Global M&A posts increase in third quarter

摘要

An October M&A report from PLS Inc. and Derrick Petroleum Services shows a hike in U.S. and Canadian E&P deals. And global M&A activity for third-quarter 2009 totaled nearly $21 billion in 112 separate transactions, the firms reported.According to Brian Lidsky, managing director of research at PLS Inc., "Oil and gas deal volume increased markedly beginning in late August 2009, due to a confluence of events."