ConocoPhillips Hits Permian, Eagle Ford Records as Marathon Closing Nears
ConocoPhillips anticipates closing its $17.1 billion acquisition of Marathon Oil before year-end, adding assets in the Eagle Ford, the Bakken and the Permian Basin.
US Oil, Gas Rig Count Unchanged this Week
The oil and gas rig count held at 585 to Nov. 1. Baker Hughes said that puts the total rig count down 33 rigs, or 5% below this time last year.
Dividends Declared the Week of Oct. 28
Here is a compilation of dividends declared this week for select upstream, midstream and downstream companies.
Exxon, Chevron Beat 3Q Estimates, Output Boosts Results
Oil giants Chevron and Exxon Mobil reported mixed results for the third quarter, with both companies surpassing Wall Street expectations despite facing different challenges.
Iran Braces for Trump Victory, Fearing More Israeli Strikes, Western Sanctions
Iran’s leadership and allies are bracing for what they would regard as a dreadful outcome of the imminent U.S. presidential election: A return to power of Donald Trump. Opinion polls suggest the Republican Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris remain locked in a close contest. But Iranian leaders and their regional allies in Lebanon, …
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Pipeline Operator Enbridge’s Q3 Profit More Than Doubles on Steady Oil demand
(Reuters) – Enbridge posted a more than twofold jump in its third-quarter profit on Friday, as the Canadian pipeline operator benefited from steady oil demand. Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed that total U.S. oil consumption rose in July to the highest seasonal level since 2019. Demand for gasoline was also at the highest seasonal levels …
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Key U.S. Wind Power Trends and Metrics to Track
(Reuters) – Wind farms have generated a record share of U.S. electricity production so far in 2024, and are the second largest source of clean power behind nuclear plants in the U.S. generation system. Shortages of parts, jumps in labour costs and drawn-out development timelines have slowed the pace of wind farm construction in the …
Oxy’s Hollub Drills Down on CrownRock Deal, More M&A, Net-zero Oil
Vicki Hollub is leading Occidental Petroleum through the M&A wave while pioneering oil and gas in EOR and DAC towards the goal of net-zero oil.
Oil Climbs 2% on Reports of Iran Preparing Strike on Israel
Summary Iran prepares strike on Israel from Iraq, Axios reports Investors also focused on US election and China’s NPC meeting next week (Reuters) – Oil prices rose more than 2% on Friday after reports that Iran was preparing a retaliatory strike on Israel from Iraq in the coming days, though benchmarks were still set for …
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Oil Was Written Off. Now It’s the Most Productive U.S. Industry
Oil and gas extraction has seen the fastest labor productivity gains of any sector in the past decade. In a dusty swath of sagebrush country near the Texas-New Mexico border, engineers at oil producer Matador Resources Co. encountered a problem. Conventional wisdom called for drilling four wells into the ground and then horizontally to access layers of …
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