Noble to buy Patina Oil Gas for $3.4bn
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Noble Energy Inc. said Thursday it was acquiring Patina Oil Gas Corp. in a deal valued at $3.4 billion including the assumption of debt, helping it expand into the Rockies and mid-continent.
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Morgan Stanley's  real estate unit said on Thursday it would buy Australia's Investa Properties Ltd.  for A$4.7 billion (US$3.9 billion), the latest in a string of property takeovers by the U.S. investment bank.
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China's top oil firm, PetroChina, is expected to raise more than $9bn (Â£4.88bn) for its listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
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French oil and gas field surveyor Geophysique will buy U.S. rival Veritas for $3.1 billion in cash and stock, both companies announced Tuesday, establishing a major new global player in the booming oil exploration industry.
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Enbridge Inc.ENB.TO said on Wednesday  it will buy Shell's natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico  for $613 million, in a move that will make the Canadian company  a major natural gas transporter in the area.
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The Netherlands, Europe&#39;s third-largest gas producer, agreed to pay 2.78 billion euros ($3.55 billion) to buy the natural gas pipeline stakes of Royal/Dutch Shell Group and Exxon Mobil Corp.
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LONDON Royal Dutch/Shell Group confirmed Wednesday a plan to sell as much as $12 billion in assets, spend as much as $45 billion on new projects, and consider making some acquisitions as the company tries to bolster its oil and natural gas production.
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Sempra Energy LNG said Oct. 12 that it signed a 20-year agreement to purchase 3.7 million tons of liquefied natural gas per year from Indonesia for its proposed terminal just south of the US border from BP PLC and its partner Tangguh LNG.
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BP agreed to sell one of the worldâs largest natural gas fields, the latest apparently forced sale that benefited a Russian state company.
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Anadarko Petroleum Corp. APC.N on   Thursday said it had agreed to sell its Canadian subsidiary to   Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. CNQ.TO for more than $4   billion.
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Nexen Inc. (NXY.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) , Canada&#39;s fourth largest oil explorer, said on Friday it would buy a UK-based subsidiary of EnCana Corp.
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Oil giant BP says it is buying the Dutch manufacturing business of its US-based rival, Chevron, for $900m.
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Teck Cominco (TCKb.TO) said on Tuesday  it would buy Aur Resources  in a friendly cash and  stock offer worth C$4.1 billion ($3.87 billion), boosting the  base metal giant&#39;s copper production.
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ALINTA is set to emerge as part-owner and operator of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline - Australia&#39;s biggest gas transmission system â-n a deal that pays out the $1.
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HOUSTON, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) and Patina Oil &amp; Gas Corporation (NYSE:POG) today announced that their boards of directors approved Noble Energy&#39;s strategic acquisition
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French oilfield services group   Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG) and Texas-based Veritas   DGC Inc. said on Tuesday that CGG agreed to buy Veritas in a   cash and stock deal worth about $3.1 billion.
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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.