Kodiak Gas Services Acquires CSI Compressco LP for $854M in All-Equity Deal
December 19, 2023
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. agreed to acquire CSI Compressco LP in an all-equity transaction valued at approximately $854 million (including assumed net debt of $619 million), creating the largest contract compression fleet in the industry. The deal expands Kodiak’s service offerings into CSI Compressco’s treating, gas cooling and aftermarket services, is expected to be accretive to cash flow, and targets at least $20 million of annual run-rate synergies.
- Buyers
- Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.
- Targets
- CSI Compressco LP
- Sellers
- CSI Compressco unitholders (including Spartan Energy Partners LP, Merced Capital LP and Orvieto Fund)
- Industry
- Energy
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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