Norway-headquartered AGR Holdings AS (AGR) has been acquired by the independent European private equity firm Silverfleet Capital. The deal, worth NOK 1,640 million (€195m) is expected to be completed on or around end of August 2014.

AGR Holdings AS is the petroleum services division of Oslo-listed AGR Group. It is the world’s largest independent well management group.

Åge Landro, CEO of AGR, commented: “AGR has enjoyed a strong market position and experienced great growth over the last few years whilst operating across all the main oil and gas hubs. We have grown by 13% annually over the last five years and have established ourselves as a truly global business.

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