Key TakeawaysMarathon Oil stock is surging Wednesday following the announcement that ConocoPhillips will acquire it for $22.5 billion including debt.Marathon shareholders will receive 0.255 shares of ConocoPhillips for each share of Marathon they own, with the deal expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024.ConocoPhillips is also raising its dividend starting in the fourth quarter, and plans to boost its buyback program once the acquisition closes. Marathon Oil (MRO) stock jumped at the opening bell We ...

ConocoPhilips (NYSE:COP) has announced an all-stock deal to acquire Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO.Marathon shareholders to get 0.255 of a ConocoPhilips share for each Marathon share. This is a 14.7% premium to Marathon’s May 28 closing price.ConocoPhilips was trading near $117 on May 29. That would make the price of the deal $29.84 for each Marathon share. Marathon Oil stock was trading early on May 29 at $29.07.Last Dance for OilOil companies have been buying each another for the last few years to lower costs and ...

Once again, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil has surpassed the $80 per barrel threshold and is likely to remain robust this year. According to projections by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (“EIA”), WTI oil is expected to average $83.05 per barrel in 2024, a notable increase from last year's $77.58. Contributing to the strength of commodity prices are voluntary production cuts from the OPEC+ group and ongoing geopolitical tensions.  While crude prices remain favorable, the lik ...

ToplineConocoPhillips plans to buy fellow American energy giant Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal worth a total of $22.5 billion, the companies announced Wednesday, marking the latest in a string of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions deals in the energy industry. A ConocoPhillips oil field in Alaska in 2019.The Washington Post via Getty Images Key FactsThe all-stock deal values Marathon Oil at $17.1 billion, knocking off the $5.4 billion in debt included in the total transaction value for the Hous ...

ConocoPhillips announced on Wednesday that it will buy Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal valued at $22.5 billion, including debt.  Marathon Oil shareholders will receive 0.2550 shares of ConocoPhillips for each share of Marathon Oil common stock. Under the agreement, ConocoPhillips will receive additional acreage to its existing U.S. onshore portfolio, adding over 2 billion barrels of resource.Ticker Security Last Change Change % COP CONOCOPHILLIPS 118.96 +1.71 +1.46% "This acquisition of Marathon Oil furt ...

Marathon Oil signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on December 29, 2023. (Photo: ... [+] Michael Nagle)© 2023 Bloomberg Finance LPThe energy sector is taking in the news of yet another potential oil and gas merger and acquisition (M&A) play, as reports suggest ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips may be lining up all-stock bid for Marathon Oil Marathon Oil . But quite like many other traditional energy deals before it, this too appears to be about consolidation and not growth.According to the Financi ...

ConocoPhillips Chairman & CEO Ryan Lance speaks during the CERAWeek oil summit in Houston, Texas, on March 19, 2024.ConocoPhillips on Wednesday agreed to purchase Marathon Oil in an all-stock transaction worth $17.1 billion that would strengthen the company's shale assets."This acquisition of Marathon Oil further deepens our portfolio and fits within our financial framework, adding high-quality, low cost of supply inventory adjacent to our leading U.S. unconventional position," said ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan ...

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Investing in the top energy stocks to buy in today’s market points to a complicated landscape. Oil prices have been incredibly volatile in the past year, peaking above $90 a barrel and dipping to the $60s, weighing down bottom lines of the top oil companies. However, despite the fluctuations in price, the top oil stocks continue to flex their muscles and offer stellar upside at current prices.Meanwhile, the renewable energy sector is staging its own promising sideshow. Achieving net-zero emissions is a tall ...