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NATION
Tuesday, October
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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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changed dramatically since the first!
of industry deals in 1998, whenoilpj
were declining to their lowest level
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