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CDT Roundup: 17 Deals, 15 Firms, 68 Lawyers, $17.7B

August 13, 2019 Claire Poole

Oil and gas types gathered last Thursday at the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association’s annual summer conference in San Antonio to get a fix on the state of their industry, which has been suffering from volatile commodity prices and investor dislike.

They didn’t get much cheer from a pair of investment bankers, who painted a dreary portrait of dealmaking in the sector on a morning panel. “The markets are grumpy,” said Bill Marko, a managing director at Jefferies in Houston.

The investment banker explained that two years ago, investors who had once supported the industry during the shale boom – despite the fact that companies were overspending cash flow and taking on too much debt – collectively decided that the “jig was up.”

“A lot of these investors have been disappointed in energy and they’re looking in other directions that could be corrected if there’s bullish thought on price,” he said. “But there isn’t bullish thought on oil or gas, which has slowed down the dealmaking. People aren’t compelled to build good inventory and are certainly not rewarded for building big inventories.”

Randy Bayless, a managing director at Credit Suisse, also from Houston, said it’s the toughest market he’s seen in his 20 years in the business.

“Historically, investors valued the space on a net asset value basis,” he said. “Today, the whole valuation paradigm has changed, with EBITDA less important than cash flow yield. That’s not a metric that’s worked in E&P, which is a capital-intensive business. Very few companies have been able to create free cash flow.”

However, Bayless thinks value investors will seek exposure to the sector, and once companies start to create more cash flow and there’s stability in commodity prices, “Investors will come back into the space.”

As for the capital markets, Bayless said most of the previous buyers of stock offerings have fled the sector, replaced by index and hedge funds. “There’s been a giant sucking sound of capital from the oil and gas space,” he said. “Other industries like technology have been performing well while energy hasn’t. It’s been difficult on all of our clients: What’s happened to their share price has muted their desire to do M&A or raise capital.”

The bankers do expect consolidation to continue among smaller explorers and producers, particularly in the Permian Basin, despite these combinations’ poor reception among investors. They’re also seeing international companies – particularly from Asia – re-entering the market picking up assets to secure cheap supply. And while initial public offerings have been moribund in E&P, they think there will be more royalty-focused issues as well as those from private equity-backed midstream companies.

“There’s more of an appetite for royalty and mineral interests; same with water, which is being carved out from other midstream,” Marko said. “But there needs to be consolidation [in E&P]. There are 40 to 50 companies with market caps below $1 billion and there probably should be half that many. You’ll see two to three [deals] a year.”

Marko added that if low commodity prices and the low supply of financing continue, there will be more sellers who are willing to capitulate and get rid of assets.

“This business is built on the food chain, with assets needing to end up in others’ hands,” Marko said. “As we get through this reset in the business, you’ll see deal flow pick up.”

Meanwhile, dealmaking handled by Texas lawyers last week amounted to 17 deals valued at $17.7 billion, an improvement over the 15 transactions worth $5.76 billion the week before.

Still, the activity was only slightly up from the 16 transactions at the same time last year but dwarfed on a value basis from $68.6 billion (which was helped by Energy Transfer Equity’s $62 billion purchase of affiliate Energy Transfer Partners).

Weekly Corporate Deal Tracker Roundup Stats

A compilation of weekly stats from The Lawbook's CDT Weekly Roundup
(Deal Values in Millions)

Week Ending
Deal CountAmountFirmsLawyersM&A CountM&A Value $MCapM Count
CapM Value $M
28-Jun-202513$7,77781387$2,0316$5,746
21-Jun-202516$5,9841011311$3,0875$2,897
14-Jun-20259$4788133603$478
07-Jun-202516$26,2101119611$24,7445$1,466
31-May-202519$23,3811116612$18,6657$4,717
24-May-202515$24,0331112113$23,6242$409
17-May-202516$21,7601214511$18,6155$3,145
10-May-202524$33,1751620619$30,7655$2,410
03-May-202511$4,249139011$2,226.52$2,022.5
26-Apr-202512$8,78791689$6,0113$2,776
19-Apr-202511$8,09771389$7,9852$112
12-Apr-202513$2,392815210$2,0653$327
05-Apr-202519$27,7621518816$25,4733$2,289
29-Mar-202521$8,1881025816$4,1255$4,064
22-Mar-202519$6,4851423115$4,1284$2,857
15-Mar-202513$13,7371315110$9,9324$3,805
8-Mar-20257$2,2345665$2242$2,100
1-Mar-202511$3,05087510$2,5501$500
24-Feb-2512$16,39771496$6,6356$9,862
17-Feb-2517$12,1361313410$9,4112$2,725
10-Feb-2514$7,15491799$4,9505$2,204
3-Feb-2516 $10,068720011$7,5535$2,515
25-Jan-2514$10,261101259$2,2075$8,054
18-Jan-2519$7,3821531612$2,3007$5,082
11-Jan-2521$33,5601618716$32,5215$1,039
4-Jan-259$6,8279809$6,82700
21-Dec-2411$2,79811928$2,2293$570
14-Dec-2415$5,3231218612$3,8123$1,511
07-Dec-2416$4,7661023111$2,32152,445
30-Nov-2410$10,29191034$8,2906$2.001
23-Nov-2415$4,5531515311$3,3794$1,174
16-Nov-2417$11,4881124513$10,1864$1,303
09-Nov-2414$2,1101213912$1,4102$700
02-Nov-2412 $52,788 1110711$52,7381$50
26-Oct-248$3,1608657$3,0651$75
19-Oct-2412$5,3041113611$4,5541$750
12-Oct-2417$8,4381215015$8,1162$322
05-Oct-2422$23,1811218915$19,9807$3,201
28-Sep-2411$2,35671447$534$2,303
21-Sep-2412$9,568101695$4,1017$5,467
14-Sep-2424$10,9881223516$7,1758$3,813
7-Sep-2412$20,4201616811$20,3071$112.9
31-Aug-2413$20,631913412$14,7751$5,856
24-Aug-2419$8,4522132516$7,1023$1,350
17-Aug-2425$49,1961630411$39,38614$9,810
10-Aug-2420$12,2641531216$9,7944$2,470
03-Aug-2426$16,4981633418$8,1378$8,361
27-Jul-2419$16,4422127115$13,8384$2,604
20-Jul-2415$16,0161418410$14,2325$1,784
13-Jul-2420$17,220 1426518$7,146 2$10,074
6-Jul-2411$3,941 11958$2,650 3$1,291
29-Jun-2414$6,296 152248$6,296 6$1,927
22-Jun-2412$5,679 81375$210 7$5,469
15-Jun-2413$9,895 1621410$5,280 3$4,615
8-Jun-2419$23,859 1323912$19,436 7$4,423
1-Jun-2412$34,510 111479$26,110 3$8,400
25-May-2413$9,684 1517110$4,434 3$5,250
18-May-2411$5,490 111738$3,129 3$2,361
11-May-2422$14,855 1422716$11,105 6$3,750
4-May-2413$3,139 98710$1,297 3$1,842
27-Apr-2410$6,684 62810$6,684 00
20-Apr-2419$15,989 111479$5,208 10$10,781
13-Apr-2413$8,952 97610$1,652 3$7,300
6-Apr-2423$26,616 1422214$13,501 8$13,116
30-Mar-2412$9,286 81368$4,299 4$4,987
23-Mar-2418$5,451 1726616$4,759 2$692
16-Mar-2421$11,437 1318614$9,316 6$2,070
9-Mar-2423$4,695 2121819$2,723 4$1,972
2-Mar-2420$9,108 1937214$4,558 6$4,550
24-Feb-2419$16,382 1224815$9,507 4$6,875
17-Feb-2416$29,932 1515712$29,216 4$716
10-Feb-2425$10,750 1719619$5,372 6$5,379
3-Feb-2412$8,416 181259$3,416 3$5,000
27-Jan-249$8,165 9878$7,815 1$800
20-Jan-2414$4,084 1210912$3,219 2$865
13-Jan-2417$33,588 1225612$26,765 5$6,823
6-Jan-248$7,915 8846$7,265 2$650
30-Dec-2317$14,599 129915$2,714 2$11,885
23-Dec-2323$4,182 1321916$1,813 7$2,370
16-Dec-2313$16,436 132807$15,150 5$1,286
9-Dec-2326$14,633.90 1724416$8,095 10$6,538.90
2-Dec-2313$6,720 95712$6,630 1$90
25-Nov-239$4,835 91316$1,785 3$3,050
18-Nov-2322$6,568.70 1718414$4,709.20 8$1,859.50
11-Nov-2315$9,825 1317912$6,581 3$3,244
4-Nov-2315$20,582.50 1419312$19,417.50 3$1,165
28-Oct-2318$68,419.10 1815215$66,646 3$1,773.10
21-Oct-2316$6,755.90 1616515$6,755.90 1$3
14-Oct-2314$67,851.20 131259$61,998.50 5$5,852.70
7-Oct-2317$6,595.50 1322816$5,995.50 1$600
30-Sep-2317$1,896.45 1318914$806.45 3$1,090
23-Sep-2323$6,432.70 1723016$1,402.80 7$5,029.90
16-Sep-2325$23,226.70 2335316$17,239 9$5,987.70
9-Sep-2312$6,369 81027$4,311 5$2,058
2-Sep-2314$2,522 69213$1,322 1$1,200
26-Aug-2317$12,160.25 1320215$6,573.25 2$5,587.00
19-Aug-2319$11,505 1321315$11,255 4$250
12-Aug-2319$9,698.80 131847$3,270 12$6,428.80
5-Aug-2313$5,201 1211812$5,051 1$150
29-Jul-2315$21,031.60 1319611$18,292.00 4$2,739.60
22-Jul-2318$3,992 1213013$2,808 5$1,184
15-Jul-2313$8,254.95 138113$8,254.95 00
8-Jul-2316$5,441.45 1217211$2,443 5$2,998.45
1-Jul-2316$6,872 1010512$5,474 4$1,398
24-Jun-2313$10,914 1620110$7,874 3$3,040
17-Jun-2317$5,880.70 1515115$4,705.70 2$1,175
10-Jun-2319$8,516.10 1311116$6,252.40 3$2,263.70
June 3 202312$6,104.42 121388$4,256.92 4$1,847.50
27-May-2317$12,200 106711$6,165 6$6,035
20-May-2311$22,458.10 81034$19,455 7$3,003
13-May-2312$7,034 101018$5,460 4$1,574
6-May-2320$3,297.60 1819617$2,985.60 3$312
29-Apr-2323$3,691.20 1813517$1,969.70 6$1,721.50
22-Apr-2316$5,570 1410414$4,750 2$1,000
15-Apr-2312$23,818.10 95910$21,618.10 2$2,200
8-Apr-2316$7,949 91739$5,472 7$3,477
1-Apr-2321$18,676.70 1217511$10,926.70 10$7,750
25-Mar-2315$8,779.50 101415$2,362 10$6,416.50
18-Mar-237$14,048.80 6695$13,345 2$703.80
11-Mar-2321$11,576 1616516$8,131 5$3,445
4-Mar-2320$9,668 1122816$8,209 4$1,459
25-Feb-2313$5,335 1313012$4,235 1$1,200
18-Feb-2314$5,743.70 131588$898.70 6$4,845
11-Feb-2316$12,088 1213712$9,965 4$2,123
4-Feb-2317$8,066 1514013$5,614 4$2,452
28-Jan-237$2,180 7755$1,692.75 2$488
21-Jan-2317$5,768 1617412$1,918 5$3,850
14-Jan-2311$2, 800101028$421 3$2,400
7-Jan-2318$8,296 1116714$6,461 3$1,835
31-Dec-2214$2,732 119912$2,092 2$640
17-Dec14$7,919 1311512$7,419 1$500
10-Dec-2214$10,093 128811$7,093 3$3,000
3-Dec-2226$12,800.90 1117220$4,141 6$8,659.90
26-Nov-228$2,266.70 853$76 5$2,190.70
19-Nov-2221$2,886 1521219$2,550 2$336
12-Nov-2213$15,093.70 9819$14,200 4$893.70
5-Nov-222519,337.201650922$8,267.20 3$11,070
29-Oct-2215$7,805.30 911614$7,180.30 1$625
22-Oct-2220$8,193.50 1325313$5,442 7$2,751.50
15-Oct-229$3,046.10 91397$2,588.30 2$457.80
8-Oct-2219$2,011.80 1211416$833.80 3$1,178
1-Oct-2223$5,532.90 1615618$4,952.30 5$580.60
24-Sep-2218$5,194 1421615$4,050 3$1,144
17-Sep-2221$8,352.30 1232015$4,759.60 6$3,592.70
10-Sep-2215$19,853.50 1012613$19,403.60 2$450
3-Sep-229$2,312 9629$2,312 00
27-Aug-2216$30,891.70 1013515$30,666.40 1227.7
20-Aug-2212$1,977 815299253$1,052
13-Aug-2218$8,004.70 1124211$2,844.70 7$5,160
6-Aug-2224$7,948.90 1224017$3,577 7$4,371.90
30-Jul-228$6,941 9787$6,839 1$102
23-Jul-2211$801 119210$801 10
16-Jul-2214$3,650 1012214$3,650 00
9-Jul-2210$3,557.70 7689$3,557.70 10
2-Jul-2218$8,609.40 1315215$2,754.40 3$5,855
25-Jun-2215$6,142 131469$2,017 6$4,125
18-Jun-2217$11,890.10 1422815$11,410 2479.7
11-Jun-2217$7,600 1212310$2,300 7$5,300
4-Jun-2212$2,937 101279$692 3$2,245
28-May-229$3,197.60 11869$3,197.60 00
21-May-2214$7,284.50 1218511$6,609 3$675.50
14-May-2211$306.60 98010$306.60 1$225
7-May-2216$10,451.75 1210812$1,827 4$8,624.75
30-Apr-2216$2,296.50 1615712$895.50 4$1,401
23-Apr-2210$2,241 11588$1,641 2$600
16-Apr-2211$6,643 71568$2,359 3$4,284
9-Apr-2217$4,429 1418411$1,690 6$2,739
2-Apr-2213$1,755 88410$1,145 3$610
26-Mar-2211$3,205 8656$200 5$3,005
19-Mar-2213$2,239.17 910613$2,239.17 00
12-Mar-2218$12,016 1123915$11,965 2$51.35
5-Mar-2217$6,786 1313713$5,161 4$1,625
26-Feb-2212$5,095 81499$4,437.50 3$658
19-Feb-2217$22,229 1717414$21,354 3$875
12-Feb-2212$2,344.70 10738$641.70 4$1,703
5-Feb-2211$2,503 89911$2,503 00
29-Jan-2211$3,872 1210112$3,872 00
22-Jan-2213$5,143.50 109912$4,842.50 1$301
15-Jan-2212$7,605 91559$6,480 3$1,025
8-Jan-2213$8,256.20 1110213$8,256.20 00
1-Jan-229$1,273.80 6509$1,273.80 00
25-Dec-2121$4,734.75 1117616$3,410 5$1,324.75
18-Dec-2126$7,325.20 1519318$3,640.20 8$3,685.20
11-Dec-2116$5,017 1010913$1,417 3$3,600
4-Dec-2114$2,310 8868$2,310 6$1,882.05
27-Nov-219$3.460.1101016$1,758 3$1,702.60
20-Nov-2120$22,792 1515712$18,864.50 8$3,928
13-Nov-2121$26,729 1217813$11,822 8$14,907
6-Nov-2112$8,303 1315710$6,682 3$1,621
30-Oct-2121$10,368 1521815$9,24.46$1,103.00
23-Oct-2121$18.783.11522211$12,314 10$6,468.60
16-Oct-2115$3,868 1111815$2,293 2$1,575
9-Oct-2120$8,610 1617516$7,795 4$815
2-Oct-2114$6,250 1113710$5,200 4$1,050
25-Sep-2111$11,460 9937$10,200 4$1,250
18-Sep-2111$16,603 8998$15,084 3$1,519
11-Sep-2117$10,653 1110313$8,503 4$2,150
4-Sep-2113$7,222 108911$6,715 2$507
28-Aug-2112$763 96311$663 1$100
21-Aug-2112$29,659 77911$29,579 1$80
14-Aug-2122$17,845 1119912$12,805 10$5,04
7-Aug-2117$13,670 1213915$11,766 2$1,904
31-Jul-2121$8,160 1113410$3,574 10$4,586
July 24,202121$6,367 1113915$3,712 6$2,655
17-Jul-2114$4,009 1112412$2,015 2$1,994
10-Jul-2116$3,997 1314311$1,597 4$2,4
3-Jul-2124$7,492 139416$3,769 8$3,722
26-Jun-2110$4,995 7858$3,847 2$1,148
19-Jun-2128$16,830 82289$1,861 19$14,968
12-Jun-2126$27,238 1520919$25,602 7$1,636
5-Jun-2115$15,539 1310013$14,709 2$600
29-May-2135$20,279 1114528$18,647$1,639
22-May-2124$53,208 1417417$51,047 7$2,161
15-May-2118$10,620 1322011$5,870 7$4,809
8-May-2117$10,400 1115615$8,386 2$2,500
1-May-2121$7,200 1611512$3,808 9$3,392
24-Apr-218$20,200 9318$20,200 00
17-Apr-2114$6,270 810211$40,180 3$2,260
10-Apr-2115$8,940 1312914$7,990 1$950
3-Apr-2118$19,513 1015112$16,923 6$2,590
27-Mar-2127$13,942 1524414$4,300 13$9,633.50
20-Mar-2111$2,046 41023$270 8$1,776
13-Mar-2115$3,270 91096$538 9$2,732
6-Mar-2124$13,617 1019613$10,395 11$3,222
27-Feb-2119$8,105 1213915$4,970 4$3,135
20-Feb-219$8,820 91538$8,520 1$300
13-Feb-2112$4,852.60 78172,7665$2,086.60
6-Feb-2118$9,752 1315314$5,222 4$4,530
30-Jan-2118$9,449 918215$8,753.80 3$695.30
23-Jan-2114$8,150 81186$4,000 8$4,150
16-Jan-2117$6,783 1313811$2,400 6$4,382.90
9-Jan-2122$6,829 1413518$3,139.30 4$3,690
2-Jan-217$1,466 7607$1,466 00
26-Dec-2018$15,900 1216316$5,300 1$600
19-Dec-2018$9,769 1411014$8,426 4$1,343
12-Dec-2010$7,200 91009$3,325 1$3,830
5-Dec-2015$4,261 91229$2,780 6$1,481
28-Nov-2019$7,758 1011013$4,003 6$3,755
14-Nov-2014$864.10 1415712$289.10 2$575
7-Nov-2013$6,332 91299$2,483.50 4$3,849
31-Oct-2010$3,995.80 81036$3,231.10 4$754.70
24-Oct-206$18,100 6585$17,709 1$350
17-Oct-208$351.90 5558$351.90 00
10-Oct-207$5,229 3504$735 3$4,494
3-Oct-2014$21,428 91739$17,535 5$3,893
26-Sep-2010$12,770 8935$10,300 5$2,470
19-Sep-2014$8,365 91016$1,020 8$7,345
12-Sep-206$4,406 8593$1,270 3$3,136
5-Sep-2011$5,191 81179$4,061 2$1,130
29-Aug-2011$2,531 9945$1,130 6$1,401
22-Aug-2018$6,574 121407$1,930 11$4,644
15-Aug-2013$4,991 10977$1,216 6$3,775
8-Aug-2012$32,092 111129$30,457 3$1,635
1-Aug-207$5,287 8765$3,687 2$1,600
25-Jul-209$18,751 6677$18,403 2$348
18-Jul-206$1,982.50 5504$1,407.50 2$575
11-Jul-2011$565.10 127510$65.10 1$500
4-Jul-2010$8,889 8989$8,788 1$100.30
27-Jun-208$6,874 10505$4,972.50 3$2,081.50
20-Jun-2012$4,444 91157$2,829 5$1,615
13-Jun-206$3,582 4372$350 4$3,232
6-Jun-2011$3,213.70 8657$470 4$2,743.70
30-May-208$7,335 7486$4,639 2$2,697
23-May-204$432.40 4343$432.40 10
16-May-206$310 6345$310 10
9-May-2018$5,630 1612414$3,180 4$2,450
2-May-201510,40010908$1,900 7$,8,500
25-Apr-208$3,400 9365$1,000 3$2,450
18-Apr-2019$9,500 14928$185.70 11$9,360
11-Apr-2012$6,000 9405$190 7$5,800
4-Apr-2014$8,200 116810$2,200 4$6,000
28-Mar-2016$6,500 139610$3,700 6$2,800
21-Mar-2011$11,910 7337$2,250 4$9,960
14-Mar-207809.86346684.81125
7-Mar-2016$2,500 157013$669 3$1,400
29-Feb-2013$15,260 1312811$11,760 2$3,500
22-Feb-2012$3,700 109210$2,560 2$1,130
15-Feb-2016$1,250 108412$35 4$1,222
8-Feb-2018$6,080 1412314$2,595 4$3,485
1-Feb-2021$20,900 1210114$17,860 7$3,060
25-Jan-2013$7,430 136212$6,430 1$1,000
18-Jan-2023$9,580 1512019$6,580 4$3,000
11-Jan-2021$14,200 1819916$1,020 5$13,200
4-Jan-2022$6,400 1111916$3,204 6$3,245
28-Dec-1922$7,150 1917518$6,800 4$327.40
14-Dec-1924$36,300 2316719$9,500 5$26,800
7-Dec-1911$10,400 11557$1,082 4$9,370
November 30. 201914$2,450 1212612$1,760 2$692.50
23-Nov-1916$1,995 104111$615 5$1,380
16-Nov-1915$3,820 1313511$2,500 4$1,271
9-Nov-1925$12,900 1718223$12,200 2$575
2-Nov-1910$2,470 126192,4503$22
26-Oct-1912$5,560 147011$3,860 1$1,700
19-Oct-198$6,600 81388$6,600 00
12-Oct-1919$4,300 145516$3,800 3$500
5-Oct-1918$14,500 1916615$11,100 3$3,400
28-Sep-1919$8,100 1813218$7,560 1$550
21-Sep-1914$6,300 166611$2,160 3$4,170
14-Sep-1915$23,800 125611$21,250 4$2,570
7-Sep-1917$3,500 159814$1,900 3$1,600
31-Aug-195$8,700 6505$8,700 00
24-Aug-1916$10,000 148215$4,250 1$5,750
16-Aug-1910$1,680 5527$650 3$950
9-Aug-1917$17,700 156814$3,900 3$13,800
2-Aug-1913$5,760 1210813$5,760 NANA
27-Jul-1911$7,300 13768$6,570 3$730
20-Jul-1913$11,800 1312511$5,300 2$6,500
13-Jul-1910$775 7468$542.50 2$233
6-Jul-197$2,500 9857$2,500 00
29-Jun-1923$8,290 1515417$2,300 6$5,970
22-Jun-1917$10,700 1013914$7,700 3$3,000
15-Jun-1911$13,500 1416011$13,500 NANA
8-Jun-1913$2,870 175511$1,570 2$1,300
1-Jun-1910$4,460 11608$4,140 2$315
25-May-1917$4,360 147914$3,700 3$612
18-May-1922$9,000 1715016$3,400 6$5,600
11-May-1918$19,800 1717715$18,300 3$1,500
4-May-1910$7,075 6328$6,900 2$175
27-Apr-1915$3,200 1411714$3,160 1$40
20-Apr-1913$13,500 10909$12,200 4$1,300
13-Apr-1916$38,900 149114$37,800 2$1,100
6-Apr-1912$6,870 119410$6,730 2$50
30-Mar-1915$6,470 128410$7,91.55$5,677
23-Mar-1918$6,450 149114$5,042 4$1,408
16-Mar-1914$10,180 1211511$8,800 3$1,300
9-Mar-199$1,800 6498$1,300 1$500
2-Mar-1920$3,033 1610714$1,817 6$1,262
23-Feb-1912$2,040 8699$614.60 3$1,430
16-Feb-1916$9,970 187716$9,970 00
9-Feb-1914$6,400 1011014$6,400 00
2-Feb-1918$6,740 159916$5,720 2$950
26-Jan-1913$2,770 116711$918.95 2$1,850
19-Jan-1915$3,819 167612$2,594 3$1,225
12-Jan-1918$7,283 149215$1,683 3$5,600
5-Jan-1910$529 125010$529 00
22-Dec-1817$2,570 138714$941 3$1,629
15-Dec-1810$2,860 8268$264 2$2,600
8-Dec-1815$1,819 166512$552 3$1,267
1-Dec-1812$7,500 10909$1,200 3$6,200
28-Nov-1815$4,500 1110714$4,000 1$500
19-Nov-1818$6,137 139813$2,142 5$3,995
14-Nov-1818$9,200 1315215$8,500 3$694
6-Nov-1816$17,300 1618314$16,361 2$950
29-Oct-1814$14,400 1812717$13,800 1$600
24-Oct-1813$6,140 1312611$5,122 2$1,018
17-Oct-1818$18,390 1512514$12,292 4$6,098
10-Oct-1829$3,149 1810420$1,647 9$819
2-Oct-1818$9,300 116714$7,300 4$2,000
25-Sep-1813$7,000 117510$6,000 3$995
18-Sep-189$3,570 7449$3,570 00
11-Sep-1813$5,900 1013213$5,900 00
7-Sep-1814$5,000 158611$4,000 3$1,000
29-Aug-1815$20,700 147913$4,700 2$16,000
20-Aug-1810$12,400 11538$11,380 3$1,057
14-Aug-1812$19,900 121329$18,889 3$1,011
7-Aug-1816$68,600 1110613$67,259 3$1,340
31-Jul-1815$15,100 159511$13,060 4$2,060
23-Jul-1813$2,130 156010$1,804 3$1,100
17-Jul-1814$5,370 17989$4,310 5$1,100
9-Jul-1816$11,200 157410$11,080 6$862
3-Jul-1813$7,000 78112$6,330 1$750
25-Jun-1815$8,800 13979$4,970 6$3,930
18-Jun-1813$14,200 14807$221 6$14,290
11-Jun-1812$6,300 8968$5,910 4$803
6-Jun-1813$14,500 10888$14,154 5$579
31-May-1811$4,890 10638$3,240 3$1,790
22-May-1815$20,400 11639$19,808 6$885
15-May-1815$4,700 1510610$3,900 5$643
9-May-1811$1,400 13889$1,300 2$560
1-May-188$14,250 7887$13,400 1$450
24-Apr-1812$5,300 66111$4,470 1$800
17-Apr-189$1,800 10447$2,330 2$1,434
11-Apr-1811$2,500 8326$1,690 5$809
3-Apr-1815$13,400 111219$12,020 6$1,090
28-Mar-1810$4,000 10927$3,870 3$215
19-Mar-1817$5,800 135110$590 7$5,165
12-Mar-1815$3,130 114311$2,360 4$788
6-Mar-1819$5,400 1311610$1,530 9$4,860
27-Feb-1820$6,600 136914$5,530 6$1,030
19-Feb-1815$5,500 1411110$3,990 6$1,980
12-Feb-1823$10,900 1715712$7,110 11$3,840
5-Feb-1816$8,600 131007$1,330 9$7,800
30-Jan-1811$12,600 11685$7,300 6$4,982
24-Jan-1819$9,400 151295$2,010 14$7,337
18-Jan-1810$6,280 8492$2,100 8$4,188
9-Jan-1812$16,500 12929$15,890 3$475
3-Jan-1810$2,500 9478$2,350 2$150
27-Dec-1715$9,000 151139$7,568 6$1,784
18-Dec-1715$13,800 161649$13,010 7$1,118
11-Dec-1714$9,700 1012612$2,940 4$8,500
4-Dec-176$1,800 6315$1,510 1$300
28-Nov-177$3,850 8764$3,260 3$285
16-Nov-1710$2,700 10486$1,840 4$856
8-Nov-1715$2,380 179110$1,860 5$516
1-Nov-1712$4,700 17949$3,400 4$1,300
23-Oct-1715$10,500 106710$9,780 4$1,530
18-Oct-176$2,000 373$225 3$1,820
10-Oct-1712$6,570 1009$3,880 3$3,360
2-Oct-178$3,100 11193$1,630 5$1,750
25-Sep-178$4,880 8795$2,660 5$2,070
18-Sep-179$4,770 3$300 6$4,470
12-Sep-1711$4,430 8$2,030 3$2,400
1-Sep-174$1,310 3$317 1$1,000
23-Aug-1711$13,640 98$11,840 3$1,800

There were 14 M&A/private equity/venture capital deals last week valued at $3.9 billion and three capital markets/financing related transactions worth $13.8 billion (thanks to Occidental Petroleum, which took out $13 billion worth of loans for its $57 billion purchase of Anadarko, which closed last week). Fifteen law firms and 68 Texas lawyers were involved in all of the action.

M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY/VENTURE CAPITAL

Kirkland advises Huntsman on unit sales to Indorama for $2B

As The Texas Lawbook previously reported, The Woodlands-based chemical company Huntsman Corp. agreed to sell its intermediates and surfactants units to Thailand’s Indorama Ventures for $2.076 billion as part of its focus on its downstream and specialty businesses.

In-house counsel included Huntsman general counsel and chief compliance officer David Stryker, associate general counsel Rachel Muir and Leo Guglielmi, corporate counsel Valerie Jorez and associate general counsel Ron Brown.

Kirkland & Ellis provided outside legal advice, with Houston corporate partner Doug Bacon and associates Erik Shoemakerand Patrick Moneypenny being part of the team.

BofA Merrill Lynch was Huntsman’s financial advisor, including global M&A co-head Patrick Ramsey with support from chemicals investment banking managing director John Griffith, chemicals investing banking director Kate Loughran and M&A director John Yi.

Indorama used its long time New Jersey-based firm Lowenstein Sandler on the purchase, including partners Nick San Filippo and Sam Kahn. 

Winston advises MorganFranklin on $750M Vaco combo

Winston & Strawn said it counseled MorganFranklin Consulting on its sale to Olympus Partners-backed Vaco, a deal that creates a $750 million talent and solutions services provider. 

The team was led out of Washington, D.C., but included Dallas associate Connor Pine.

Kirkland & Ellis was Olympus’ and Vaco’s outside counsel. Jefferies was MorganFranklin’s financial advisor.

Vaco is led by founder and CEO Jerry Bostelman, who said the union will deliver an unparalleled spectrum of services. 

MorganFranklin is headed by CEO and managing partner Chris Mann, who will continue in his role working closely with Bostelman.

Sidley, White & Case aid on QIA’s $550M investment in Stonepeak-backed Oryx

Sidley Austin said it represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners on the sale of a stake in Oryx Midstream Services to an affiliate of sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority, or QIA, whose purchase plus investment in Oryx amounts to $550 million.

Houston energy partner Tim Chandler led the deal team, which included associates Kayleigh McNelis and Jack Kelly, tax partner Zack Pullin, associates Tommer Yoked and Adam Prestidge and lawyers in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office.

White & Case was QIA’s legal advisor. The team was led out of New York but included Houston partner Charlie Ofner and associates Ted Seeger, Nicole Rodriguez-Fierro and Anil Tanyildiz.

Midland-based Oryx claims to be the largest privately held midstream crude operator in the Permian Basin. The system transports crude oil to market hubs for ultimate delivery to the Gulf Coast, helping supply U.S. refineries and the growing U.S. export market. 

Once construction is completed on the remaining part of the system, Oryx’s transportation capacity will exceed 900,000 barrels per day and access several takeaway options.

QIA CEO Mansoor Al-Mahmoud said in a statement that the acquisition is part of the company’s strategy to increase the size of its U.S. portfolio and invest more in major infrastructure projects. QIA aims to increase investment in the U.S. to $45 billion in the coming years.

Oryx’s CEO is Brett Wiggs, a former managing director at EnCap Flatrock Midstream and CEO of DFW Midstream Services. Its general counsel is Josh Ham, who previously was in-house counsel for a family office in Midland and a partner in TexCap Land & Minerals Ltd. and practiced at Lynch, Chappell & Alsup in Midland and Patton Boggs in Dallas.

Michael Dorrell is the co-founder and CEO of Stonepeak, which has more than $15 billion of assets under management and offices in Houston, Austin and New York. Dorrell previously was a senior managing director at the Blackstone Group.

Winston represents NGL on $300M TransMontaigne sale

Winston & Strawn said it advised Tulsa-based NGL Energy Partners on its agreement to sell TransMontaigne Product Services to an unnamed strategic buyer for $300 million.

The team was led by Houston partner Isaac Griesbaum and a partner out of the firm’s Chicago office. Other Houston team members were associates Monica Diddell and Brad Ratliff.

TD Securities and Credit Suisse Securities were NGL’s financial advisors.

The sale is the result of the partnership’s strategic review of its refined products business announced earlier this year, NGL CEO Mike Krimbill said in a statement. It’s expected to close during NGL’s second fiscal quarter.

NGL plans to use the proceeds to cut debt under its revolver. It also expects to significantly reduce letter of credit commitments after the sale.

The assets are in the southeast and include the exclusive rights to use 18 terminals, line space along the Colonial and Plantation pipelines, two wholly-owned refined product terminals in Georgia and all customer contracts associated with the assets.

The Colonial pipeline is owned by affiliates of Koch Industries, South Korea’s National Pension Service and KKR, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Royal Dutch Shell and Industry Funds Management. The Plantation pipeline is owned by Exxon Mobil and Kinder Morgan.

V&E advises Avista on $174.3M sale of JV stake to Seacor

Vinson & Elkins said it advised Avista Capital Partners on the sale of its 49% stake in the Sea-Vista joint venture to partner Seacor Holdings Inc. for $106 million in cash and 1.5 million shares worth around $68.3 million.

Partners Creighton Smith and Ramey Layne led the deal team, which included senior associate Benji Barron and associate Leslie Vaughn. Partner John Lynch and associate Christine Mainguy provided tax advice.

Milbank represented Fort Lauderdale-based Seacor out of its New York office, including lead partner David Zeltner.

Seacor and Avista entered into a registration rights agreement that grants the holders of the shares involved in the deal certain demand and piggyback registration rights and a lock-up agreement, which restricts the seller’s ability to sell the shares for certain periods of time and imposes certain standstill obligations on the seller. 

Sea-Vista operates commercially under the Seabulk name with a fleet of nine U.S.-flag petroleum and chemical carriers, including the Sea-Chem 1, a modern tug and barge unit. 

The joint venture generated $18.2 million in operating income and $31.3 million in operating income plus depreciation and amortization for the six months that ended June 30. Its current revenue backlog is $268.1 million and extends into 2026 and it had $77.9 million of debt and $18.8 million in cash as of June 30.

Seacor COO Eric Fabrikant said in a statement that the transaction should be accretive to earnings.

Locke Lord, Latham aid on $75M investment in AMP’s renewable energy projects

Locke Lord said it represented AMP Americas II on a $75 million investment for new renewable natural gas projects involving dairy waste led by EIV Capital and existing AMP investors.

Partner Mitch Tiras and associate Jennie Simmons in Houston led the deal team, which included partners Sara Longtain and Kevin Peter.

Latham & Watkins counseled EIV, including partner Thomas Brandt and associates Madeleine Neet and Ashlyn Royall.

The investment will support AMP Americas’ continued involvement and operation of dairy RNG projects with plans for two additional Midwestern dairy biogas projects. 

Kastner Gravelle advises Homeward on $25M funding

Austin-based real estate start-up Homeward received $4 million in equity funding led by LiveOak Venture Partners and another $21 million in debt financing from Genesis Capital and Keystone Bank. 

Individuals who founded other real estate-tech businesses, including Opcity and Apartment List, also participated, according to Homeward. 

Kastner Gravelle partner Evan Kastner counseled Homeward on the funding. LiveOak said it used an unnamed independent lawyer.

Homeward offers home buyers a way to move into new homes before their old homes sell, charging a fee valued at 1.9% of the purchase price of the new home.

Locke Lord aids American Electric on Stabilis transaction

Locke Lord said it advised American Electric Technologies Inc., or AETI, on a share exchange transaction and related reverse stock split with privately held Stabilis Energy and its units.

The deal was led by associate Ben Smolij and partner Eric Johnson in Houston.

Other Houston team members were partners Ben Cowan, Laura L. Ferguson, Sara Longtain, Paul Pruett, Matt Reeves, Brandon Renken and Buddy Sanders; senior counsel DeLaina Mulcahy; and associates Matt Frogel, James Haeckerand Stefano Wach.

Thompson & Knight partner Walker Brierre in Houston was Stabilis’ outside legal advisor. 

Stabilis used Piper Jaffray unit Simmons Energy for financial advice (Sanjiv Shah and Barry Kessler in Houston) and AETI used Oppenheimer (Stephen Dirkes in New York).

The deal creates one of the top public small-scale liquefied natural gas production and distribution companies in North America. The combined business will include Stabilis’ small-scale LNG production and distribution businesses and AETI’s existing international businesses.

Stabilis and its units will become units of AETI, with AETI shareholders owning 11% of the combined company with the former owners of Stabilis holding 89%.

Stabilis president and CEO James Reddinger will take on the same roles at the combined company and Stabilis controlling shareholder Casey Crenshaw will be executive chairman. 

Art Dauber, former chairman and CEO of AETI, will join the combination as president of international operations, leading the development of projects in South America and China, and serve as a board member.

AETI chairman and CEO Peter Menikoff said in a statement that the transaction will give the company a substantial North American LNG business to complement its international operations and increase the breadth of its operations to more comfortably support its fixed overhead expenses, de-leveraging of its balance sheet and facilitating access to capital.

Stabilis’ operating assets include a 120,000 LNG-gallon per day production plant in George West, Texas, a 30,000 LNG-gallon per day production plant that is being relocated to West Texas and cryogenic rolling stock equipment capable of servicing customers in North America.

Locke Lord counsels Claxton on Proserv international purchase

Locke Lord said it was U.S. counsel for Acteon unit Claxton Engineering Services on its recently closed purchase of the assets of Proserv UK Ltd.’s international field technology services business unit for an undisclosed sum.

Houston partners Matt McKenna and Joe Perillo worked on the deal along with Steve Boyd, Evan Blankenau, Caleb Dunson and Tom Johnson.

Birketts also counseled Acteon, whose other advisors were Evercore and KPMG. 

The deal includes the unit’s surveying capability along with cutting, friction stud welding and pipeline maintenance services from operations in Stavanger, Norway, Houma in Louisiana, Singapore and Aberdeen. The additional services and facilities will be integrated into Acteon under the Claxton brand.

Acteon CEO Richard Higham said in a statement that it was a “fantastic opportunity” to join two complementary businesses together, including adding capabilities and capacity to its UTEC Survey offering and globalizing its Claxton product and service range, particularly in Norway and the Far East. 

“The subsea cutting expertise of Proserv’s field technology services, with its recognized position in the decommissioning of subsea structures and pipelines, fits really well with Claxton’s existing position in the well plugging and abandonment market,” he said.

Sam Hanton, president of the Proserv businesses, will join Acteon with his management team.

Sidley represents Altamont on Topa Insurance purchase from Topa Equities

Sidley Austin said it aided Altamont Capital Partners on its acquisition of Topa Insurance Group from Topa Equities Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.

The team was led out of Chicago but included partner Aaron Rigby and associate Courtney Gilberg in Dallas.

Topa Equities was represented by Drinker Biddle & Reath and Dowling Hales. RBC Capital Markets provided Altamont with financial advice.

The deal has to clear regulators. Altamont will assume majority control but Topa Equities is keeping a minority equity stake.

Founded in 1981, Topa is the parent of Topa Insurance Co., a top rated property and casualty insurance carrier, and Dorchester Insurance Co., the second-largest property and casualty carrier in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  

Topa wrote more than $130 million in gross written premium last year across its internally-managed wholesale channel and third-party managing general agency partners.

Topa Equities chairman William Anderson said in a statement that as owners of Topa Insurance for more than three decades, his family and board were interested in finding the right long-term partner who will continue to expand the business.  

Altamont principal Sam Gaynor said it will provide resources to Topa’s management team to further build on its franchise and expand into related lines of coverage.

Altamont managing director Keoni Schwartz added that Topa is its seventh insurance platform investment, including add-on and pending transactions, and 19th overall insurance acquisition and that Topa will be its specialty property and casualty insurance carrier business in the U.S.

San Francisco-based Altamont has more than $2.5 billion in assets under management and focuses on investing in middle market businesses with experience in healthcare, consumer/retail, industrials and financial services.  

Los Angeles-based Topa Equities owns more than 25 subsidiaries with primary locations in Southern California, Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its four main lines of business include beverage distribution, automotive retail, insurance and real estate.

Vela Wood advises Defi on merger with Sagent Auto

Westlake-based Defi Solutions announced that it’s merging with Sagent Auto, another provider of auto lending technology and services. 

Shareholders in the combined company include Bain Capital Ventures, Warburg Pincus and Finserv. 

Defi said its counsel on the deal was Vela Wood’s Kevin Vela in Dallas and Ropes & Gray’s Joel Freedman in Boston. Kirkland & Ellis is believed to have counseled Sagent.

Sagent Auto CEO and board member Bret Leech will lead the merged company, which operates in the U.S. and Canada, and will continue as CEO of Sagent Lending Technologies.

Defi Solutions founder and vice chair Stephanie Alsbrooks Hanson is staying on. Defi Solutions will continue to be headquartered in Westlake and will keep current Sagent Auto locations in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and Amherst, New York.

Hallett & Perrin aids Aspire on Staley Capital investment

Boston private equity firm Staley Capital made an undisclosed investment in Aspire Marketing Services, an Irving-based provider of lease retention and customer communications solutions for the automotive industry.

Scot W. O’Brien of Hallett & Perrin in Dallas provided legal counsel to Aspire. An Aspire spokeswoman said all other legal counsel was performed outside of Texas.  

Aspire developed a lease retention program called “White Glove Lease Concierge” designed to improve customer retention rates and customer satisfaction for auto dealers and manufacturers. 

Staley’s capital will help Aspire expand its sales and marketing resources and develop additional platform features for the program.

Aspire CEO Patrick O’Rahilly previously was CEO of Aspen Marketing Services, which was bought out by Staley in 2006 and sold to Epsilon in 2011 for $345 million.

Staley managing partner Renny Smith, who was involved in the Aspen deal, and Staley principal Trey Chandler will join Aspire’s board.

Jackson Walker advises Acuity Eyecare on vision center purchases

Jackson Walker advised Riata Capital Group-backed Acuity Eyecare Group on its purchases of EyeTx Vision Centers and Hill Country Vision Center for an undisclosed sum.

Partner Larry Glasgow in Dallas led the deal, which brings Acuity’s regional eyecare practices to 11 in Texas.

Jeff Fronterhouse is managing partner of Riata, a Dallas private equity firm focused on partnering with management teams to build middle-market companies. He previously was co-founder and co-CEO of Brazos Private Equity Partners and a senior investment professional at Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst.

The firm has sponsored more than 58 platform and 87 add-on acquisitions totaling more than $4.5 billion in transaction value and $1.4 billion in invested capital. Its acquisitions have included business services, consumer and healthcare. Its current portfolio companies include Dollar Tree, Sadler’s Smokehouse, Teavana, Extract Production Holdings and WSS.

Willkie, Polsinelli aid on CapStreet’s recap of Surgical Notes

The CapStreet Group announced that it recapitalized Dallas healthcare solutions provider Surgical Notes in partnership with the founders and shareholders. 

Willkie Farr & Gallagher represented CapStreet. Houston partners Bruce Herzog and Angela Olivarez led the team.

Polsinelli represented Surgical Notes and the majority sellers, including Dallas managing partner and health care practice chair Jonathan Henderson and a tax shareholder in Chicago. Locke Lord partner Buddy Haas in Houston represented lender Amegy.

Waterview Investment Banking was Surgical Notes’ financial advisor.

Founded in 1997, Surgical Notes helps streamline the reimbursement process, reduce administrative costs and better manage information for U.S. ambulatory surgical centers. It’s led by president Randy Bishop, who will become CEO.

Neil Kallmeyer, managing partner at CapStreet, said in a statement that Surgical Notes is well positioned for continued growth organically and through acquisitions. 

Walker Kahle, Kevin Johnson and Rob Madorksy also worked on the investment from CapStreet.

Surgical Notes is the ninth investment for CapStreet IV, which has $340 million of committed capital.

CAPITAL MARKETS/FINANCING

Oxy sells $13B in debt to fund Anadarko deal

Occidental Petroleum Corp. sold $13 billion in debt to help pay for its $57 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 

Cravath, Swaine & Moore counseled Oxy while Weil, Gotshal & Manges assisted the banks, which included Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co., according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Occidental didn’t respond to a request for in-house counsel, but its general counsel is Marcia Backus, the former longtime Vinson & Elkins attorney.

The debt included $21.8 billion in bridge and term loan facilities and a $5 billion revolving working capital facility.

It was the biggest demand for a debt sale since Saudi Arabia’s Aramco received more than $100 billion in orders in April and a sign that investors were willing to take risk after trade-war volatility shook global markets, according to a report in Bloomberg.

The offering’s longest portion, a 30-year security, yields 2.25 percentage points more than Treasuries, down from initial price talk of 2.7 percentage points, Bloomberg said citing an unnamed source. The order book for the offering swelled to above $75 billion before retreating to about $71 billion as the deal launched, according to its sources.

The acquisition – the largest in the industry since Royal Dutch Shell’s acquisition of BG Group Ltd. in 2016 – adds more than $40 billion in debt to Occidental’s capital structure, leaving it with less flexibility to confront commodity price volatility, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Moody’s downgraded Occidental’s senior unsecured rating three notches to Baa3, the lowest investment-grade level.

Mayer Brown aids Bank of Montreal on $445M Amplify-Midstates financing

Mayer Brown said its banking and finance attorneys represented Bank of Montreal as administrative agent in connection with a credit facility to help finance Amplify Energy Corp.’s $445 million stock merger with Midstates Petroleum Co.

Houston partner Tristan Propst and associate Meaghan Connors led the deal team, which included associates Lander Brandt and Yvette Sokei.

Mayer Brown also represented Bank of Montreal as administrative agent in connection with Comstock Resources Inc.’s five-year $2.5 billion credit facility to help pay for its $2.2 billion acquisition of Covey Park Energy earlier this year.

As The Texas Lawbook reported, Kirkland & Ellis advised Amplify and Latham & Watkins advised Midstates on the deal.

Upland Software lines up $410M credit agreement

Austin-based Upland Software Inc. lined up a new $410 million credit agreement, which will boost its cash position to around $141 million for potential acquisitions.

Upland general counsel Kin Gill led the work in-house using a Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman attorney in New York as outside counsel. Shearman & Sterling in New York represented the banks, which included Credit Suisse Loan Funding Wells Fargo Securities, Capital One, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Regions Bank.

The agreement includes a $350 million senior secured term loan maturing in August 2026 and a $60 million senior secured revolving credit facility maturing in August 2024. 

The new agreement adds around $33 million in cash to the balance sheet but also boosts its net debt to around $209 million.

Founded by CEO Jack McDonald in 2013, Upland has bought more than 20 companies. Last year Upland bought U.K. feedback provider Rant & Rave for $65 million and so far this year it’s purchased PostUp in April for $35 million and Kapost in May for $45 million. It’s expecting sales of $200 million this year.

In May the company sold 3.79 million shares of its stock, bringing in $151 million. 

UPDATE/OTHER

QEP Resources said last week it will go it alone after an unsuccessful six-month process to sell the company.

“The best path to create superior value for our shareholders is to move forward as an independent company,” QEP said in a statement.

The Denver oil and gas producer also reached a settlement with 4.9% activist investor/owner Elliott Management Corp., which offered in January to buy the company for $2.07 billion citing its undervalued Permian acreage. QEP is worth less than half of what Elliott offered.

QEP and Elliott – which is headed by billionaire Paul Singer – agreed to put together a five-person committee to implement best practices and improve capital efficiency. 

CEO Tim Cutt will chair the committee, which will consist of two current directors and two new board members with unconventional operating experience the two hope to have seated by October.

“We are confident that the new additions to QEP’s board and the newly formed operations committee will lead to significant value creation for all QEP stakeholders and we are looking forward to remaining engaged shareholders,” Elliott senior portfolio manager John Pike said in a statement.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz partner David Katz in New York and Latham & Watkins partner Michael Dillard in Houston advised QEP on the agreement and Elliott used Olshan Frome Wolosky’s Steve Wolosky and Andrew Freedman in New York, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

QEP had hired Evercore and BMO Capital Markets as its financial advisors on a potential sale.

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Williams Cos. Inc. is working with investment firm Global Infrastructure Partners on a possible offer to take Noble Energy Inc. unit Noble Midstream Partners private, Bloomberg reported citing sources. None of the parties would comment. Noble Midstream owns pipelines in Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg Basin and the Delaware Basin in West Texas and New Mexico. 

Several private equity firms also are weighing bids for stakes in Western Midstream Partners, which Occidental picked up as part of its purchase of Anadarko and would like to sell to help pay down debt, according to various reports.

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