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 Since February 15, 2016, the British BG Group has become part of the Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell. Thus, they completed the largest merger in the last 10 years in the oil and gas industry - the deal amounted to about $ 50 billion.

The merged company became the second private oil and gas company by capitalization ($ 177 billion), bypassing Chevron. Ahead is the US ExxonMobil worth $ 337 billion.

As a result of the transaction, Shell received gas projects in several countries, including Brazil and Australia, and BG Group shareholders - 19% of the combined company. According to the National Petroleum Agency, the joint production of Shell and BG in December 2016 amounted to 240,000 barrels. Oil per day.

Brazil will remain a key focus for Shell for at least a decade, said Ben van Burden, the company's CEO. The deal with BG Group gave it access to the largest Brazilian deposits, notes Bloomberg.

BG Group is also one of the largest gas producers in the UK. The main activities of the company are exploration and production of hydrocarbons and production of liquefied natural gas. In 2017, the company should become the largest LNG supplier to China, according to the BG Group website.

The acquisition of BG Group further strengthened Shell's already strong position in the rapidly growing LNG market. But Shell needed this merger. In 2015, the company's reserves fell by 20%, as low oil prices reduced its production by 1.4 billion barrels. Of the planned volume.

The acquisition of BG Group will help Shell increase its production by 20% and reserves by 25%.

To pay for the purchase, Shell will reduce several thousand employees of the combined group within the next three years and sell assets totaling $ 30 billion. The deal means that Shell will not have to explore new fields in the short term or invest in costly non-standard projects.