Noble to Buy Patina Oil for Cash, Stock
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Oil and gas producer Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) agreed to buy Patina Oil &amp; Gas Corp. (POG) in a cash and stock deal, helping it expand into the natural gas-rich Rocky Mountain region, the companies said on Thursday.
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BP said it had agreed to buy Chevronâs manufacturing company in the Netherlands, Texaco Raffinaderij Pernis, for about $900 million, excluding working capital and hydrocarbon inventory. BP will acquire Chevronâs 31 percent minority shareholding in the Netherlands Refining Company as well as Chevronâs stake in the jointly owned wind farm located at the refinery; shareholdings in the nearby crude oil terminal and storage facility; and a number of associated pipelines. The deal, which is expected to be completed during the first half of the year, would make the refinery a 100 percent BP- owned asset.
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Better BioDiesel, a Utah-based producer of a biodiesel fuel, says it plans to buy GeoAlgae Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
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The Motley Fool - Here's something you don't see every day -- the continuing brouhaha between Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL - News) and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT - News) being a notable exception. South Africa's Harmony Gold Mining Company (NYSE: HMY - News) has announced a hostile takeover bid to acquire fellow South African miner Gold Fields Limited (NYSE: GFI - News). The transaction, if it takes place, would be an all-stock acquisition, with Harmony issuing 1.275 new shares in payment for each share of Gold Fields. The deal would value Gold Fields at more than &#36;8 billion. ...
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It would be a logical step for  Fortune Brands Inc.  to buy Absolut maker Vin & Sprit,  which the Swedish government plans to sell, a Swedish daily on  Saturday quoted Fortune&#39;s top executive as saying.
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Oil and gas pipeline operator Kinder  Morgan, Inc.  said on Monday it had signed an agreement  to be bought by an investor group that includes Chief Executive  Richard Kinder for $107.50 per share, or $15 billion, in cash.
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It would be a logical step for Fortune Brands Inc.  to buy Absolut maker Vin & Sprit, which the Swedish government plans to sell, a Swedish daily on Saturday quoted Fortune's top executive as saying.
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SINGAPOREâChina&#39;s plan to buy Canadian mining giant Noranda Inc. is just the beginning of an overseas acquisition march fuelled by swollen foreign exchange reserves and a need to secure natural resources.
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U.S. oil major Chevron  is interested in buying assets of Russia's bankrupt oil firm YUKOS , the spokesman for YUKOS's receiver said on Friday.
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The Anglo-Dutch oil firm sets out to woo investors by explaining how it will boost its oil reserves.
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Paladin Oil &amp; Gas is a fully owned subsidiary of Paladin Resources plc, an independent oil and gas company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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The Anglo-Dutch oil firm sets out to woo investors by explaining how it will boost its oil reserves at an analysts' briefing on Wednesday.
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Devon Energy Corp. (DVN.A: Quote, Profile, Research) plans to sell older North American oil and gas properties to raise as much as $1.
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Chemicals maker to repurchase $2B of its shares.
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Chesapeake Energy Corp. on Monday said it agreed to buy the privately held BRG Petroleum Corp. for $325 million in cash. The company will fund the deal - which it expects to close on Feb. 1 - using cash on
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The developing biopharmaceutical company announces a share offering.
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Houston-based Noble Energy Inc. agreed Thursday to acquire Denver&#39;s Patina Oil &amp; Gas in a deal that highlights the Rocky Mountains&#39; stature as an energy center even as Denver loses another headquarters.