據油氣新聞網站4月5日報道 GlobalData交易數據庫顯示，2020年2月，與去年12個月的平均水平相比，美國油氣行業整體交易活動下降28.2%。

2020年2月，共宣布了56宗交易，價值26.9億美元，而12個月的平均值為78宗。

就交易量而言，并購是該月的主要活動，共有32宗交易，占所有交易的57.1%。

位居第二的是風險融資，共有20宗交易，其次是私募股權，共4宗交易，分別占當月美國油氣行業整體交易活動的35.7%和7.1%。

從交易價值來看，并購是美國石油天然氣行業的主要交易活動，交易總額為20.4億美元，而私募股權和風險融資交易總額分別為4億美元和2.4885億美元。

2020年2月，前五大石油和天然氣行業交易占總價值的76.5%。

前五大油氣交易的總價值為20.6億美元，而該月的總價值為26.9億美元。

王磊 摘譯自 油氣新聞

原文如下：

US oil & gas industry sees a drop of 28.2 per cent in deal activity

The US oil & gas industry saw a drop of 28.2 per cent in overall deal activity during February 2020, when compared with the last 12-month average, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

A total of 56 deals worth $2.69 billion were announced in February 2020, compared to the 12-month average of 78 deals.

M&A was the leading category in the month in terms of volume with 32 deals which accounted for 57.1 per cent of all deals.

In second place was venture financing with 20 deals, followed by private equity with four transactions, respectively accounting for 35.7 per cent and 7.1 per cent of overall deal activity in the country’s oil & gas industry during the month.

In terms of value of deals, M&A was the leading deal category in the US oil & gas industry with total deals worth $2.04 billion, while private equity and venture financing deals totalled $400 million and $248.85 million, respectively.

The top five oil & gas industry deals accounted for 76.5 per cent of the overall value during February 2020.

The combined value of the top five oil & gas deals stood at $2.06 billion, against the overall value of $2.69 billion recorded for the month.