Enterprise Products收回购买Williams Cos要约

Enterprise Products Partners said Thursday it withdrew an offer to buy the Williams Cos. after speculation reached Wall Street. Enterprise CEO Jim Teague said the proposed acquisition offer was pulled because of a “lack of engagement” by Williams and because of the increasing rumors about a potential deal. Such rumors began spreading in mid-August, just more than a month after the $33 billion deal for Energy Transfer Partners to buy Williams fell apart from buyer’s remorse. Enterprise is not saying how big its offer was to acquire Williams.The news comes during a larger trend of consolidations within the North American pipeline sector. Canada-based Enbridge agreed this week to buy Houston’s Spectra Energy for $28 billion. Likewise, TransCanada recently purchased Houston-based Columbia Pipeline Group for more than $10 billion.