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ConocoPhillips is buying Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $17.1 billion. As part of the transaction, Marathon Oil shareholders will receive 0.2550 shares of ConocoPhillips ...
ConocoPhillips is buying Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $17.1 billion as energy prices rise and big oil companies reap massive profits. The deal is valued at $22.5 billion when including $5.4 billion in debt. Crude prices have jumped more than 12% this year and the cost for a barrel rose above $80 this week.
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.
After all, Marathon's P/E ratio spiked this week and Conoco's declined in the wake of the deal news. But as of Thursday, Conoco still has a P/E ratio of 13.1 versus Marathon's 11.8.
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 ...
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]
In 1962, WOC began pumping oil to a terminal operated by Conoco, Amerada Hess and Marathon. In 1968, Shell joined the consortium, purchasing shares from Amerada Hess. In 1973, after the Al-Fatah Revolution, company shares were split between these companies (49%) and NOC (51%).
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.