Murphy Oil’s $2.127 billion Divestment of its Malaysian Operations to PTTEP Named Impact Deal of the Year by ITR

August 31, 2020

International Tax Review has named Murphy Oil’s $2.127 billion divestment of its entire Malaysian operations to PTT Exploration and Production Company Limited (PTTEP), the publicly listed subsidiary of Thailand’s national oil company, PTT, as one of its Impact Deals of the Year at the ITR Asia Tax Awards 2020. Gibson Dunn represented Murphy Oil on this deal. The awards were held on August 26, 2020.

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