Occidental’s proposed Anadarko deal would put the company alongside ConocoPhillips in a peer group of two as a super-independent. Occidental Petroleum’s proposed Anadarko Petroleum deal would put the company alongside ConocoPhillips in a peer group of two as a “super-independent”, according to Zoe Sutherland, a corporate analyst at Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac). “If the deal goes through, it would give the company ExxonMobil or Chevron-like Permian scale and set them up to join the million barrels of oil equivalent per day Permian club in the late 2020s, according to our base case,” Sutherland said in a statement sent to Rigzone. “The deal highlights that diversity is still valued by U.S. independents and would mark Occidental’s entry into deepwater Gulf of Mexico and LNG,” Sutherland added. Occidental made a proposal to acquire Anadarko on Wednesday. On April 12, Chevron revealed that it had entered into an agreement to buy Anadarko . […]