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Investment Summary

Warburg Pincus Invests In Explora Petroleum AS

On October 6, 2011, private equity firm Warburg Pincus invested in oil/gas exploration company Explora Petroleum AS

Investment Highlights
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 15th transaction in the Oil/Gas Exploration sector.
  • This is Warburg Pincus’ 2nd transaction in Norway.
Investment Fate
  • Explora Petroleum AS was sold to a publicly-traded strategic buyer in 2015.

Investment Summary
Date 2011-10-06
Target Explora Petroleum AS
Sector Oil/Gas Exploration
Investor(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Explora Petroleum AS

Stavanger, Norway
Explora Petroleum AS is a Stavanger, Norway-based exploration and production company focused on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The company plans to take non-operated minority positions in offshore licenses and conduct both exploration and appraisal drilling for both oil and gas.

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Investor

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 200 of 493
Sector: Oil/Gas Exploration M&A 15 of 40
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 42 of 159
Country: Norway M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2011 M&A 17 of 21
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