Brussels, 03/09/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 2 September, the European Commission cleared the acquisition of BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell. It focused its investigation on the markets in which the activities of Shell and BG Group overlap, specifically the exploration of reserves of oil and gas, the supply of natural gas and the liquefaction and supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The Commission found that after the transaction, the market share of the entity arising from the...