{"id":23641,"date":"2021-02-08T15:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stocexpo.com\/?p=23641"},"modified":"2021-02-08T15:29:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:29:28","slug":"exxon-chevron-discussed-possible-merger-in-2020-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stocexpo.com\/en\/2021\/02\/08\/exxon-chevron-discussed-possible-merger-in-2020-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Exxon, Chevron discussed possible merger in 2020, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23641\" class=\"elementor elementor-23641\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-800f046 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"800f046\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e2120dd\" data-id=\"4e2120dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-79ffcd9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79ffcd9a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e9097b4\" data-id=\"3e9097b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ffdcdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ffdcdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Exxon, Chevron discussed possible merger in 2020, report says<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11e53b22 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"11e53b22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7a16641 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>08\/02\/2021<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28b354c0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"28b354c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20a3734f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20a3734f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Exxon Mobil and Chevron discussed a possible merger last year as the coronavirus pandemic pummeled the industry and put extreme financial pressure on the two largest U.S. oil giants,\u00a0according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.<\/p><p>Exxon Mobil and Chevron discussed a possible merger last year as the coronavirus pandemic pummeled the industry and put extreme financial pressure on the two largest U.S. oil giants,\u00a0according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.<\/p><p>Talks between Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods and Chevron CEO Mike Wirth were preliminary and are no longer taking place, but if it had occurred, it would have been one of the largest corporate mergers in history, the WSJ said.<\/p><p>Such a deal would have reconstituted John D. Rockefeller\u2019s Standard Oil company, which was split up by U.S. regulators in 1911 into Standard Oil of California (now Chevron) and Standard Oil of New Jersey (now Exxon).<\/p><p>The value of the combined company would have topped $350 billion, the WSJ reported, rivaling only Saudi Aramco, which was valued at $1.7 trillion at the time of its initial public offering in 2019.<\/p><p>Mergers and acquisitions are sweeping the oil and gas industry, which is facing the long-term prospect of low oil prices because of the pandemic and\u00a0 society\u2019s shift from fossil fuels.<\/p><p>Over the past year, Chevron acquired Noble Energy for about $5 billion, ConocoPhillips acquired Concho Resources for nearly $10 billion and Pioneer Natural Resources acquired Parsley Energy for $4.5 billion.<\/p><p>This article first appeared on the Houston Chronicle \u2013 an Energy Voice content partner.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/business\/fuelfix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For more from the Houston Chronicle click here.<\/a><\/p><p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energyvoice.com\/\">Energy Voice<\/a><\/p><div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\"><div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\"><div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i80\" data-component=\"image-block\"><figure class=\"ssrcss-2y05cd-StyledFigure e34k3c20\"><div class=\"ssrcss-kwaqyc-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c22\"><div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\"><div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7360b72d\" data-id=\"7360b72d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5bfd48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5bfd48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/easyfairsassets.com\/sites\/157\/elementor\/thumbs\/353522943-846x564-1-p2kdmrdtso6yo7bu0pttyh0zclhewe1oxftm2rkbd4.jpg\" title=\"Chevron to Take $11 Billion Writedown Amid Weak Gas Prices\" alt=\"A roughneck with Nabors Industries Ltd. uses a power washer to clean the drilling floor of a Nabors rig drilling for Chevron Corp. in the Permian Basin near Midland, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, March 1, 2018. 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