BP is exploring potential joint ventures that would allow it to boost its US shale gas operations, without spending billions on acquisitions like its rivals, sources tell Ron Bousso and me. Details here: reuters.com/business/energ… $BP #shale #OOTT

ALLETE is exploring a sale, with the Midwestern utility attracting interest from infrastructure funds and private equity firms who would take it private, per sources. My latest: reuters.com/business/energ… $ALE #power #utility

Endeavor Energy, the largest private Permian oil and gas producer, is readying a sale effort to launch next year. Any deal could value Endeavor as high as $30 billion, offering the potential for another shale mega deal. My latest w/Anirban Sen reuters.com/business/energ… #OOTT #shale

Activist hedge fund Engaged Capital has a stake in debt collector PRA Group and is pushing for changes including new talent at senior management level. They could launch a proxy challenge if they don’t get their way, sources tell me. Details here: reuters.com/markets/deals/… $PRAA

New: Natgas producer EQT is exploring a sale of its 25% non-op interest in wells in northeast Pennsylvania, potentially worth over $3 billion, source told David French and me. Details: reuters.com/business/energ… #shaledeals $CHK $EQT

Bayview is exploring the sale of its insurance arm Oceanview after receiving interest from potential buyers, the asset manager tells Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro and myself. Details here: reuters.com/markets/deals/… #insurance

Guggenheim oil and gas bankers leave for Moelis after mega-deal miss -sources reuters.com/markets/deals/… David French

#exclusive: EnCap is eyeing a sale of Grayson Mill Energy, which could fetch around $5 billion including debt, sources told David French and me. EnCap has hired investment bank Jefferies to run the process later this year, they said. More Reuters #OOTT reuters.com/business/energ…

Devon Energy has made an offer to acquire smaller peer Enerplus, sources tell me. A deal would boost Devon’s operations in the Bakken. More here: reuters.com/business/energ… $DVN $ERF #OOTT #shale

Oxy is exploring a potential sale of pipeline operator Western Midstream. A deal, which could be worth north of $18 bln, could help Oxy reduce its debt pile ahead of buying CrownRock. My latest w/Anirban Sen reuters.com/markets/deals/… $OXY $WES #OOTT #shale

Fiserv, Amadeus vie to acquire Shift4 Payments, sources say reuters.com/markets/deals/… @asenjourno David French $FOUR $FI

New: Occidental Petroleum is exploring a sale of some of its Permian operations that could fetch over $1 billion as the shale producer advances its debt reduction goals, sources told David French and me. More Reuters #OOTT #shaledeals reuters.com/markets/deals/…

New: Santos and Repsol are exploring a sale of a minority stake in oilfields in Alaska they jointly own and develop in a deal that could be worth about $1 billion, sources told David French and me. More Reuters #OOTT reuters.com/markets/deals/…

The owners of Calpine are exploring options which could see the US power producer partially or fully sold, or listed via IPO. At a $30 bln valuation, whichever option is picked, it would be one of the largest US power deals ever. My latest: reuters.com/markets/deals/… #power #ipo

Waste management firm WM is exploring the sale of its renewable natural gas unit, in what could be one of the largest ever RNG M&A deals. The company might get $3 bln for the business, sources tell Isla Binnie and me: reuters.com/markets/deals/… #RNG #natgas

Amid all the recent oil and gas M&A, how an ill-timed slump in Devon Energy’s share price has hampered its efforts to join the US energy mega-deal wave. My latest w/Arathy Somasekhar reuters.com/markets/deals/… $DVN #OOTT #shale #deals

Some owners of the Colonial Pipeline are eyeing a possible sale of their stakes. Any divests would likely value the largest US fuels pipeline system at more than $10 billion, sources tell me: reuters.com/business/energ… #pipelines

Nothing like a Sunday afternoon scoop: Vital Energy is nearing a deal to buy PE-backed Point Energy Partners for $1.1 billion, sources told David French and me. Deal could be announced as early as Sunday, sources said. More: Reuters #shaledeals #OOTT reuters.com/markets/deals/…

Buyout firm EIG has placed oil and gas producer Maverick Natural Resources for sale. A deal for the firm, which mainly operates in the Anadarko basin and the Permian’s Northwest Shelf, may fetch $3 bln including debt, sources tell Shariq Khan and me: reuters.com/markets/deals/… #OOTT

Blackstone is in talks to buy stakes in EQT Corp’s interstate pipelines, with the deal expected to be worth around $3.5 billion, source tell me. The full story here: reuters.com/markets/deals/… $EQT $BX #natgas #pipelines