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Page 10 NATION Tuesday, October THE BATTALION Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc. combine to form fourth-largest oil compai SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Chevron Corp. is buying Texaco Inc. in a $34 bil lion deal that is likely to run into tougher- than-usual antitrust resistance because of high gas prices lately. The deal, announced Monday, would create the world’s fourth-largest oil com pany. Analysts expect ChevronTexaco Corp. to win regulatory approval in six months to a year, but only after it sells several re fineries and hundreds of gas stations, pri marily in the West and the South. Without such divestitures, the com bined company would control 40 percent of the West Coast retail market and one- third of the region’s refinery capacity. “There are going to be some consid erable challenges to getting this deal done,” said oil industry analyst Tyler Dann of Banc of America Securities in Houston. “They need to take a pre-emp tive strike and sell assets to satisfy regu lators as soon as possible or it could turn into a real political football.” The combined company will also cut about 7 percent of its work force — about 4,000 workers — to help it save an esti mated $1.2 billion annually. In size, Chevron, based in San Francis co, and Texaco, based in White Plains, N.Y., will still lag behind Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch/Shell Group® Amoco PLC — industry power! also formed by recent mergers. 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