M&A Deal Summary

Vista Oil & Gas S.A.B. de C.V. Acquires Pampa Energía S.A. - Operational Oil & Gas Platform

On February 19, 2018, Vista Oil & Gas S.A.B. de C.V. acquired oil/gas exploration company Pampa Energía S.A. - Operational Oil & Gas Platform from Pampa Energía

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Vista Oil & Gas S.A.B. de C.V.’s 1st transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Vista Oil & Gas S.A.B. de C.V.’s 1st transaction in Argentina.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-02-19
Target Pampa Energía S.A. - Operational Oil & Gas Platform
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Buyer(s) Vista Oil & Gas S.A.B. de C.V.
Sellers(s) Pampa Energía
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Pampa Energía S.A. - Operational Oil & Gas Platform

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pampa Energía S.A. - Operational Oil & Gas Platform includes proved reserves of 55.7 MMBoe.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Vista Oil & Gas S.A.B. de C.V.

Santa Fe, Mexico

Category Company
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
DESCRIPTION

Vista Oil & Gas S.A.B. de C.V. is a public oil and gas company. Vista Oil & Gas is based in Santa Fe, Mexico.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Argentina) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Pampa Energía

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Category Company
Founded 1945
Sector Utilities
Revenue 1.7B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Pampa Energía is a fully integrated electricity company in Argentina. Through its subsidiaries, the Company is engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Argentina. The Company’s generation business has an aggregate installed capacity of 2,217 MW, representing about 7.5% of the installed capacity in Argentina. Its transmission business co-controls Transener, which operates the largest high voltage electricity transmission system in Argentina, covering around 11.7 thousand km of lines, as well as 6.1 thousand km of high tension lines from its subsidiary Transba. Pampa Energía was founded in 1945 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Oil/Gas Exploration) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Argentina) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-04 Petrobras Energía - Argentina Assets

Argentina

Petrobras Energía - Argentina Assets include some 30 upstream contracts, a network of service stations, the 30,500 b/d Bahia Blanca refinery in Buenos Aires province, a petrochemical plant in Santa Fe province. The company also holds interests in the power sector, operating the 825MW Genelba combined-cycle plant in Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires province and the 245MW Pichi Picun Leufu hydroelectric plant in Neuquen province, and holds minority stakes in thermal plants.

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