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Occidental Petroleum snatched up some of the richest shale oilfields in Texas when it beat out rival Chevron Corp in a bidding war to acquire Anadarko Petroleum. It also quadrupled its debt - to ...
On June 23, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum acquired Kerr-McGee in an all-cash transaction totalling $16.5 billion plus $2.6 billion in debt and all operations moved from their base in Oklahoma, United States. As a result of further acquisitions, most of the former Kerr-McGee is now part of Occidental Petroleum.
Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) is no stranger to making big moves. It agreed to buy CrownRock for $12 billion last year. Meanwhile, it outbid Chevron to buy Anadarko Petroleum for $55 billion in ...
Buffett's cash infusion gave Berkshire 100,000 preferred shares and the right to buy up to 80 million common shares of the company at $62.50. At the time, Occidental shares were trading just shy ...
Occidental Petroleum was founded in Los Angeles, CA in 1920. [5] In 1957, Armand Hammer became the company's president and CEO after acquiring a controlling stake. [6] The 1960s marked a period of expansion as Occidental established operations in Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Trinidad, and the United Kingdom.
In 1986, Panhandle Eastern Corporation distributed its interests in Anadarko to its shareholders via a corporate spin-off, and Anadarko became a public company. [ 4 ] In 1999, the company purchased a 7.5-acre (30,000 m 2 ) tract in The Woodlands, Texas from the Woodlands Land Company to build an 800,000-square-foot (74,000 m 2 ), 32-story ...
The deal was pivotal in the company winning its pursuit of Anadarko against Chevron's rival offer. Buffett's cash infusion gave Berkshire 100,000 preferred shares and the right to buy up to 80 ...
Anadarko is an unincorporated community in Rusk County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas , the community had a population of 30 in 2000. [ 2 ]