Mergers & Acquisitions

Fieldwood Energy LLC Closes $3.75 Billion Gulf of Mexico Shelf Acquisition

Fieldwood Energy LLC Closes $3.75 Billion Gulf of Mexico Shelf Acquisition PR Newswire HOUSTON, Sept. 30, 2013 HOUSTON , Sept. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Fieldwood Energy LLC (“Fieldwood”), a portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings LLC, the New York -based private equity firm, announced today the closing of its acquisition of Apache Corporation’s (NYSE, Nasdaq: APA) Gulf of Mexico Shelf business for $3.75 billion , based on an effective date of July 1 , 2013 […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Apache Completes Sale Of Gulf of Mexico Shelf Assets To Fieldwood Energy

Apache Completes Sale Of Gulf of Mexico Shelf Assets To Fieldwood Energy PR Newswire HOUSTON, Sept. 30, 2013 HOUSTON , Sept. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Apache Corporation (NYSE, Nasdaq: APA) today announced it has completed the previously announced sale of its Gulf of Mexico Shelf operations and properties to Fieldwood Energy LLC, a portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings, for $3.75 billion in cash (subject to customary post-closing adjustments) and assumption of liabilities for future abandonment costs of the properties with a discounted value of $1.5 billion […]

Stock Analysts

Natural Gas Stifled by Big Supply Gain

Natural gas spot prices tumbled to around $3.50 per million Btu (MMBtu) on Thursday, Sep 26, following the U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release that showed a larger-than-expected rise in the commodity’s supplies. On a further bearish note, the storage build was also higher than the benchmark 5-year average gain for the week. […]

Stock Analysts

Update on Ariad Study

Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. ( ARIA ) provided updated data from an ongoing phase I/II study on its tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) candidate, AP26113, being evaluated for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). […]

Stock Analysts

Molina Maintained at Neutral

We have retained our Neutral recommendation on Molina Healthcare Inc. ( MOH ) despite impressive second quarter results due to rising medical costs, declining investment income and the negative impact of the healthcare reforms. This multi-state managed care organization carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) […]

Stock Analysts

MetLife JV Gets Surprise Reaction

Shares of MetLife Inc. ( MET ) unexpectedly dipped 0.8% to $47.21 following its Sep 26 announcement to form a life insurance joint venture (JV) with Bank for Investment & Development of Vietnam (BIDV) and Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam Insurance Corporation (BIC). The JV is scheduled to be functional in 2014. […]

Stock Analysts

Whiting Petroleum Closes Offering

Independent oil and gas company, Whiting Petroleum Corp. ( WLL ), has closed the offering of its senior notes worth $400 million, scheduled to mature in 2021. Whiting Petroleum issued the notes at 101% of their par value, while the expected rate of return at maturity is 5.750% […]

Downgrades

ProAssurance Corporation (PRA) Downgraded by Zacks to UNDERPERFORM

Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of ProAssurance Corporation (PRA) from NEUTRAL to UNDERPERFORM on September 30, 2013, with a target price of $42.00. Get all Zacks Research Reports and be alerted to fast-breaking buy and sell opportunities every trading day . To get a free copy of the research report on ProAssurance Corporation (PRA), click here […]