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August 17, 2010Hunting PLC announced that it had acquired Innova Electronics Inc. and its sister company Extel Precision Machining Inc. in an all cash transaction with a purchase price of US $125 million. Simmons & Company International represented Hunting in this transaction.
August 16, 2010Nabors Industries and Superior Well Services announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Nabors will acquire Superior Well Services. Nabors will commence a tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Superior common stock at a price of $22.12 per share in cash. Simmons & Company International is representing Superior in this transaction.
August 9, 2010"We are deeply saddened by the unexpected loss of a true visionary and friend, Matt Simmons. As a pivotal figure in the lives of many of our employees, and countless others across the energy industry, Matt will be sorely missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time."

Michael E. Frazier
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
August 5, 2010UGI Corporation completed the sale of Atlantic Energy a wholly owned subsidiary to DCP Midstream Partners. Simmons & Company International served as financial advisor to UGI.
July 27, 2010OFS Energy Services, a portfolio company of ArcLight Capital Partners agreed to sell certain subsidiaries and assets to Key Energy Services, Inc. for a cash and stock consideration totaling approximately $220 million. Simmons & Company International served as financial advisor to OFS and ArcLight in this transaction.
July 9, 2010Acteon Group Ltd. announced that it had acquired IOS Offshore AS from Norse Cutting & Abandonment AS. Simmons & Company International Limited represented Acteon in this transaction.
July 9, 2010An investment by Maven Capital Partners has facilitated a management buy-out of XPD8 Solutions Limited. Simmons & Company International Limited represented the sole shareholder of XPD8 Solutions.
June 28, 2010Noble Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire privately held FDR Holdings Limited in a cash transaction valuing the enterprise at $2.16 billion. Simmons & Company International is advising Noble in this transaction.
June 17, 2010CCS Corporation completed the sale of its 50% interest in Hardisty Caverns Limited Partnership to Enbridge Inc. Simmons & Company International represented CCS in this transaction.
June 17, 2010Oasis Petroleum Inc. completed an initial public offering of 42 million shares priced at $14/share. Simmons & Company International acted as a Lead Manager for this offering.
June 16, 2010Matthew R. Simmons retires as Chairman Emeritus of Simmons & Company International to dedicate his full attention to The Ocean Energy Institute. The full press release can be viewed here.
June 9, 2010Vallourec & Mannesman Tubes SAS, a subsidiary of Vallourec Group, has closed the previously announced acquisition of Serimax Holdings SAS. Simmons & Company International Limited advised the majority shareholders of Serimax.
May 17, 2010Gibson Energy ULC announced it had completed the acquisition of the outstanding membership interests and other equity securities of Taylor Companies LLC as well as certain assets of Taylor Propane Gas Inc. from Taylor Logistics LLC. Taylor logistics LLC is a portfolio company of The Halifax Group. Simmons & Company International served as financial advisor to the Halifax Group.
April 30, 2010Reelwell AS announced that Lime Rock Partners has agreed to invest NOK 50 million in the company with further funds available for follow–on investment. Simmons & Company International Limited advised Reelwell AS in this transaction.
April 21, 2010Vallourec announced that it had reached agreement to acquire Serimax, a provider of integrated welding solutions for offshore line pipes. Purchase price is €150 million . Simmons & Company International Limited represented Serimax in this transaction.
April 12, 2010Aberdeen–based Nautronix and its Chief Executive Officer, Mark Patterson, announced the acquisition of Nautronix by SCF Partners and members of its management team. Simmons & Company International Limited provided corporate finance advice to Nautronix.
April 5, 2010Red Spider Technology of Aberdeen announced that it had received a £7.5 million equity injection from private equity funds Simmons Parallel Energy and Energy Ventures. The funding will support the company’s growth and international expansion. Simmons & Company International Limited has acted as advisor to Red Spider.
April 1, 2010Candax Energy (“Candax”)(TXS:CAX) announced that a private placement of shares for gross proceeds of C$13 million had been made by Geofinance N.V. Simmons & Company International Limited represented Geofinance in this transaction. Candax is an international energy company with a presence in Tunisia and Madagascar.
March 8, 2010Pioneer Drilling priced the $250 million offering of 9.875% senior notes due 2018. Simmons & Company International acted as a co–manager in this offering.
March 8, 2010Gridpoint Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of Standard Renewable Energy.
February 16, 2010Blue Dot Services, an Appalachian based provider of rental tools and services, has completed a growth equity capital raise. The equity was provided by LongVue Capital and the company’s existing debt was restructured, the combined transactions facilitating future growth of Blue Dot. Simmons & Company International represented Blue Dot in this transaction.
January 23, 2010Gridpoint, Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Standard Renewable Energy. Simmons & Company International is acting on behalf of Standard Renewable Energy in this transaction.
January 13, 2010St.Mary Land & Exploration Company announced that it had agreed to sell Rocky Mountain oil properties in two separate transactions. Legacy Reserves Operating LP will acquire properties in Wyoming in a $130 million transaction that is expected to close in February. A private buyer will acquire North Dakota properties for $137 million. That transaction is expected to close in March 2010. Simmons & Company International represented St Mary in this divestiture program.
January 8, 2010Maven Capital Partners and Simmons Parallel Energy Fund have backed a management buy-in at Aberdeen-based Electro–Flow Controls. The new management team will be led by Bob Will whose complementary business Celeris will be merged in enabling the combined company to provide advanced controls and mechanical handling solutions to the energy industry. Simmons & Company International Limited represented Electro-Flow Controls in this transaction.
January 8, 2010Private equity group LDC has made a £17 million equity investment in Subocean Group as part of a £42 million financing. The subsea construction company is now one of the largest providers of services to the marine renewable sectors in Scotland and the UK and will use the investment to expand its operations. Simmons Parallel Energy Fund also participated in this financing. Simmons & Company International Limited initiated this transaction and served as financial advisor to Subocean.
January 8, 2010Transocean Ltd. announced that it had completed the sale of two deepwater rigs, GSF Arctic II and GSF Arctic IV. Simmons & Company International represented Transocean in this transaction.
December 11, 2009Superior Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: SPN) announced that it has entered into an agreement with Hallin Marine Subsea International Plc (AIM: HMS) to acquire Hallin for a price of 233 pence in cash per Hallin share. The Offer values Hallin at approximately $168 million. Hallin is an international provider of integrated subsea services and engineering solutions, focused on installing, maintaining and extending the life of subsea wells. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2010. Simmons & Company International is representing Superior in this transaction. Details of the transaction can be found here.
December 2, 2009Sandridge Energy Inc. priced an offering of 24 million shares of common stock at $8.85 per share. Simmons & Company International acted as a co–manager for this offering.
November 17, 2009CHAMP Ventures Pty Ltd. announced that its CHAMP Ventures Investment Trusts No. 6 has completed the acquisition of TSMarine Pty Ltd and TSMarine ( Contracting) Singapore Pte Ltd the Asia-Pacific businesses of Aberdeen–based TSMarine(Contracting) Ltd. Simmons & Company International Limited represented TSMarine (Contracting) in this transaction.
November 2, 2009Superior Well Services Inc. announced the pricing of a public offering of 6 million shares of its common stock at $10.50 per share.Underwriters subsequently exercised their option of 900,000 additional shares to cover over-allotments. Simmons & Company International acted as a co–manager in this offering.
October 15, 2009Probe Technology Services, a portfolio company of Cadent Energy Partners, has acquired Kuster Company of Long Beach, California. Simmons & Company International represented Kuster in this transaction.
October 12, 2009Tendeka BV, the completions technology provider, announced the acquisition of the Middle East-based advanced completion company Flotech. Simmons & Company International Limited represented Tendeka in this transaction.
October 1, 2009Goodrich Petroleum Inc. completed a $218 Million convertible debt offering. Simmons & Company International acted as a co-manager for this offering.
October 1, 2009CIRCOR International Inc. (NYSE:CIR) announced that it had acquired Pipeline Engineering & Supply Co. Ltd, a UK–based pipeline products and solutions company. Simmons & Company International Limited acted for the shareholders of Pipeline Engineering.
September 14, 2009Simmons and Company International held its 10th European Investors conference at the Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland. Keynote speaker at the opening dinner was Andrew Gould, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Schlumberger. Presentation
August 26, 2009Jeff Dietert presented "Riding the Oil Price Roller Coaster" at the Coronado Club in Houston, Texas on August 25, 2009. Presentation
June 25, 2009Knowledge Reservoir completed a management buyout of the remaining shareholding held in the company by Ziebel AS. Simmons & Company International Limited acted as advisor to Ziebel in the transaction. Details of the transaction can be found here.
June 16, 2009The Amor Group was created in a management-led buyout of Sword’s Scottish-based information technology businesses, Pragma and Real Time, which serve the oil and gas, utility, telecom and other industry sectors. Simmons & Company International Limited served as the exclusive financial advisor to The Amor Group in this transaction. Details of the transaction can be found here.
June 2, 2009Cameron and NATCO Group Inc. have entered into an agreement under which Cameron will acquire NATCO in an all stock transaction that values NATCO at approximately $780 million based on Cameron’s closing stock price on June 1st. Simmons & Company International is representing Cameron in this transaction.
April 2, 2009A newly formed Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. company (trading name Tendeka) announced the acquisition of Sensornet Limited, Swellfix B.V. and Well Technology A.S. to create a world class global completions technology provider. Simmons & Company International Limited advised Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. on this transaction. Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. is independently managed by Kenda Capital B.V.
March 26, 2009Simmons & Company International Limited has been granted a licence to operate by the Dubai Financial Services Authority and is now a registered company with the Dubai International Financial Centre . Company address is:

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March 5, 2009Simmons & Company International announces its 2008 transaction highlights.
January 28, 2009Encore Energy Partners (ENP) completed the acquisition of certain oil and natural gas producing properties in the Arkoma Basin and royalty interest properties primarily in Oklahoma from Encore Acquisition Company. Also included in the purchase was 10,300 unleased mineral acres. Griffis & Associates LLP and Simmons & Company International acted as financial advisors to ENP’s Conflicts Committee and Simmons & Company International delivered a fairness opinion in connection with the transaction.
January 6, 2009On December 12, 2008 Baker Hughes acquired the assets of North East Mud Services Company L.L.C. (NEMSco), the leading drilling fluids provider in Appalachia. Simmons & Company International represented NEMSco in this transaction.
December 19, 2008Hunting PLC completed the sale of Gibson Energy Holdings Inc. a Canadian subsidiary to a company ultimately owned by Riverstone/Carlyle Global Energy and Power Fund an energy focused private equity fund managed by Riverstone Holdings LLC. Total consideration was CAN $1,258 million . Simmons & Company International represented Hunting PLC in this transaction.
August 29, 2008Petrofac announced that it had acquired Caltec Limited for an initial consideration of £15 million . A further consideration of up to £15 million will be payable over the next 5 years subject to the achievement of certain agreed performance targets . Simmons & Company International Limited advised the shareholders of Caltec.
August 6, 2008Hunting PLC (LSE : HTG) announces the proposed disposal of Gibson Energy, its midstream oil and gas group based in Alberta, Canada for a total consideration of C$1,270 million. Simmons & Company International is representing Hunting in this transaction.
August 6, 2008PetroQuest Energy announced that it had sold its Oklahoma gas gathering system to MarkWest Energy Partners L.P. for $41.3 million. Simmons & Company International represented PetroQuest in this transaction.
July 28, 2008Offshore (NOF.OL) announced that it had agreed to acquire two North Sea 3rd generation semis, Arctic II and Arctic IV, from Transocean for $750 million. Simmons & Company International is representing Transocean in this transaction.
July 23, 2008Effective August 8, 2008 Simmons & Company International will begin occupying the new office space for its U.S. headquarters.

Our new address is:

Simmons & Company International
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July 23, 2008XTO Energy announced it had agreed to purchase 12,900 net acres adjacent to its exisiting operations in the Barnett Shale core for appproximately $800 million from an undisclosed third party. The acquisition will also add 35 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day to the Company's production. Simmons & Company International represented the Seller in this transaction.
May 7, 2008Horizon Energy Partners BV has been acquired by SGS for an undisclosed amount. Simmons & Company International Limited advised the Horizon shareholders.
April 25, 2008Simmons & Company International Limited has raised 87.5 million euros at the first closing of its private equity co-investment fund-Simmons Parallel Energy L.P. The fund will focus on buy-out and growth capital opportunities across the energy sector investing in minority positions alongside other private equity firms. Bank of Scotland is the fund's cornerstone investor.
April 21, 2008Grey Wolf and Basic Energy Services announced that they are to merge. The combined entity will continue under the Grey Wolf company name. Simmons & Company International has provided a Fairness Opinion to the board of Grey Wolf.
March 31, 2008LMS Capital plc announced that it had sold its entire holding in Energy Cranes International Limited to a management team backed by Close Brothers Private Equity. The transaction valued Energy Cranes at PDs 142 million and net proceeds to LMS were PDs 83 million. Simmons & Company International Limited acted on behalf of LMS Capital.
March 31, 2008Chesapeake Energy Corporation priced a public offering of 20 million shares of common stock at $45.75 per share. Simmons & Company International acted as a co-manager in this offering.
March 24, 2008Weatherford International sold $1.5 billion in a three-part senior debt offering. Simmons & Company International acted as a co-manager.
March 14, 2008R.S.Platou ASA announced that it had acquired The Stewart Group Limited for an undisclosed sum. The Stewart Group is a leading ship broking company specializing in offshore support and specialist vessels for the international oil and gas industry. Simmons & Company International Limited represented The Stewart Group.
March 13, 2008IHC Merwede announced that it has acquired The Engineering Business a specialist design, engineering and construction company based in the U.K. IHC Merwede is world market leader in complex custom-built offshore vessels and dredging equipment. Simmons & Company International Limited represented IHC in this transaction.
March 4, 2008Matthew R. Simmons gives an interview to Bloomberg television. The interview can be viewed here
February 15, 2008Transocean Inc. announced that it has hired Simmons & Company International to handle the marketing and sale of two of its rigs: the GSF Arctic II and GSF Arctic IV semisubmersibles.
February 15, 2008Offshore Ltd. has received a tender offer from Fortune Super Equity Management LLC for all of its outstanding shares at 80 Norwegian kroner per share. The Board of Directors of Scorpion has indicated that it supports the tender offer which is conditional on receiving acceptances for 90% of the outstanding shares of Scorpion. Simmons & Company International is acting as an advisor to Scorpion Offshore.
February 11, 2008Optima Solutions UK Ltd. is acquired by an investor group led by Northern Industries which is a buy out firm based in Stavanger, Norway. Simmons & Company International Limited represented Optima Solutions in this transaction.
February 4, 2008Simmons & Company International announces its FY 2007 highlights. A copy of our report can be found here.
February 1, 2008Pioneer Drilling Company announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire WEDGE Well Services, L.L.C., WEDGE Wireline, Inc. and WEDGE Fishing and Rental Services, L.L.C. for $303 million in cash. Simmons & Company International is representing Pioneer Drilling in this transaction.
January 31, 2008Simmons & Company International Limited has completed its move to its new Aberdeen headquarters, "Simmons House", 22 Waverley Place, Aberdeen AB10 1XP Scotland. All phone numbers remain unchanged.
January 14, 2008Hercules Offshore, Inc. announced that it had completed the sale of its fleet of nine land drilling rigs and related assets to Petrex Sudamerica Sucursal de Venezuela S.A. and Saipem Perfuracoes e Construcoes Petroliferas Lda. for approximately $107 million. Simmons & Company International acted as financial advisor to Hercules Offshore in this transaction.
December 20, 2007Institutional Investor has published its 2007 research rankings for "Best Boutiques, Regional Firms and Independents". Simmons & Company International ranked #1 in Oil Services, #1 in Integrated Oils and #2 in E&P. This is the 9th consecutive year that Simmons has received this accolade.
December 20, 2007First Reserve has agreed to buy London-listed Abbot Group for £906 million. Simmons & Company International Limited is representing First Reserve in this transaction.
December 6, 2007Spider Technology has raised Pds 2 million from Bank of Scotland to support international expansion. The company develops tools that help oil and gas firms increase the efficiency of well operations. Simmons & Company International Limited assisted Red Spider in this financing.
November 27, 2007Transocean Inc. announced the closing of its reclassification and merger transaction with GlobalSantaFe Corporation. Shares of Transocean will continue to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "RIG". Simmons & Company International provided a fairness opinion to GlobalSantaFe in connection with this transaction.
November 26, 2007Hercules Offshore, Inc. announced that it had entered into agreements with Petrex Sudamerica Sucursal de Venezuela S.A. and Saipem Perfuracoes e Construcoes Petroliferas Lda. (collectively, "Saipem") for the sale of its nine land rigs and related assets ("Land Assets"). The Land Assets include six land rigs in Venezuela, one in Trinidad, and two in the United States. The purchase price is approximately $107 million and the transaction is expected to close late in the fourth quarter of 2007. Simmons & Company International is representing Hercules in this transaction.
November 6, 2007Matthew R. Simmons interviews on the BBC's Business Daily program while in London, England. The interview can be found here on the BBC website. (Real Media Player Required)
November 6, 2007NTR Acquisition Co. agreed to acquire Kern Oil & Refining Co. for $286.5 million. Simmons & Company International is representing Kern in this transaction.
November 6, 2007SandRidge Energy Inc. priced its Initial Public Offering of 28,700,000 shares at $26/share. The common stock is expected to start trading on the NYSE under the symbol "SD" on November 6, 2007. Simmons & Company International acted as a co-manager in this offering.
November 1, 2007Production Services Network Limited (PSN) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Grasso Production Management from the Bristow Group Inc. Grasso is a leading contract operator of oil and gas production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. Purchase price will be $22.5 million subject to post-closing adjustments. Simmons & Company International Limited advised PSN in this transaction.
October 31, 2007T-3 Energy Services, Inc. announced that it had completed the purchase of both Energy Equipment Corporation and HP&T Products Inc. for approximately $96.4 MM in cash , subject to final working capital adjustments. Simmons & Company International represented the sellers in this transaction.
October 29, 2007Key Energy closed the previously announced acquisition of the Moncla Companies. Transaction value was $145.8 million. Simmons & Company International represented the Moncla Companies.
October 24, 2007Simmons & Company International was a sponsor of the conference "Next Generation Biofuels: Trends in Global Innovation and Financ" hosted by The Greater Houston Partnership and UK Trade & Investment at the British Consulate-General. Matthew R. Simmons was a key note speaker. Presentations can be downloaded here . Simmons & Company International was also was a sponsor of the similar conference held in Atlanta.
October 19, 2007Simmons & Company International founder, Matthew R. Simmons and Simmons & Company International board member, Aage Figenschou speak at the Association for the Study of Peak Oil USA (ASPO) conference in Houston, Texas.
October 15, 2007Escondido Resources LP closed the sale of interests in three South Texas properties to Swift Energy Company for $249.5 million. Simmons & Company International acted as an advisor to Escondido Resources.
October 15, 2007Patterson-UTI announced it had acquired three recently refurbished SCR drilling rigs and spares for $29 million. Simmons & Company International represented the owner of the drilling equipment.
October 12, 2007EV Energy Partners, L.P. announced that it had closed the acqusition of oil and gas properrties in the Permian Basin from Plantation Operating LLC for $155.8 million. Simmons & Company International represented Plantation in this transaction.
September 20, 2007Key Energy Services announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the Moncla Companies. Simmons & Company International is acting as financial advisor to Moncla.
September 12, 2007Triton Group announced the acquisition of UK Project Support Limited (UKPS) and its sister company Subco for an undisclosed amount . UKPS supplies ROV and technical personnel to the subsea oil and gas construction industry worldwide and Subco is a specialist in the rental of ROV equipment. Simmons & Company International Limited represented Triton Group in this transaction.
August 3, 2007Newfield Exploration Company announced that it had signed an agreement to sell all of its coal bed methane assets in Cherokee County , Oklahoma , to Constellation Energy Partners for $128 million. Simmons & Company International represented Newfield in this sale.
July 31, 2007With the closing of Hercules Offshore's acquisition of TODCO earlier this month, Simmons' total value of all transactions on which it has advised passed the $100 billion mark.
July 25, 2007Acteon Group Ltd. has acquired the subsea survey, mooring and chain inspection divisions of The Craig Group for an undisclosed sum. Simmons & Company International Limited advised Acteon in this transaction.
July 23, 2007Transocean Inc. and GlobalSantaFe Corporation announced that their boards of directors had unanimously approved a definitive agreement for a merger of equals. The estimated enterprise value of the combined company would be approximately $53 billion. The combined company will be known a Transocean Inc. and trade on the NYSE with the symbol RIG.Simmons & Company International provided a fairness opinion to the Board of GlobalSantaFe.
July 16, 2007Hercules Offshore Inc announced the completion of the acquistion of TODCO for $925,776,000 in cash and 56.6 million shares of Hercules stock. Simmons & Company International acted as Financial Advisor to Hercules Offshore, Inc.
June 15, 2007Weatherford International sold $1.5 billion in a three-part debt deal in the 144a private placement market. Simmons & Company International acted as a co-manager in the offering.
June 6, 2007XTO Energy priced an offering of 15 million shares at $60.50/share. Simmons & Company International acted as a co-manager in this offering.
June 4, 2007Dominion Technology Gases an Aberdeen company specialising in in the supply of industrial cylinder gases has been acquired by its management. Simmons & Company International Limited advised Dominion in this transaction.
May 25, 2007Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) priced its IPO of 10 million shares at $12/share. Simmons & Company International acted as a co-manager. The offering was conducted by a Dutch Auction process, led by W.R.Hambrecht, the first time that Simmons has participated in such an offering.
May 10, 2007Royal Dutch Shell has sold 45% of the newly created Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 BV, an independent technology fund, to Coller Capital. The fund consists of Shell Technology Ventures' existing portfolio of 34 technology investments, including investments in Enventure Global Technology LLC, Well Dynamics B.V. and Swellfix B.V. Coller Capital is a leading global investor in private equity secondaries and coporate venture assets. Simmons & Company International Limited advised Coller Capital in this transaction which closed on March 30, 2007.
April 20, 2007Superior Offshore International Inc. priced its Initial Public Offering of 10.166667 million shares at $15/share. Ticker symbol is DEEP. Simmons & Company International acted as a co-manager in this, its 31st, co-managed IPO.
April 19, 2007T - 3 Energy Services priced a common stock offering of 5,112,500 shares at $24. Bear Stears & Co.Inc, served as sole book runner and Pritchard Capital Partners, LLC and Simmons & Company International were joint lead managers.

Range Resources Corporation priced an offering of 7 million shares of common stock at $36.28/share. Simmons & Company International acted as a co-manager in the offering.
April 16, 2007Simmons and Company International announces its 2006 highlights.2006 Highlights
April 16, 2007Norwegian company DOF Subsea has acquired Aberdeen-based subsea engineering and project management company CSL. Simmons & Company International Limited represented CSL in this transaction.
April 4, 2007Fuel Cell Energy priced an offering of 9 million shares at $7.50/share. This is the first offering for an Alternate Energy company that Simmons & Company International has co-managed.
April 3, 2007DES Operations Limited, an Aberdeen-based supplier of production enhancement technology has been acquired by Cameron. Simmons & Company International Limited represented DES Operations in this transaction.
March 23, 2007Hercules Offshore announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire TODCO in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $2.3 Billion. Simmons & Company International is acting as financial advisor to Hercules Offshore.
March 8, 2007Basic Energy Services, Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of JetStar Consolidated Holdings, Inc. for a total acquisition price of approximately $118 million. Simmons & Company International represented JetStar in this transaction.
February 23, 2007AmeriGas Propane Inc. announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to sell a liquified petroleum gas storage terminal in Arizona to Plains LPG Services, L.P. for approximately $52 million. Simmons & Company International is representing AmeriGas Propane in this transaction.
February 23, 2007Lime Rock Partners has acquired a controlling interest and invested additional capital in Total Waste Management Alliance PLC (TWMA), an Aberdeen-based drilling waste management specialist in a $50 million transaction. Simmons & Company International Limited acted as corporate finance advisors to the shareholders of TWMA.
February 15, 2007Lubrication Systems Company of Texas, "LSC", has been acquired by Colfax Corporation. LSC is the leading worldwide provider of centralized oil mist lubrication and lube oil purification systems. Simmons & Company International represented LSC in this transaction.
February 5, 2007Technip announced the sale of Perry Slingsby Systems consisting of all of the capital of PSS Ltd. and PSS Inc. two companies which manufacture Remotely Operated Vehicles and other subsea equipment. The purchaser was Triton Group Holdings ,an affiliate of SCF Partners, a private equity company. Simmons & Company International Limited acted for Technip in this divestiture.
February 5, 2007Linn Energy announced that it had closed the acquisition of certain oil and gas properties and related assets in the Texas Panhandle from Stallion Energy for $415 million. Simmons & Company International represented Stallion in this transaction.
December 19, 2006Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. announced that it had completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Oil & Gas Rental Services Inc., a Louisiana-based corporation providing rental tools to offshore and onshore exploration and production companies. The purchase price comprised $291 million in cash and 3.2 million shares of Allis-Chalmers common stock. Simmons & Company International represented Oil & Gas Rentals in this transaction.
December 19, 2006Superior Energy Services Inc completed the acquisition of Warrior Energy Services Corporation . Simmons & Company International represented Warrior in this transaction.
December 15, 2006Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (NYSE TOO) priced its initial public offering of 7 million common units at $21 per unit. Simmons & Company International acted as a co-manager of this offering.

Cal Dive International sold 22,173,000 shares at $13/share in its initial public offering. Simmons & Company International co-managed this offering.
November 16, 2006Plains All American Pipeline said that it had completed its previously announced $2.4 billion merger with Pacific Energy Partners. Simmons & Company International represented Plains All American Pipeline in this transaction.
November 10, 2006El Paso Corporation has agreed to acquire producing properties and undeveloped acreage in Zapata County, Texas for approximately $255 million through the purchase of Laredo Energy III ,L.P. Simmons & Company International is representing the Seller.
November 10, 2006Hercules Offshore announced an offering of 7,500,000 shares to be sold by selling stockholders. Simmons & Company International is acting as a co-manager in the offering.
November 10, 2006KBR announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 27,840,000 shares of common stock at $17/share. The shares have been approved to trade on the New Your Stock Exchange under the symbol "KBR". Simmons & Company International acted as a co-manager of this offering.
September 28, 2006Sercel, a subsidiary of Compagnie General de Geophysique, has acquired Scotland-based Vibration Technologies Limited (Vibtech) for an undisclosed cash consideration. Vibtech has pioneered the use of advanced wireless technologies for seismic recording. Simmons & Company International Limited represented Vibtech in this transaction.
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