Akin Gump Advises Kerr-McGee in $1.34 Billion Sale of Gulf of Mexico Shelf Properties
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(Houston, Texas) – Oklahoma City-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company Kerr-McGee Corp. (NYSE: KMG) announced on Monday that it has signed an agreement with W&T Offshore, Inc. to sell all of Kerr-McGee’s interest in oil and natural gas properties on the Gulf of Mexico shelf for approximately $1.34 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2006.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Gregory F. Pilcher; Vice President – Oil & Gas Legal Bill Layton; and Senior Counsel T.L. Cubbage of Kerr McGee were assisted on the deal by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Robert H. Thomas of Porter & Hedges, L.L.P. represented W&T.
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