Deals
Conoco to Buy Concho for $9.7 Billion to Create Shale Giant
- Deal is U.S. shale patch’s biggest since this year’s oil crash
- Conoco CEO Lance taking on largest takeover of his tenure
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ConocoPhillips agreed to buy Concho Resources Inc. for about $9.7 billion in stock, the largest shale industry deal since the collapse in energy demand earlier this year and one that will create a heavyweight driller in America’s most prolific oil field.
Investors will get 1.46 Conoco shares for each Concho share, the companies said Monday in a statement. The transaction represents a 15% premium over Concho’s closing price on Oct. 13, the last trading session before Bloomberg News first reported the companies were in talks.