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Chevron to buy Hess for $53 billion as the biggest US oil companies get even bigger_我的网站

一 |     Chevron is buying Hess Corp. for $53 billion and it’s not even the biggest acquisition in the energy sector this month as major producers seize the initiative while oil prices surge.Crude prices rose sharply in early 2022 with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and are hovering around $90 per barrel after ticking another 9% higher this year. That has made big drillers cash rich and they are looking for places to invest. The Chevron-Hess deal comes less than two weeks after Exxon Mobil said that it would acquire Pioneer Natural Resources for about $60 billion. Upward pressure on oil prices are being applied from a number of fronts including the war in Ukraine. Oil markets are being stretched by cutbacks in oil production from Saudi Arabia and Russia, and now, a war between Israel and Hamas runs the risk of igniting a broader conflict in the Middle East. While attacks on Israel do not disrupt global oil supply, according to an analysis by the U.S Energy Information Administration, “they raise the potential for oil supply disruptions and higher oil prices.”Chevron said Monday that the acquisition of Hess adds a major oil field in Guyana as well as shale properties in the Bakken Formation in North Dakota. Guyana is a South American country of 791,000 people that is poised to become the world’s fourth-largest offshore oil producer, placing it ahead of Qatar, the United States, Mexico and Norway. It has become a major producer in recent years with oil giants, including Exxon Mobil, China’s CNOOC, and also Hess, squared off in a heated competition for highly lucrative oil fields in northern South America.“This combination is aligned with our objective to safely deliver higher returns and lower carbon,” Chevron Chairman and CEO Mike Wirth said in prepared remarks. “In addition, Hess increases Chevron’s estimated production and free cash flow growth rates over the next five years, and is expected to extend our growth profile into the next decade supporting our plans to increase our peer-leading dividend growth and share repurchases.”=Chevron is paying for Hess with stock. Hess shareholders will receive 1.0250 shares of Chevron for each Hess share. Including debt, Chevron valued the deal at $60 billion. And even with alarms being raised over climate change after a summer of record-smashing temperatures, elevated energy prices have driven more exploration and more drilling, and big payouts for investors. There have been a number of acquisitions focused on U.S. shale fields and another round of consolidation in the energy sector began during the pandemic as big producers sought to cut costs. In the summer of 2020, Chevron announced that it was buying Noble Energy for $5 billion. Chevron made the deal when crude prices were down more than 30% in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. That same year, ConocoPhillips bought shale producer Concho Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $9.7 billion.Last month Britain gave the go-ahead for a major oil and gas project in the North Sea, ignoring warnings from scientists and the United Nations that countries must stop developing new fossil fuel resources if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change.Chevron said the deal will help to increase the amount of cash given back to shareholders. The company anticipates that in January it will be able to recommend boosting its first-quarter dividend by 8% to $1.63. This would still need board approval. The company also expects to increase stock buybacks by $2.5 billion to the top end of its guidance range of $20 billion per year once the transaction closes.The boards of both Chevron and Hess have approved the deal announced Monday after six months of negotiations, and is targeted to close in the first half of next year. It still needs approval by Hess shareholders. John Hess, the company's CEO, is expected to join Chevron’s board. His family owns a large chunk of Hess. Shares of Chevron Corp., based in San, Ramon, California, declined more than 3% Monday. Share of Hess Corp., based in New York City, fell slightly.。     8 月 26 日消息，微信 iOS 版本月初被曝正灰度相机多焦段切换功能。用户在聊天界面打开相机进行拍摄，可以直接在拍照页面选用手机的长焦、微距等。

二 | 据博主 @伤心萨摩耶Ciuciu 分享，微信鸿蒙版 App 的相机界面也在灰度与 iOS 端类似的页面，新增焦段和微距按钮，支持按住滑动选择精确焦段。从曝光的微信新版相机界面截图来看，在拍摄的时候会出现 0.6x、1x 和 2x 不同的拍摄焦段，同时旁边还有一个花朵样式图标的微距按钮，和系统自带的相机非常像。目前，该功能并非向所有微信账号和设备开放，部分用户尚未收到推送属于正常现象，后续将随着灰度范围的逐步扩大而覆盖更多设备与账号。参考此前报道，微信鸿蒙版 App 在今年 2 月以前，一直调用的是系统相机。鸿蒙用户在微信启动相机拍摄会跳转到“安全访问相机”，但之后则改为了微信自己的相机页面。

三 | 对此，微信员工 @客村小蒋 发文进行了回应，并分享了华为客户服务的解答：当前使用的微信相机也是调用华为系统相机能力，此次主要优化微信拍照的交互体验，所以显示界面更简洁，也依然支持华为红枫影像、变焦等功能，且在功耗优化上和性能上有所提升。实际体验效果取决于微信自身策略，如果对相机有更丰富的需求，建议使用手机自带的相机应用。大家在微信号回复“微信”两字，即可获取当前最新官方内部版微信下载。广告声明：文内含有的对外跳转链接（包括不限于超链接、二维码、口令等形式），用于传递更多信息，节省甄选时间，结果仅供参考，包含外链的文章均包含本声明。

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