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Marathon Oil began as "The Ohio Oil Company" in 1887. [2] In 1889, the company was purchased by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil. It remained a part of Standard Oil until Standard Oil was broken up in 1911. In 1930, The Ohio Oil Company bought the Transcontinental Oil Company, including the "Marathon" brand name.
Big Oil keeps doing big deals. ConocoPhillips said Wednesday it had agreed to buy Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal worth $22.5 billion, including about $5.4 billion of debt.
ConocoPhillips's plans to acquire independent oil and gas producer Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal for $22.5 billion including debt continues a recent string of deals in the energy space.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) made a splash on May 29 when it announced an all-stock acquisition of Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO).The purchase price represents a 14.7% premium to the closing price of ...
On April 30, 2018, Marathon agreed to buy Andeavor, an independent refinery and oil company based in the Western United States, for $23 billion. [23] Marathon will acquire all of Andeavor's outstanding shares. [24] [25] On October 1, 2018, the merger was completed. This merger brings the SuperAmerica convenience stores back to Speedway. [26]
ExxonMobil is mostly composed of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey (Jersey Standard) and the Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony). The two companies partnered on a semi-frequent basis during their infancy before pursuing mergers and acquisitions, with Jersey Standard buying Texas-based Humble Oil and Socony merging with Standard descendant Vacuum Oil to form Socony-Vacuum. [3]
Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) stocks are moving in opposite directions on Wednesday after they disclosed a definitive deal in which ConocoPhillips will acquire ...
May 30—ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil just jumped on the merry-go-round of mergers that the energy industry has seen in recent months with ConocoPhillips having been the last of the major oil ...