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Exxon Arbitration with Chevron over Guyana Assets Could Extend into 2025

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Exxon Mobil’s arbitration with Chevron over Hess Guyana oil assets could extend into 2025 according to CEO Darren Woods.

  • Chevron agreed to buy Hess for $53bn in October but Exxon has asserted that it has a right of first refusal over the Guyana development under an agreement that governs a consortium developing the country’s oil resources.
  • “This is around confirming our rights to this very valuable asset,” Woods said. “My view is it will go into 2025.”
  • Chevron wants arbitration concluded by Q4 and disputes that the right is applicable to a corporate merger.
  • The companies still need to appoint a third arbitrator before entering the discovery phase, Woods said.

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