In this week’s episode of the Periodical Podcast, your hosts Kevin and Tavis discuss how E&P mergers and acquisitions tend to strengthen physical positioning and induce an expanded asset portfolio, but often come with extra baggage in the form of outstanding debt. By investigating  Occidental Petroleum’s acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum where the outstanding debt left the oil major struggling to keep their head above water, a prediction can be made regarding Chevron’s new acquisition of Noble Energy on whether or not the merger will be successful.   

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