News: BHP Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds: Iberdrola, 3R Petroleum, Apollo)

May 17 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Friday:

		** Spanish utility Iberdrola  IBE.MC  is nearing a deal 
to acquire the remaining 18.4% stake in its U.S. subsidiary 

Avangrid AGR.N that it does not already own for about $2.6 billion, people familiar with the matter said .

		** Brazilian oil company 3R Petroleum  RRRP3.SA  and 
fellow energy firm Enauta  ENAT3.SA  have reached an agreement 

to merge in an all-stock deal, they said .

		** Apollo has withdrawn its offer for all the shares of 
Spanish industrial testing firm Applus  APPS.MC , it said  in a 

filing to the stock market regulator CNMV.

** BHP Group (BHP) would need to boost its latest offer around 30% to reflect fair value for Anglo American AAL.L and its key copper assets, JPMorgan analysts said in a note.

** U.S. fund General Atlantic and Canadian pension fund CPPIB are readying a 3 billion euro ($3.26 billion) offer to buy Spain's largest online real estate company Idealista, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported , citing unidentified market sources.

** ABB ABBN.S has agreed to buy the wiring accessories business of German rival Siemens SIEGn.DE in China, the Swiss engineering group said.

** Hess HES.N shareholders should vote in favor of Chevron's CVX.N $53 billion all-stock offer at the oil company's May 28 special meeting, proxy adviser Glass Lewis said on Thursday.

** Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp AC.PS sold its entire stake in utility firm Manila Water Company (MWC) MWC.PS to top shareholder Trident Water Company for a gross consideration of around 14.5 billion pesos ($251.87 million).

** Brazilian hospital chain Rede D'Or RDOR3.SA said on Thursday it signed a deal to sell its controlling stake in the insurance firm D'Or Consultoria to MDS.

** Oil and gas producer Crescent Energy CRGY.N has agreed to buy rival SilverBow Resources SBOW.N for $2.1 billion, a deal which would create the second-largest operator in the Eagle Ford basin in south Texas.