M&A Deal Summary

Spectra Energy Acquires Brazoria Interconnector Gas Pipeline

On January 22, 2015, Spectra Energy acquired oil/gas exploration company Brazoria Interconnector Gas Pipeline from ConocoPhillips

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Spectra Energy’s 2nd transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Spectra Energy’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Spectra Energy’s 3rd transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-01-22
Target Brazoria Interconnector Gas Pipeline
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) Spectra Energy
Sellers(s) ConocoPhillips
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Brazoria Interconnector Gas Pipeline

Houston, Texas, United States
Brazoria Interconnector Gas Pipeline LLC is a 42-inch natural gas pipeline in Brazoria County, Texas, with a capacity of approximately 1.8 billion cubic feet per day. It extends 30.5 miles between Stratton Ridge on its south end to a point near Iowa Colony in northern Brazoria County.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Spectra Energy

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Employees6,000
Revenue 5.2B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Spectra Energy's corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas.
Entrance to Spectra Energy's corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas.

Spectra Energy Corp. is a pipeline and midstream gas company. Spectra Energy’s operations in the United States and Canada include more than 22,000 miles of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil pipelines; approximately 305 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas storage; 4.8 million barrels of crude oil storage; as well as natural gas gathering, processing, and local distribution operations. Spectra Energy was formed in 2006 and is based in Houston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Texas M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 3 of 3
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-14 Express-Platte Pipeline System

Texas, United States

The Express-Platte Pipeline System, which begins in Hardisty, Alberta, and terminates in Wood River, Illinois, includes the Express and Platte crude oil pipelines. The Express pipeline carries crude oil to refining markets in the Rocky Mountain states. The pipeline’s capacity is 280,000 barrels a day. The Platte pipeline, which interconnects with the Express pipeline in Casper, Wyoming, transports crude oil predominantly from the Bakken and Western Canada to refiners in the Midwest. Platte’s capacity ranges from 164,000 barrels a day in Wyoming to 145,000 barrels a day in Illinois.

Buy $1.5B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ConocoPhillips

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1917
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Employees11,800
Revenue 54.7B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to ConocoPhillips' corporate campus in Houston, Texas.
Entrance to ConocoPhillips' corporate campus in Houston, Texas.

ConocoPhillips is an integrated energy company with operations and activities across the world. ConocoPhillips was incorporated in 1917 and is based in Houston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 11
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 3 of 7
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 6 of 10
State: Texas M&A 3 of 6
Country: United States M&A 6 of 10
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-15 ConocoPhillips - Cedar Creek Anticline Oil & Gas Properties

United States

ConocoPhillips - Cedar Creek Anticline Oil & Gas Properties is a major geological feature in eastern Montana and western North Dakota that extends for approximately 126 miles in a northwest-southeast direction and ranges from two to six miles in width. CCA is a series of producing oil units, each of which could be considered a field by itself. Commercial quantities of oil were first discovered in the South Pine Unit of CCA in the early 1950s. The original oil in place at all CCA fields, including those not owned by Denbury, is estimated at over three billion barrels of oil.

Sell $1.1B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-12 ConocoPhillips - Oil-Weighted Producing Property

United States

ConocoPhillips' Oil-Weighted Producing Property provides upside from additional pay sands in existing well bores and potential opportunities for future drilling.

Sell $20M