What does all this mean? First Exxon makes a huge acquisition and now Chevron. Are the big oil companies diversifying and acquiring in anticipation of further regulation that will curtail oil and other fossil fuel production? The U.S. energy company said buying Hess would upgrade and diversify its portfolio, marking Chevron’s entrance into an Exxon-led…

This transaction will merge two of my holdings and remove PXD from my High Yield Portfolio. I’ll have to find a replacement that pays almost an almost 7% dividend yield. The deal, at $253 a share, values Pioneer at an almost 7% premium to its closing value of about $55.4 billion Tuesday. It cements Exxon’s…

Chevron’s CVX 2.23%increase; green up pointing triangle board of directors is waiving the company’s fixed retirement age for Chief Executive Mike Wirth, allowing him to remain CEO for a longer period as it weighs its C-suite strategy. The Wall Street Journal had reported in February that Chevron’s board was considering the move. Some directors have said the company doesn’t have…

Discussions between the two companies about a potential deal have been informal, the people said. But after posting record profits in 2022, Exxon is flush with cash and, according to people familiar with the company’s plans, has been exploring options that could reshape a swath of the U.S. oil and gas industry while pushing Exxon deeper…

After failing for the third time to find commercially viable amounts of crude there last year, the Texas oil giant has shifted geologists and engineers from working on the offshore acreage it began snapping up with partners for $4 billion in 2017 to other countries, including Guyana, Angola and Canada, these people said. Exxon hasn’t…

President Biden moved to block future oil and gas leasing in the Arctic Ocean’s federal waters, part of a sweeping plan to protect 16 million acres of land and water in Alaska. Sunday’s announcement comes as the administration is preparing to approve the massive Willow oil-drilling project in the Alaskan Arctic over the objections of environmentalists and…