DealBook Blog: National Oilwell Varco to Buy Grant Prideco
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The maker of oil and gas drilling equipment said it will acquire Grant Prideco for about $7.4 billion, creating a company with an estimated market value of $32 billion.
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U.S. conglomerate General Electric   has agreed to buy British oilfield services firm Sondex   for 288.7 million pounds ($583.1 million) in cash, the  two firms said on Monday.
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SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil company, said Wednesday its board approved a three-year, $15 billion share buyback program.
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U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co.  has agreed to buy British maker of oilfield services equipment Sondex Plc  for 288.7 million pounds ($583.1 million) in cash, the two companies said on Monday.
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National Grid Transco, the Britain-based deliverer of energy, announced it has agreed to sell four of its gas distribution networks to consortia in cash deals worth 5.8 billion pounds (8.6 billion euros, 10.4 billion dollars).
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Dow Chemical Co. DOW.N on Monday  said DuPont Co. DD.N will buy its remaining equity stake in  DuPont Dow Elastomers LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between the  two companies, for $87 million.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- Gas and electric company Dominion Resources Inc. said Monday it will sell most of its U.S. onshore oil and gas exploration and production operations through two transactions for a combined $6.5 billion.
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Energy Transfer Partners L.P. ETP.N   on Friday said it will buy Transwestern Pipeline from GE Energy   Financial Services and Southern Union Co. SUG.N for about   $1.47 billion.
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NOVAR, the UK conglomerate, is recommending that its shareholders accept an Â£800 million cash bid from Honeywell International, the aerospace to transport multinational.
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Telecommunication networking firm Applied Innovation Inc has agreed to be bought by KEG Holdings Inc for $52.7m in cash. The deal is worth $3.45 per share.  Hillsoboro, Oregon-based KEG is the parent company of high-speed network access equipment manufacturer Kentrox LLC.
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The buyout firm Apollo Management said it might offer nearly $2 billion in cash and stock for Countrywide, the largest chain of real estate brokers in Britain. Apollo said it planned to offer 505 pence ($9.86) in cash for each Countrywide share, plus shares in Rightmove, a company in which Countrywide holds a stake. The offer values Countrywide shares at about 590 pence ($11.52) each, or a total of about Â£1 billion ($1.95 billion). Countrywide shareholders have rejected a Â£1.02 billion takeover bid from the 3i Group, a private equity firm.
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Petco Animal Supplies Inc.  on  Friday said it agreed to be acquired by two private equity  groups for about &#36;1.68 billion in cash, the latest in a string  of retailers agreeing to go private.
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The oilfield services provider National Oilwell Varco said on Monday that it had agreed to buy the drilling-products maker Grant Prideco Inc., further consolidating the drilling sector.
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U.S. bank Wachovia Corp.  on  Thursday said it would buy A.G. Edwards Inc.  for about  $6.8 billion in cash and stock to create the second-largest  retail brokerage in the United States.
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Independent oil and gas producer Anadarko Petroleum Corp.  said on Monday it would sell part of its stake in the K2 Unit offshore field in the Gulf of Mexico for $1.2 billion to two unnamed parties.
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PITTSBURGH NOVA Chemicals Corporation has reached an agreement to sell its interest in Alberta Ethane Gathering System to Fort Chicago Energy Partners LLP.
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National Grid Transco, the Britain-based deliverer of energy, announced it has agreed to sell four of its gas distribution networks to consortia in cash deals worth 5.8 billion pounds (8.