Nasdaq HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil’s surprise challenge to Chevron’s acquisition of Hess through a dispute over a stake in a major Guyana oil field could prove fruitful for the U.S. oil giant, even if it does not end up enlarging its holdings in the South American country. Exxon XOM.N said on Monday it may exercise pre-emptive rights that could block Chevron CVX.N from acquiring
Oil and Gas 360 Key Development: Commenced production from the Payara development at the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, in November; Payara reached its initial production capacity of approximately 220,000 gross barrels of oil per day (bopd) in January 2024 Fourth Quarter Financial and Operational Highlights: Net income was $413 million, or $1.34 per share, compared with $497 million, or $1.61
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Chevron Corp. has begun marketing its Duvernay shale holdings in Alberta as the oil giant divests assets following its agreement to buy Hess Corp. Chevron plans to shed all of its 70% stake in the Western Alberta oil and natural gas play, spokesman Braden Reddall said in an email. Other assets in Canada won’t be affected.
Yahoo Finance Chevron’s deal to buy Hess HES.N will unlock $15 billion worth of tax benefits that had once been relegated to the accounting dustbin, as the combined company takes advantage of Hess’s past losses to cut future payments, according to the company and tax experts. The tax shield is a little-known advantage to Chevron’s mega-takeover of Hess struck last month. The tax benefits are
Oil Price Oil production in the Bakken shale play is set to increase after Chevron’s acquisition of Hess, although volumes are unlikely to hit the records seen before 2020, analysts have told Reuters. Last week, Chevron said it would buy Hess Corporation in an all-stock transaction valued at $53 billion with a total enterprise value, including debt, at $60 billion. The Hess deal
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Guyana’s government is “very supportive” of Chevron Corp.’s deal to buy Hess Corp., which owns a large stake in the country’s oil developments, Chief Executive Officer John Hess said in an interview. “We have spoken to the leadership of Guyana, and they are very supportive of the deal, welcoming Chevron as another large American oil company,” he
Yahoo Finance Exxon Mobil’s $59.5 billion deal to acquire oil and gas producer Pioneer Natural Resources may have been larger than Chevron’s $53 billion agreement to buy Hess, but it is Chevron that is paying a loftier price tag. Pioneer generates twice as much annual cash as Hess, but the all-stock transactions value Pioneer at just 6.35 times its 12-month
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Chevron Corp.’s acquisition of Hess Corp. does more than give it a stake in the world’s fastest-growing oil field off the coast of Guyana and shale assets in the Bakken basin of North Dakota. It also delivers a richly-valued oil independent. While just the size of the all-stock transaction, at $53 billion, is an eye-watering figure,
World Oil (WO) — Chevron Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement with Hess Corporation to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Hess in an all-stock transaction valued at $53 billion, or $171 per share. Under the terms of the agreement, Hess shareholders will receive 1.0250 shares of Chevron for each Hess share. The total enterprise value, including debt,
Oil Price Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) beat Wall Street estimates in its first-quarter earnings report released on Wednesday and added another discovery in offshore Guyana to its production portfolio, though the good news failed to boost share prices in early morning trading. Despite first-quarter oil prices that were some 20% lower than in 2022, Hess reported Q1 earnings of $346 million, or
Oil Price Fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday saw Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) soundly beat Wall Street estimates, with another discovery offshore Guyana playing a significant role in the company’s newly revealed $3.7-billion spending plan for 2023. In its Q4 2022 financial and operational highlights, Hess reported net income of $624 million ($2.03 per common share), up from $265 million net income for
Yahoo Finance Hess Corporation HES has reported third-quarter 2022 earnings per share of $1.89, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. The bottom line improved from the year-ago quarter’s 28 cents per share. Total quarterly revenues increased to $3,157 million from $1,811 million a year ago. The top line also beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2,939 million.
