M&A Deal Summary

Weatherford Acquires ResLab Reservoir Laboratories AS

On June 29, 2007, Weatherford acquired energy services and equipment company ResLab Reservoir Laboratories AS from Verdane

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Weatherford’s 2nd transaction in the Energy Services and Equipment sector.
  • This is Weatherford’s 1st transaction in Norway.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-06-29
Target ResLab Reservoir Laboratories AS
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Buyer(s) Weatherford
Sellers(s) Verdane
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

ResLab Reservoir Laboratories AS

Trondheim, Norway
Provider of fluid and core analysis to Oil & Gas-companies.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Weatherford

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1972
Sector Energy Services and Equipment
Employees19,000
Revenue 5.5B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Weatherford office in Houston, Texas.
Weatherford office in Houston, Texas.

Weatherford is a diversified international energy service and manufacturing company that provides a variety of services and equipment to the exploration, production, and transmission sectors of the oil and gas industry. The Company operates in virtually every oil and gas exploration and production region in the world and divides its business into two separate segments: Drilling Services and Production Systems. Weatherford was formed in 1972 and is based in Houston, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 16
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 2 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 16
Country: Norway M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-01 High Pressure Integrity

Broussard, Louisiana, United States

High Pressure Integrity, Inc. is a designer, developer and manufacturer of plug back products. It provides an equipment and services for more than 27 years.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-09-01 Rotary Laboratories

Midland, Texas, United States

Rotary Laboratories is a provider of full diameter and sponge core analysis services for the oil and gas industry.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Verdane

Oslo, Norway

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1985
PE ASSETS 1.2B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Verdane is a Norwegian private investment focused on acquiring portfolios of investments. In addition to secondary investing, Verdane also invests in co-investment pools as well as makes direct investments in individual growth companies. Sectors of interest include consumer products/services, software, energy, technology, and communications. Verdane provides support to portfolio owners to reduce exposure to private equity risk, achieve liquidity and free owners from the burden of managing direct investments. The majority of Verdane's investments are growth stage, however, the Firm can invest at any stage of development. Verdane was formerly known as Four Seasons Venture AS and was established in 1985. Verdane is based in Oslo, with additional offices in Helsinki and Stockholm.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 48
Sector: Energy Services and Equipment M&A 2 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 34
Country: Norway M&A 4 of 15
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-12 Nacre AS

Trondheim, Norway

Intelligent Hearing System That combines adaptive hearing protection with the audio communication terminal capabilities.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-08 Coding Technologies AB

Stockholm, Sweden

Coding Technologies AB Audio compression technologies.

Sell $250M