Global upstream M&A: H1 2021 review and outlook Report

Insight 21 July 2021

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Report summary

North American corporate consolidation remained the key global trend in 2021. From multi-basin mash-ups to in-basin scale-ups, companies combined at an incredible rate. Read on to find out what’s driving this corporate consolidation, plus: • analysis of global M&A activity • a breakdown of key deals and trends around the regions • a review of what key peer groups have been buying and selling • discussion of valuation trends We also run down the key things to look for in the second half of the year.

The Majors
Corporate Service Large/Mid Caps
Other Public E&Ps
Private/Private Equity
NOCs
The big theme – corporate consolidation
- North America remains the epicentre
- Single-basin scale and multi-basin diversity – two paths, one goal
- International consolidation to remain more limited
North America
- US tight oil
- US gas
- US Gulf of Mexico
- Canada
Rest of the World
- Europe
- Asia and Oceania
- Africa
- Middle East
- Latin America
- Russia and the Caspian

Tables and charts

This report includes the following images and tables:

H1 North America peer group
H1 RoW peer group
North America deal count

North America deal spend
Deal count by region
Deal spend by region
H1 2021 deal count compared to historical benchmarks
H1 2021 disclosed consideration compared to historical benchmarks (exclude US$50bn+ megadeals)
M&A spend – N.A. tight oil by play
M&A spend – N.A. uncons gas by resource type
Value of N.A. deals in Pipeline by resource
No. of N.A. buyers / sellers in Pipeline
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