Chevron's arbitration victory over Exxon and closing of its $53B acquisition of Hess helps solve one of Chevron's biggest problems - where its growth will come from beyond the next few years

Chevron has prevailed against Exxon Mobil in a dispute over Hess Corporation’s offshore oil assets in the South American nation of Guyana.

Chevron won its hotly contested legal battle against rival Exxon Mobil, allowing it to immediately close its $53 billion acquisition of Hess on July 18 and give the Big Oil major access to arguably the biggest oil discovery of the century offshore of sparsely populated Guyana.