ConocoPhillips to buy Shell Permian assets for USD 9.5 Billion

ConocoPhillips agreed to acquire Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Permian Basin assets for USD 9.5 billion in cash, accelerating the consolidation of the largest US oil patch.
Photo: Angus Mordant/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Angus Mordant/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
By Kevin Crowley & Simon Casey, Bloomberg

The deal will give ConocoPhillips additional daily production in 2022 of about 200,000 barrels of oil equivalent, it said Monday in a statement. That will make the Houston-based company one of the Permian's biggest producers, rivaling Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and Chevron Corp. in terms of crude output.

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