BREAKINGVIEWS-US oil deals create big fish in vast ocean
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By Robert Cyran
NEW YORK, Oct 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Exxon’s $60 bln deal for Pioneer and Chevron’s $53 bln Hess offer will make the giants even bigger. But they will only have 12% of US petroleum production and 5% of global share. Success depends on higher commodity prices. Big Oil may not control as much as it wants.
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On Oct. 11 Exxon said it had agreed to buy oil driller Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal for $59.5 billion, or $253 a share based on prices when the deal was announced.
Chevron said on Oct. 23 that it had agreed to acquire rival Hess for $53 billion in stock, worth $171 per share on the day the deal was announced.
(Editing by Lauren Silva Laughlin and Sharon Lam)
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