E.ON Ruhrgas AG / Caledonia Oil & Gas Ltd

OFT closed case: Completed acquisition by E.ON Ruhrgas AG of Caledonia Oil & Gas Limited.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 13 December 2005

• Case type: Mergers
• Case state: Closed
• Market sector: Oil and gas refining and petrochemicals
• Outcome: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
• Closed: 13 December 2005

Affected market: Oil and gas

No. ME/2060-05

On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the completed acquisition by E.ON Ruhrgas AG of Caledonia Oil & Gas Limited does not qualify for investigation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act), because neither the UK turnover test nor the share of supply test in section 23 of the Act is met.  A relevant merger situation has, therefore, not been created.

 

Published 13 December 2005