A bidding war between Occidental Petroleum and Chevron tobuy rival Anadarko could be the first sign that a wave of consolidationis going to sweep over oil and gas producers in the Permian Basin.Houston-based Occidental Petroleum made a new $57 billion offerfor Anadarko Wednesday.Occidental said that if Anadarko accepts its bid, "The combinedcompany will be uniquely positioned to leverage Occidental’sdemonstrated operational and technical expertise, producing greateranticipated synergies than Anadarko’s pending transaction."Analysts have portrayed the planned purchase by Chevron asdriven by possible synergies in upstream production in the US, bothonshore and offshore, as California-based Chevron retrenches to hometurf. Any deal has implications around the world, however, including forAnadarko's LNG development plans offshore Mozambique.
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机译：西方石油与雪佛龙之间的竞购战是竞争对手阿纳达科，这可能是整合浪潮席卷二叠纪盆地油气生产商的第一个迹象。 r n位于休斯顿的西方石油西方石油周三对阿纳达科提出了570亿美元的新报价。 r n西方石油表示，如果阿纳达科接受出价，“合并后的公司将具有独特的优势，可以利用西方石油的运营和技术专长， n n预期的协同作用要比阿纳达科的未决交易要好。“ r n分析家将雪佛龙的计划采购描绘为受美国上游生产（在非岸和近海，例如加利福尼亚州）可能产生的协同作用驱动的雪佛龙公司裁员回国。不过，任何交易都将对全球产生影响，包括阿纳达科在莫桑比克海上的液化天然气开发计划。
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