Coming off a near-shutdown in global upstream deal activity during Q1 2015, Shell shocked the market on April 8 with the announcement of an $81.8 billion agreement (including assumed debt) to acquire ...

European petroleum giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy British rival BG Group for roughly $70 billion in a deal that could help the two companies battle low oil prices while pressuring market ...

SHELL’S acquisition of BG Group is set to go ahead on 15 February after both sets of shareholders gave their approval last week. Analysts said the strategic drivers for Shell’s acquisition of its ...

Royal Dutch Shell says it plans to cut 2,800 jobs after it completes the takeover of the BG Group. The news comes on the same day that China gave the deal the final go-ahead. NPR's Jeff Brady reports ...

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - BG Group said on Friday it was still happy with Shell's $70 billion takeover bid despite a recent upturn in oil prices that led the company to increase the profit outlook for ...

(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell is in advanced talks to buy BG Group in the first oil super-merger in more than a decade, seeking to extend its lead in gas production and close the gap with the world's ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy British gas producer BG Group for $69.7 billion in a cash and stock takeover, the companies announced today. The move gives oil giant Shell ...

Shell's monster $70 billion deal to acquire BG Group has cleared its first anitrust hurdle, with authorities in the US giving the mega-merger the thumbs-up. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on ...

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Now that Royal Dutch Shell has offered to buy BG Group for $69.6 billion, all attention is moving from a laser focus on this merger to a broader view of the industry and the wave of mergers that many ...