LNG

Occidental Petroleum, the Houston-based company with US oil and gas assets and Warren Buffett as a main shareholder as well as owning oil and natural gas stakes in Algeria, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, has agreed to buy US Permian Basin-focused energy producer CrownRock in a cash and stock deal valued at $12 billion including debt.

Occidental Petroleum Corp. recorded a fall in second-quarter profits as it advanced with its takeover of Anadarko Petroleum whose shareholders are scheduled to vote on the deal on August 8, deciding the final destination of a major stake in Mozambique LNG.