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Kosmos and Trident Energy acquire Hess' Equatorial Guinean assets for US$650 million
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Report summary
On 23 October 2017, Kosmos Energy announced that, in partnership with Trident Energy, it had acquired Hess Corporation's Equatorial Guinean upstream business for US$650 million. The deal includes Hess' 80.75% working interest in the mature Ceiba and Okume Complex oil fields. Kosmos and Trident will each acquire 50% of Hess' stake, giving them a 40.375% working interest in the assets. This deal provides a fair price for Hess, which had been seeking to divest from Equatorial Guinea for a number of years.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Transaction details
- Upstream assets
- Deal analysis
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Upsides and risks
- Upside Potential
- Downside Risk
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Strategic rationale
- Kosmos
- Hess
- Oil & gas pricing and assumptions
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Executive summary: Table 1
- Upstream assets: Table 1
- Deal analysis: Table 1
- Deal analysis: Table 2
- Oil & gas pricing and assumptions: Table 1
- Oil & gas pricing and assumptions: Table 2
What's included
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