Chevron struck the deal to acquire Hess in October 2023. Exxon tried to block the move last year, saying it had a right of first refusal to buy Hess’ Guyana assets because of its joint operating agreement with Hess and the China National Offshore Oil Corp., or Cnooc, for the Stabroek Block.

Chevron has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess and access to one of the biggest oil finds of the decade. Chevron said Friday that it completed its acquisition of Hess shortly after the ruling from the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.

Chevron completed its $53 billion acquisition of Hess after all legal hurdles were cleared, including the company's vast oil fields off the coast of Guyana.

Forty-odd years after leaving the employ of the refinery, the St. Lucian-born Edward was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood's plasma cells. According to the lawsuit, Mr. Edward was diagnosed in July 2023, and died at the end of September 2024.

Chevron completed its purchase of Hess after prevailing in a legal dispute with Exxon over one of the most promising oil projects in the world.

Chevron (CVX) gets the green light to move forward with its $53 billion acquisition of Hess (HES), after an arbitration panel rejected ExxonMobil's (XOM) claim in a dispute over assets in Guyana. BP (BP) is offloading its US onshore wind business to LLS Power,

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday reversed a previous order that had barred Hess Corp CEO John Hess from the board of directors at Chevron as a condition of the oil giant's pending $53 billion acquisition of his company.

Chevron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth is extending an olive branch to the Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO who waged a 16-month fight to derail the biggest deal of his career.