logging crews specialize in advanced production logging employing unique and proprietary data acquisition and interpretation technologies. TGT’s Reservoir Study Center provides consultancy to optimize reservoir development, increase ultimate recovery, and balance short-term and long-term production strategies. TGT Diagnostics was founded in 1998 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-21 Silixa

Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Silixa is an independent provider of distributed fiber optic sensing solutions, offering an unrivalled technical portfolio of end-to-end solutions that enable temperature, strain and acoustic measurements at the highest fidelity in even the most hostile settings. Silixa is based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

Sell $22M
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 Context for Seller #
Overall 9 of 13
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration 6 of 9
Type: Add-on Acquisition 4 of 7
State: Texas 5 of 8
Country: United States 7 of 11
Year: 2023 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-03-02 Repsol Upstream

United States

Repsol Upstream is a gas-weighted exploration & production company comprising Repsol’s entire global upstream oil and gas business. Repsol Upstream owns and operates Repsol’s globally diversified portfolio of upstream assets.

Buy -
FOLLOWING 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