Divestiture • Oil/Gas Exploration

Petrofac Acquires AH001

On July 17, 2009, Petrofac acquired oil/gas exploration company AH001 from Hess and Endeavour Energy UK

Acquisition Context
  • This is Petrofac’s 1st transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Petrofac’s 3rd transaction in the United Kingdom.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date July 17, 2009
Target AH001
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) Petrofac
Sellers(s) Hess
Endeavour Energy UK
Deal Type Divestiture

Target Company

AH001

United Kingdom
The AH001 has been deployed on the Hess operated Ivanhoe and Rob Roy Fields, in the UK North Sea, since 1989 with the Renee and Rubie Fields produced over it since 1999. The vessel, weighing approximately 17,000 tonnes, has a processing capacity of 70,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 42.5 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) of gas with water injection capability of 72,000 bpd and treatment of 75,000 bpd. The vessel is expected to arrive shortly at the McNulty offshore facility in Newcastle upon Tyne. Options for its upgrade, modification and redeployment on fields where Energy Developments has or can take an interest will be considered over the coming months.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Petrofac

Jersey, Channel Islands

Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Employees8,600
Revenue 2.5B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Petrofac is a global provider of total facilities solutions for the oil & gas industry. Petrofac was founded in 1981 and is based in St Helier, Jersey.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 4 of 9
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom 3 of 6
Year: 2009 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-09-02 Caltec

Cranfield, United Kingdom

Caltec Ltd. delivers high value production boosting and separation technology to the oil and gas industry. Caltec's products enables customers to make maximum use of existing energy available.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-06 Gateway Storage Co.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Gateway Storage Company Ltd plans to build an underground natural gas storage facility in the East Irish Sea, approximately 25 km (15 miles) offshore, south west of Barrow-in-Furness. Storage caverns will be developed in a natural salt structure below the seabed and will enable gas to be delivered, stored and then returned to the UK's national transmission system. The offshore gas storage facility will provide a significant boost to the security of energy supply in the UK gas market and will help to meet the strategic energy policy objectives of the UK government. When completed, the caverns will have a working gas storage capacity of 1.52 billion standard cubic metres (~562 million therms), adding nearly 30% to the current UK gas storage capacity.

Buy -

Seller Profiles 2

SELLER

Hess

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1920
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Employees1,545
Revenue 11.3B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Hess is a global integrated energy company engaged in the exploration, production, purchase, transportation and sale of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the production and sale of refined petroleum products. Hess was founded in 1920 and is based in New York, New York.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 2 of 15
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration 1 of 11
Type: Divestiture 2 of 11
Country: United Kingdom 1 of 2
Year: 2009 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-01 Bayonne Energy Center

Bayonne, New Jersey, United States

Bayonne Energy Center is a 512 MW power generation facility under construction in Bayonne, New Jersey, and interconnected at ConEd's Gowanus substation in Brooklyn (New York Zone J). Bayonne Energy Center is based in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-04-01 Hess Corp - UK Gas Assets

United Kingdom

Hess Corp - UK Gas Assets comprises oil exploration assets in the Everest and Lomond natural gas fields and the Central Area Transmission System in the central North Sea, together with the Bacton Corridor and Easington Catchment Area natural gas fields located in the Southern North Sea.

Sell $423M
SELLER

Endeavour Energy UK

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
DESCRIPTION

Endeavour Energy UK Ltd. provides oil and exploration services in UK.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom 1 of 1
Year: 2009 1 of 1