Hess (HES) shareholders approve a $53 billion merger with Chevron despite the ongoing legal dispute over Guyana's Stabroek block assets.
BP and Trinidad's NGC receive a two-year license from the U.S. Treasury Department to develop the Cocuina-Manakin gas fields with Venezuela, marking a strategic shift in energy partnerships.
ConocoPhillips (COP) is set to acquire Marathon Oil in a $22.5 billion all-stock deal, adding more than 2 billion barrels of resources and significant cost synergies.