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Chevron To Expand In Permian Basin, Acquiring Anadarko Petroleum For $33 Billion

Anadarko, an oil and gas production and exploration company, has assets in Mozambique, the Gulf of Mexico and, significantly, in Texas — where multinationals are doubling down on the Permian boom.
A Chevron customer looks on as he pumps gas into his car in 2009 in Greenbrae, Calif. Chevron is acquiring Anadarko Petroleum for $33 billion in cash and stock.

Multinational oil giant Chevron will buy the American oil and gas production and exploration company Anadarko Petroleum in a $33 billion that strengthens Chevron's position in the booming Permian Basin.

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