SummarySummary Companies Harbour seeks to diversify following UK windfall taxTalos shares rise 4% after Reuters reportLONDON, June 6 (Reuters) - Britain's largest North Sea oil and gas producer, Harbour Energy (HBR.L), is in talks to merge with Gulf of Mexico peer Talos Energy (TALO.N), four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Listing in New York could offer Harbour access to oil and gas-focused investors and banks, the sources said.
Harbour Energy expects to produce up to 200,000 boed in 2022, largely from Britain's North Sea.
Talos holds a stake in the Zama oil development offshore Mexico, where Harbour also holds a 12.4% interest.
Cook said in March that the EPL "disproportionately impacted the UK-focused independent oil and gas companies...
Persons:
Linda Cook, Cook, Ron Bousso, David French, Greg Roumeliotis, David Gregorio, Lisa Shumaker
Organizations:
Reuters, LONDON, Harbour Energy, Talos Energy, ARM, European Union, Brexit, Oil, EnVen Energy, EIG Global, Thomson
Locations:
Gulf, Mexico, New York, Britain, Houston, Gulf of Mexico, —