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Table
2. Completed Acquisitions of U.S.
Energy Assets by Foreign Direct Investors, 2006* |
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Acquiring Foreign Parent Company
(Country) |
U.S. Subsidiary |
Company or
Asset Being
Acquired |
Business of
Acquired
Company
or Asset |
Divesting
U.S. Parent
Company |
Estimated
Asset
Value
(million $) |
Closing Month |
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Marubeni
(Japan) |
Marubeni
Offshore Production (USA) |
deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil and gas properties |
oil & gas production |
Pioneer Natural Resources |
1,321 |
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March |
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Société
Générale
(France) |
TCW Group |
CDX |
unconventional natural gas production |
private individuals |
1,175 |
e |
April |
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International
Power (England & Wales) |
American National Power |
Coleto Creek power plant |
electric power |
Sempra Energy & Carlyle/Riverstone |
1,140 |
|
July |
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Statoil
(Norway) |
- |
Gulf of Mexico oil and gas properties |
oil & gas production |
Carlyle/Riverstone |
706 |
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November |
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National
Grid
(England & Wales) |
National Grid USA |
Rhode
Island properties of New England Gas |
natural gas distribution |
Southern Union |
575 |
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August |
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Alon
Israel Oil |
Alon USA Energy |
Paramount Petroleum |
petroleum refining |
- |
504 |
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August |
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Mitsui
(Japan) |
Mitsui (U.S.A.) |
Gulf of Mexico oil and gas properties |
oil & gas production |
Pogo Producing |
500 |
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June |
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Nabors
Industries
(Bermuda) |
- |
NFR Energy
(50 percent) |
oil & gas production |
- |
500 |
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September |
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Fortis
(Belgium & the Netherlands) |
- |
Cinergy Marketing & Trading |
electric power & natural gas trading |
Duke Energy |
475 |
c |
October |
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Energy
XXI
(Bermuda) |
Energy XXI Gulf Coast |
oil & gas properties |
oil & gas production |
Marlin Energy et al. |
448 |
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April |
|
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TransCanada |
TC PipeLines |
Northern Border Pipeline
(20 percent) |
natural gas pipeline |
ONEOK |
427 |
|
April |
|
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EPCOR
Utilities
(Canada) |
EPCOR Operations |
Primary Energy Ventures |
electric power |
American Securities Capital |
380 |
|
November |
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Energy
XXI
(Bermuda) |
- |
oil & gas properties |
oil & gas production |
Castex Energy et al. |
311 |
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July |
|
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PrimeWest
Energy
(Canada) |
- |
producing oil and
gas properties |
oil & gas production |
CanWest Petroleum |
300 |
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July |
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EnCana
(Canada) |
EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) |
oil & gas properties |
oil & gas production |
Leor Energy |
243 |
b |
July |
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Frère-Bourgeois
(Belgium) |
- |
U.S. Oil and Refining |
petroleum refining |
- |
200 |
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March |
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TransCanada |
TC PipeLines |
Tuscarora Gas Transmission
(49 percent) |
natural gas pipeline |
Sierra Pacific Resources |
137 |
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December |
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Alimentation
Couche-Tard
(Canada) |
- |
90 retail outletsa |
petroleum marketing |
Spectrum Holdings |
130 |
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June |
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BP
(England & Wales) |
BP America |
Orion Energy |
electric power |
- |
115 |
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December |
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*Includes only transactions valued at $100 million or
greater. |
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aMay include some convenience stores that do not sell
gasoline. |
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bDoes not include value of acreage transferred. |
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cIncludes purchase of Cinergy Canada. |
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dEstimated. |
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eIncludes
the provision of $340 million in working capital to CDX. |
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