Coverage dated October 10, 2023

Exxon Mobil doubles down on fossil fuels with $59.5 billion deal for Pioneer Natural as prices surge

Headline from WTOP Washington DC

Exxon Mobil is buying Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion, its largest buyout since acquiring Mobil two decades ago, and creating a colossal fracking operator in West Texas.

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24 articles, oldest first.

  1. Oil Price

    Exxon To Offer All-Stock Deal Worth $58 Billion To Pioneer Natural Resources (opens Oil Price)

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    Oil Price's feed description

    Exxon is expected to announce an all-stock acquisition offer for Pioneer Natural Resources later today in a deal that could be worth $58 billion.

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    Exxon Mobil doubles down on fossil fuels with $59.5 billion deal for Pioneer Natural as prices surge (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    Exxon Mobil is buying Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion, its largest buyout since acquiring Mobil two decades ago, and creating a colossal fracking operator in West Texas.

  3. Wall Street Journal

    Exxon to Buy Pioneer in $60 Billion Deal to Create Shale Giant (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    The deal is Exxon’s largest since its merger with Mobil in the late 1990s and is the biggest corporate transaction so far this year.

  4. Fortune

    Exxon Mobil is buying fracking giant Pioneer Natural in $59.5bn deal, its biggest in over two decades, as energy prices surge (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    Exxon purchased XTO Energy in 2009 for approximately $36 billion. In the late 1990s, the merger between Exxon and Mobil was valued around $80 billion.

  5. Forbes

    Exxon Mobil Buying Pioneer Natural Resources For Nearly $60 Billion—In Biggest Deal In Decades (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Exxon Mobil is looking to expand its gas production in Texas with a massive $60 billion merger.

  6. Digital Journal

    ExxonMobil to buy Texas shale producer Pioneer for about $60 bn (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    ExxonMobil sealed a megadeal to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources for about $60 billion, bolstering its holdings in the Permian Basin, a key US petroleum

  7. The Boston Globe

    Exxon Mobil buys Pioneer Natural in $59.5 billion deal with energy prices surging (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    It's Exxon's largest buyout since acquiring Mobil two decades ago, creating a colossal fracking operator in West Texas.

  8. FOX Business

    ExxonMobil merges with Pioneer Natural Resources in $59.5 billion deal (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Shareholders of Pioneer Natural Resources will receive 2.3234 shares of ExxonMobil for each Pioneer share they own at closing, Exxon said in a statement.

  9. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Exxon Mobil doubles down on fossil fuels with $59.5 billion deal for Pioneer Natural as prices surge | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    Exxon Mobil doubles down on fossil fuels with $59.5 billion deal for Pioneer Natural as prices surge

  10. Anchorage Daily News

    ExxonMobil doubles down on fossil fuels with $59.5 billion Pioneer deal (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The all-stock deal, which both companies announced Wednesday, is the biggest merger for the oil company since it acquired Mobil in 1999.

  11. Investopedia

    ExxonMobil Buys Pioneer Natural Resources for Nearly $60 Billion (opens Investopedia)

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    Investopedia's feed description

    ExxonMobil agreed to buy shale driller Pioneer in an all-stock deal worth $59.5 billion, allowing the company greater access to the coveted Permian Basin region.

  12. UPI

    ExxonMobil to buy Pioneer Natural Resources in $64.5 billion deal (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    ExxonMobil and Pioneer Natural Resources said Wednesday ExxonMobil will acquire Pioneer in an all-stock $59.5 billion transaction. Including net debt, the total deal will be approximately $64.5 billion.

  13. MyNorthwest

    Exxon Mobil buying buys Pioneer Natural in $59.5 billion deal with energy prices surging (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    Exxon Mobil is buying Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion, its largest buyout since acquiring Mobil two decades ago,

  14. New York Post

    Exxon to acquire shale rival Pioneer in nearly $60B deal (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The deal combines the largest U.S. oil company with one of the most successful names to emerge from the shale revolution.

  15. CNN

    ExxonMobil agrees to buy shale rival Pioneer in $60 billion deal (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    ExxonMobil has agreed to buy Pioneer Natural Resources, a major shale oil producer in the deal that will more than double Exxon’s footprint in the Permian Basin in the Southwest United States.

  16. New York Times

    Exxon Mobil Strikes $60 Billion Deal for Shale Giant (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources, Exxon’s largest since its merger with Mobil in 1999, increases the company’s presence in the Permian basin in Texas and New Mexico.

  17. Fox26 Houston

    Exxon Mobil doubles down on fossil fuels with $59.5B deal for Pioneer Natural as prices surge (opens Fox26 Houston)

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    Fox26 Houston's feed description

    Exxon Mobil is buying Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $59.5 billion, its largest buyout since acquiring Mobil two decades ago, creating a colossal fracking operator in West Texas.

  18. Washington Examiner

    Exxon Mobil acquires shale giant Pioneer in massive $60 billion deal (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil has acquired the major shale producer Pioneer Natural Resources in a merger valued at nearly $60 billion, the largest oil and gas deal in 20 years and one that will tie the company’s future to fossil fuels.

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