CNBC | Exxon Mobil doubles its oil and gas holdings in the Permian basin for $5.6 billion CNBC The deal is the largest oil and gas acquisition in the United States since crude prices crashed in November 2014, according to Houston-based oil and gas research firm PLS. It tops the previous record-setting $4.4 billion purchase of Memorial Resources ... Rex Tillerson's Last Deal? Exxon Mobil To Pay $6B To Bass Family For Permian Oil US oil and gas industry has turned the corner: Kemp Exxon plays catch-up after missing US shale oil boom |