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Exxon Mobil has lost its arbitration challenge to block Chevron's $55 billion Hess acquisition deal, but the top U.S. oil producer managed to delay the tie-up by over a year, costing its rival billions in lost Guyana oil revenue and slowing integration.

The conclusion of the saga removes a stock overhang for Chevron and paves the way for the $53 billion deal to close immediately, which the oil giant said it could happen within a couple of days.

Chevron closed its $53 billion deal to buy Hess more than 20 months after the takeover was announced, after winning its arbitration battle with Exxon Mobil. Chevron CEO Mike Wirth discusses the deal and says the resolution is good for the oil industry.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX, ETR:CHV) said Friday it has closed its $53 billion acquisition of Hess Corp (NYSE:HES), cementing its entry into Guyana's prized oil fields after an international arbitration panel rejected Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM, ETR:XONA) attempt to block the deal. The ruling by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) dismissed Exxon's claim that it held a right of first refusal on Hess's 30% stake in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, clearing the way for Chevron to finalize the long-contested takeover.

In a pivotal moment for the energy sector, Chevron Corporation‘s CVX has won a dispute with Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM over Hess Corp's HESS offshore oil assets in Guyana.

ExxonMobil will now have a new, very familiar partner in its massive project in the deepwaters off the coast of tiny South American nation Guyana after Chevron emerged the winner in a 16-month-long arbitration case on Friday.

Chevron will proceed with its $53 billion acquisition of Hess after it prevailed in a landmark legal battle against larger rival Exxon Mobil to gain access to the largest oil discovery in decades off the coast of Guyana.

It's a big win for Chevron. Buying Hess without the Guyana project would have wiped out the biggest upside from the deal.