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Australia’s Aurora Oil and Gas Ltd. has made an A$107 (US$111.7 million) unsolicited offer for Eagle Ford Shale-focused Eureka Energy Ltd., which said Monday it is considering the proposal.

Williams said Tuesday it hopes to complete negotiations quickly after Southern Union Co. agreed to consider its unsolicited takeover offer.

With its board recommending that shareholders reject the unsolicited Exelon Corp. offer and proposed expansion of its board, Princeton, NJ-based NRG Energy Inc. has mailed proxy materials to shareholders for its July 21 annual meeting. Exelon, based in Chicago, responded less than a day later with a proxy mailing of its own.

ConocoPhillips on Friday was warning its shareholders to steer clear of an unsolicited “mini-tender offer” by TRC Capital Corp. to purchase up to 1.5 million shares, or approximately 0.09%, of ConocoPhillips’ outstanding common stock.

Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp. urged stockholders last week not to accept an unsolicited “mini-tender offer” from TRC Capital Corp. Spectra Energy, which is a North American pure play natural gas midstream company, said it was informed of the offer to purchase up to 3 million shares of Spectra Energy’s common stock, representing less than one-half of 1% of its outstanding shares. TRC Capital’s offer price of $25.00/share is 2.53% below Spectra Energy’s closing share price of $25.65 on Feb. 20, the day prior to the date of the offer, and 4.07% below last Monday’s closing share price of $26.06.

Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp. urged stockholders late Tuesday not to accept an unsolicited “mini-tender offer” from TRC Capital Corp. Spectra Energy, which is a North American pure play natural gas midstream company, said it was informed of the offer to purchase up to 3 million shares of Spectra Energy’s common stock, representing less than one-half of 1% of its outstanding shares. TRC Capital’s offer price of $25.00/share is 2.53% below Spectra Energy’s closing share price of $25.65 on Feb. 20, the day prior to the date of the offer, and 4.07% below Monday’s closing share price of $26.06.

New Orleans-based Energy Partners Ltd. (EPL) Thursday rejected an $883 million unsolicited bid from Woodside Petroleum Ltd. subsidiary ATS Inc. Energy Partners said the $23/share cash offer was inadequate and opportunistic. The company recommended shareholders not tender their shares and adopted a shareholder rights plan, or poison pill, to thwart Woodside’s advance.

New Orleans-based Energy Partners Ltd. (EPL) Thursday rejected an $883 million unsolicited bid from Woodside Petroleum Ltd. subsidiary ATS Inc. Energy Partners said the $23/share cash offer was inadequate and opportunistic. The company recommended shareholders not tender their shares.

Australian-based producer Woodside Exploration Ltd. formally launched an unsolicited bid for Energy Partners Ltd. (EPL) on Thursday, offering $880 million for the New Orleans-based producer. Woodside offered $23 for each outstanding share of EPL, contingent on EPL not completing its pending $1.4 billion merger with Stone Energy Corp. (see Daily GPI, Aug. 29).