自里根总统采取重视民间企业的政策以来,1981年开始的令人嘱目的美国石油企业的兼并活动,在最近几个月出现了新的更令人吃惊的规模。1981年的科诺科,1982年的马拉松和城市服务,去年的通用石油和纳托马斯公司先后被兼并。1984年兼并之风又袭击了壳牌、格蒂、苏必利尔甚至海湾石油公司。得克萨斯以101亿美元的买价收购了格蒂;加州美孚以132亿美元的买价与海湾石油公司达成了购买协议(成为第一个国际大 Since President Reagan adopted the policy of focusing on private enterprise, the joys and sorrows of U.S. oil companies that began in 1981 have taken on a new, more alarming scale in recent months. Knokke in 1981, marathon in 1982 and urban services, last year’s General Motors and Natoma companies have been merged. The winds of mergers in 1984 hit Shell, Getty, Superior and even Gulf Oil. Texas bought Getty for $ 10.1 billion; California Mobil reached a purchase agreement with Gulf Oil for $ 13.2 billion (becoming the first major international