M&A Deal Summary

S&P Global Platts Acquires RigData

On June 2, 2016, S&P Global Platts acquired information services company RigData from DataWright

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is S&P Global Platts’ 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is S&P Global Platts’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is S&P Global Platts’ 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-06-02
Target RigData
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) S&P Global Platts
Sellers(s) DataWright
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

RigData

Fort Worth, Texas, United States
RigData is a provider of daily information on rig activity for the natural gas and oil markets across North America.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

S&P Global Platts

London, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1909
Sector Information Services
DESCRIPTION

S&P Global Platts, Inc. is an independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 4
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2016) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-04 PIRA Energy Group

New York, New York, United States

PIRA Energy Group, Inc. is an energy research and forecasting products and services. Customers spanning oil and gas companies, traders, refiners, pipeline and industrial companies, financial organizations and governments use PIRA's research, forecast data and consulting expertise to undertake fundamental analysis and modelling of the global energy markets.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

DataWright

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Category Company
Sector Information Services
DESCRIPTION

DataWright Corp. is a provider of daily information on natural gas activities.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Information Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 1