Morgan Stanley in on two large E & P buys

摘要

Morgan Stanley was on the E & P acquisition scene in July with involvement in two deals totaling more than us800 million. In one deal, Morgan Stanley showed up at Shell Exploration & Production Co. (Sepco) with Apache Corp. for its total us500-million acquisition of 26 shallow-water Gulf of Mexico fields covering 50 blocks (approximately 209, 000 acres) and interests in two on-shore gas plants.