PetroEquity Signal Boardroom Special: Shell Acquiring BP Episode Three — Finding the Mandate
In the final Boardroom Special, Jessica and Oberon ask who might act on their Shell–BP analysis. The search for a mandate leads somewhere unexpected: Houston, and a potential sale or US listing of BP’s American upstream business.
In the final episode of our Boardroom Special, the analysis is complete—but a strong investment banking idea still needs a client.
Jessica and Oberon consider whether to approach Shell, BP, Elliott or their shareholders, before the work leads them somewhere unexpected: Houston. The original Shell–BP proposition evolves into a potential sale or US listing of BP’s American upstream business, illustrating why the best origination work does not always end with the transaction that started it.