LNG

Chevron Corp. has agreed to acquire US energy company Hess Corp in an all-stock transaction valued at $53 billion and is the second huge American merger and acquisitions deal in October 2023 after ExxonMobil’s agreement to acquire Texas-based Pioneer Natural Resources for $59.5Bln with both takeovers having a focus on US shale oil and gas assets.

Thailand’s state-run exploration and production company PTTEP, which has stakes in Malaysian floating LNG and a Mozambican LNG project, reported almost 40 percent of growth in earnings in the first nine months due to higher natural gas output and prices.