Oaktree Capital Management and GFI Energy Ventures are poised to make an investment in Sheehan Pipe Line Construction Co., a Tulsa-based company that has been family-owned since 1903, according to a regulatory filing.
It’s unclear exactly how large the investment would be, but it would come out of the firms’ joint investment vehicle, OCM/GFI Power Opportunities Fund II, a $1 billion fund raised in 2005 to invest in energy and related infrastructure projects. The fund typically invests between $40 million and $100 million in buyouts, recapitalizations, emerging growth deals, growth capital investments and mid-market investments. Sectors of interest include electricity, natural gas and industrials.
The Federal Trade Commission granted the buyout shops early termination of anti-trust review for the deal under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act on June 17. Such a clearance typically means the buyer and seller have reached at least a tentative agreement on a deal and are trying to expedite the anti-trust review period. Officials from Oaktree Capital, GFI Energy and Sheehan Pipe Line Construction did not return efforts to reach them for comment.
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