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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s XRG investment unit has retained Brunswick Group to a $60K monthly fee pact for “limited strategic communications support.”
XRG and Carlyle Group are acquiring Santos Limited, one of Australia’s oldest and biggest oil & gas producers, for $18.7B.
Santos owns a 51 percent stake in the Pikka prospect on Alaska’s North Slope. The field holds 400M barrels of oil and could produce up to 80M barrels a day, according to Santos. Spain’s Repsol owns the remaining 49 percent stake in Pikka.
Brunswick will prep XRG executives for upcoming meetings and interactions with US federal, state and local government officials, according to its contract.
It will prepare briefing materials, media monitoring, general research and logistics support, but will not engage in direct lobbying or advocacy at the federal, state or local levels.
Brunswick partner David Luke Palmerlee prepared a PowerPoint deck for XRG and/or ADNOC executives regarding XRG's proposed acquisition of Santos, which was announced June 27.
The firm’s XRG contract went into effect on July 15 and runs through 2025.
Yorktown Solutions has signed on to provide public affairs counsel to the Kyiv City Organization of Employers of the Oil & Gas Industry, which is the largest association representing Ukraine’s energy sector.
Spectrum Group has a $100K per month pact with Istanbul’s DESAN Shipyard to explore business opportunities with the US Navy, merchant marine fleet and American shipbuilding facilities.
Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy has hired Mercury Public Affairs for government relations advice and services, including outreach to government officials and potentially US media outlets.
Mercury has signed Institut Macaya, a Haitian think tank organized by business leaders to end the cycle of crises that have long ravaged the Caribbean country.
Connector Inc. has signed on as primary government affairs counsel to Iraqi politico Hussein AlAnkoshei.
