Mike Wirth, who has seen many booms and busts over the more than 40 years he has been with the energy giant, said that “when the world stops using oil and gas, we’ll stop looking for it.”
Category: Hess Corporation
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F.T.C. Clears Chevron’s Purchase of Hess With Board Condition
The Federal Trade Commission said the oil giant can acquire the smaller company as long as the chief executive of Hess does not join its board.
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ConocoPhillips to Buy Marathon Oil as M.&A. Frenzy Continues
ConocoPhillips has agreed to buy Marathon Oil for $22.5 billion, as consolidation in the U.S. energy sector shows little sign of slowing down.
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Chevron’s $53 Billion Oil Deal Is Backed by Hess Shareholders
Hurdles remain as Chevron and Exxon Mobil wage a legal battle over Hess’s stake in a lucrative oil project in Guyana.
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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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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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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.
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Chevron to Acquire Hess for $53 Billion in Latest Major Oil Deal
The acquisition marks further consolidation of the oil industry and highlights the confidence that energy companies have in the future of fossil fuels.