July 29 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Friday:
** Private equity firm Thoma Bravo LLC is exploring a sale of Deltek Inc that it hopes will value the U.S. provider of software to government contractors at as much as $3 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Norwegian oil major Statoil ASA STL.OL said it had agreed to buy Petroleo Brasileiro SA's PETR4.SA 66 pct operated interest in the BM-S-8 offshore licence in Brazil's Santos basin for $2.5 billion. Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras said in a statement on Thursday it is in exclusive talks for 60 days with Mexico's Alpek SAB de CV ALPEKA.MX over the potential sale of PetroquimicaSuape and Citepe assets in Brazil's northeast. South Korean defense firm Hanwha Techwin Co Ltd 012450.KS said it will buy Thales SA's TCFP.PA 50 percent stake in their unlisted joint venture Hanwha Thales Co Ltd for 288 billion won ($257 million). Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 8306.T has agreed to buy a fund administration business from Chicago-based investment and advisory firm Guggenheim Partners, extending a drive by Japan's biggest bank to diversify beyond traditional loan operations.
A person with direct knowledge of the matter said it the price tag was around 20 billion yen ($192 million). Goldcorp Inc G.TO has put its Los Filos gold and silver mine in Mexico on the block and is also looking at selling two other non-core mines, chief executive David Garofalo said on Thursday. Anglo American Plc AAL.L , has rebuffed informal approaches by Indian mining and metals tycoon Anil Agarwal, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. ($1 = 104.43 yen) ($1 = 1,122.02 won)