Bid & Ask: The Deals of the Week

Noteworthy expenditures of the week
Photographs by Bloomberg (1); Getty Images (3)

1. Malaysia’s No. 1 oil and gas services company, SapuraKencana Petroleum, is buying oil rig operations from Norwegian deepwater drilling company Seadrill for $2.9 billion.

2. Seeking to reverse a decline in its oil reserves, China Petroleum & Chemical signed a preliminary deal with Total to purchase stakes in Nigerian onshore oil properties for about $2.4 billion, say two people familiar with the deal.