Feds clear $15.1 billion oil merger

Saturday, August 31, 2002

WASHINGTON -- The $15.1 billion merger of Phillips Petroleum Co. and Conoco Inc. received federal approval Friday, clearing the way for completion of a deal that would create the third-largest U.S. oil and gas company.

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