<p>HOUSTON  — Chevron agreed to buy rival Hess for $53 billion in stock in a deal that reflects top U.S.
 Those two, nearly $64-billion combined transactions put Exxon atop U.S. shale and cemented the firm's nascent carbon storage business.</p><p>The recent deals are a financial flex by U.S.
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