List of 19 Acquired Oil/Gas Exploration Companies in California

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) Acquired Andeavor 2012-08-13 $2.5B La Palma, California, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	2	1	1
Unocal Corp. Acquired Chevron 2005-08-10 $17.9B El Segundo, California, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	8,204	1	1	-
Southern Counties Oil Co. - SC Fuels Lubricant and Fleet Fueling Business Acquired West Direct Oil 2018-12-11 California, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Tellurian Biodiesel, Inc. Acquired Renewable Energy Group 2010-07-01 San Francisco, California, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. Acquired Marubeni 2018-09-19 Pleasanton, California, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Chevron Corp. - Central Basin Platform Acquired Sabinal Energy 2017-09-12 San Ramon, California, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Golden Gate Petroleum Co. - On-Site Mobile Refueling Business Acquired Diesel Direct 2018-12-07 Martinez, California, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Crimson Midstream LLC Acquired CorEnergy 2021-02-04 $350M Signal Hill, California, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Merlin Petroleum Co. Acquired JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. Marubeni 2010-07-20 Burlingame, California, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Reabold California Acquired Daybreak Oil and Gas 2021-10-21 Reabold, California, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
SAPET Development Corp. Acquired China Petroleum Technology & Development Corp. 2001-09-27 City of Industry, California, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Matrix Oil Corp. Acquired Royale Energy 2016-07-25 $41.5M Santa Barbara, California, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Occidental Petroleum Corp. - Centurion Pipeline Acquired Lotus Midstream 2018-08-08 Los Angeles, California, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Royal Dutch Shell plc - Martinez Refinery Acquired PBF Energy, Inc. 2019-06-11 $1B California, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
Mesa Energy Systems, Inc. Acquired EMCOR 1998-12-31 Irvine, California, United States website	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-
EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. - Two Renewable Natural Gas Acquired Fortistar Renewables LLC 2019-04-02 San Diego, California, United States	Oil/Gas Exploration	-	-	-	-

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