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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.。    정부 내국세 연동안 폐지 추진                   부산시교육청 전경. 국제신문 DB55년 만에 내국세 연동안을 폐지하는 정부의 지방교육재정교부금 개편안(국제신문 지난 24일 자 4면 보도)을 놓고 전국 교육청이 반발하는 가운데, 전국 국·공립대학교 총장단이 교부금 개편을 촉구하는 성명을 냈다. 교육교부금 개편안에 찬성 입장을 표명한 것으로, 전국 교육청과 국공립 대학의 온도차가 선명해지는 등 사안을 두고 찬반이 격화한다.전국 국·공립대학교 총장협의회는 26일 ‘지방교육재정교부금 개편 촉구’라는 제목의 성명을 발표하고 고등교육 재정 확충을 위해 개편을 조속히 추진하라고 정부에 촉구했다. 총장협의회는 성명을 통해 “우리나라 초중등 교육 투자는 OECD 평균의 166%인데 고등교육 투자는 69%에 불과해 부문 간 재정 불균형이 심각하다”며 “지난 18년간 대학 등록금 동결 등으로 전국 국·공립대 건물의 63%가 30년 이상인 노후 시설이다”고 주장했다.앞서 지난 21일 기획예산처와 교육부는 교육교부금의 내국세 20.79% 연동 방식을 폐지하고 성장률과 학령인구를 반영하는 개편안을 발표했다. 개편안에 따르면 최근 3년간 연평균 명목 경제성장률과 연평균 학령인구 증감률의 35%를 반영해 교육교부금을 산출한다.반면 전국 16개 교육청은 반발하고 나섰다. 김석준 부산시교육감 등 대한민국교육감협의회는 지난 25일 오전 국회에서 긴급 기자회견을 열고 교육교부금 개편안 철회를 촉구했다. 부산시교육청도 26일 보도자료를 통해 “학생 수 감소가 교직원 축소나 교육재정 수요 감소로 직결되는 것은 아니다”며 “특히 부산은 향후 5년간 노후 학교 개축과 시설 여건 개선에 3조1002억 원이 필요할 것으로 전망되는 등 재정수요가 절실하다”고 설명했다.이처럼 교육교부금 개편안을 두고 찬반이 격화한다. 개편이 진행되면 고등교육 재원이 확충되는 반면, 전국 교육청 예산은 줄어들 것으로 전망되기 때문이다. 이러한 점을 의식한 듯 총장협의회는 이번 개편이 특정 부문의 축소가 아니라 전주기 공교육을 함께 살리는 재설계라고 부연했다.김석준 교육감은 “정부는 교부금 개편안을 철회하고 국회와 시·도교육청, 교원 학부모 시민사회 등 다양한 교육 주체와 충분한 논의를 거쳐야 한다”고 강조했다.。

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