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Category: Exxon Mobil Corp
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Exxon Raises Questions About Chevron’s $53 Billion Deal for Hess
Exxon may try to upend its rival’s megadeal. The prize is a 30 percent stake in the oil-rich fields off the coast of Guyana.
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Two Big Texas Oil Producers Announce $26 Billion Merger
Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources are both major players in the booming Permian Basin.
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Oil Giants Pump Their Way to Bumper Profits
Exxon and Chevron reported robust earnings and large payouts to investors as they continued to expand their fossil-fuel production.
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2024 M&A Outlook After a Rough Year for Deal Makers
Next year’s biggest headwinds for deal making will be “geopolitics, geopolitics and geopolitics,” says Viswas Raghavan, the co-head of global investment banking at JPMorgan Chase.
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Tensions Rise at the COP28 Climate Summit
Dismissive comments by the president of the climate gathering raise questions about the host country’s commitment to addressing rising global temperatures.
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In a Warming World, Clean Energy Stocks Fall While Oil Prospers
The market is focused on making money now and isn’t heeding urgent warnings about climate change, our columnist says.
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Chasing Big Mergers, Oil Executives Dismiss Peak Oil Concerns
Exxon Mobil and Chevron are spending tens of billions of dollars buying oil and gas assets, betting that the International Energy Agency’s predictions of declining oil demand are wrong.