LNG

Chevron Corp. has agreed to acquire Nasdaq-listed PDC Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.3 billion and boosting the US major’s holdings in US strategic basins such as the Permian.

Chevron Corp., the leading LNG production company with operated plants from Australia to Angola, reported 5 percent higher first-quarter earnings, rising to $6.57 billion and noted that planned LNG maintenance was scheduled in the second quarter.