Chasing Big Mergers, Oil Executives Dismiss Peak Oil Concerns

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.
Exxon Acquires Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 Billion

Exxon Acquires Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 Billion

The acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources, Exxon’s largest since its merger with Mobil in 1999, increases the company’s presence in the Permian basin in Texas and New Mexico.