Financial Deal Insights Energy & Utilities November 2007

Introduction

Ongoing market developments, particularly in terms of liberalization, have resulted in continued energy sector M&A. Datamonitor's monthly Financial Deal Insights series provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of this activity in the energy and utilities sector. It offers a unique insight into both deal activity, deal rationale and the market fundamentals driving the sector.

Scope

• Insight into recent M&A activity in the energy and utilities sector throughout the world.
• Detailed understanding of the market context behind factors driving both the sector as a whole and individual deals.
• An overview of deal trends on a historical basis and the progress of individual deals as they happen.

Highlights

The Energy and Utilities sector recorded 224 M&A deals in November, a decrease of 3% on month-on-month basis.

Consolidation continued in the upstream equipment services space.

Overall increasing scale remained the key driver of M&A activity in the Energy and Utilities sector in November.

Reasons to Purchase

• Insight into recent M&A activity in the energy and utilities sector throughout the world.
• Detailed understanding of the market context behind factors driving both the sector as a whole and individual deals.
• An overview of deal trends on a historical basis and the progress of individual deals as they happen.