Occidental Petroleum said on Thursday it would sell its petrochemical division to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway for $9.7 billion, as the U.S. oil and gas producer looks to pare debt. ...

Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025.Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced Thursday it reached a deal to buy Occidental Petroleum's petrochemical unit, OxyChem, for $9.7 billion in cash.The deal marks Berkshire's largest since 2022, when it paid $11.6 billion for insurer Alleghany. It also comes at a time in which the conglomerate is sitting on $344 billion in cash, a record for the company.Berkshire is already a major inve ...

Investopedia / Photo Illustration by Alice Morgan / Getty Images Warren Buffett has said he would step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year. KEY TAKEAWAYS Berkshire Hathaway is reportedly close to finalizing a $10 billion deal to buy OxyChem, the petrochemical division of Occidental Petroleum. The deal would be the conglomerate's biggest since its $11.6 billion purchase in 2022 of insurer Alleghany. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A, BRK.B) is reportedly close to a $10 billion deal to bu ...

Welcome back everybody. Bergkshire Hathaway is reportedly speaking with Accidental Petroleum about buying the company's prochemical business for about $10 billion. The Wall Street Journal says that a deal could come together within days.A deal to buy the accidental unit would be Berkshire Hathaway's biggest since 2022 when it paid more than 11 billion to buy insurer Alagany. Bergkshire Hathway is accidental Petroleum's largest shareholder. There have been a lot of questions about what would happen with this ...

Berkshire Hathaway is negotiating the acquisition of the petrochemicals business of Occidental Petroleum in a deal that could fetch $10 billion for the oil major, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the talks. According to these people, the deal could close in a few days, with WSJ noting that if closed, the deal would be Berkshire Hathaway’s largest acquisition since 2022, when it paid $11.6 billion for insurance company Alleghany. Warren Buffett’s investment company ...

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(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK-A). is nearing a deal to acquire Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s petrochemical business for about $10 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. Most Read from Bloomberg The transaction could be announced in coming days, the person said, asking not to be identified because the talks are confidential. It would be Berkshire’s largest deal since its acquisition of Alleghany Corp. in 2022 for $13.7 billion, according to data compiled by Bl ...

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Berkshire Hathaway is in talks to buy Occidental Petroleum's petrochemical unit for about $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing people familiar with the matter. ...

Warren Buffett's sprawling conglomerate could unveil its largest deal in years in the coming days. ...