Tag: $Hess Corp

Hess shareholders on Tuesday approved the proposed $53 billion merger with Chevron that paves the way for the No. 2 U.S. oil company to gain a prize asset and a foothold in rival Exxon Mobil’s massive Guyana discoveries.

Chevron
said on Monday it agreed to buy Hess
for $53 billion in stock, the second proposed mega-merger among the biggest U.S. oil players after Exxon Mobil
bid $60 billion for Pioneer Natural Resources
earlier this month.