FILE - In this Monday, April 7, 2014 file photo, a flag bearing the company logo of Royal Dutch Shell, an Anglo-Dutch oil and gas company, flies outside the head office in The Hague, Netherlands.

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> agreed to buy smaller rival BG Group <BG.L> for 47 billion pounds ($70 billion) in the first major energy industry merger in more than a decade, closing ...

Coming off a near-shutdown in global upstream deal activity during Q1 2015, Shell shocked the market on April 8 with the announcement of an $81.8 billion agreement (including assumed debt) to acquire ...

European petroleum giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy British rival BG Group for roughly $70 billion in a deal that could help the two companies battle low oil prices while pressuring market ...

SHELL’S acquisition of BG Group is set to go ahead on 15 February after both sets of shareholders gave their approval last week. Analysts said the strategic drivers for Shell’s acquisition of its ...

CEO Ben van Beurden delivered the message at a lunch Shell hosted last week for a small group of investors, as stubbornly low oil prices and concerns over regulatory approvals fuel anxiety about the ...

(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell is in advanced talks to buy BG Group in the first oil super-merger in more than a decade, seeking to extend its lead in gas production and close the gap with the world's ...

Shell's monster $70 billion deal to acquire BG Group has cleared its first anitrust hurdle, with authorities in the US giving the mega-merger the thumbs-up. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on ...

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy British gas producer BG Group for $69.7 billion in a cash and stock takeover, the companies announced today. The move gives oil giant Shell ...