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Cuts will come mainly in Pioneer’s Irving and Midland offices More than 1,900 Pioneer employees were offered Exxon roles Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to lay off 397 employees from Pioneer Natural Resources Co. after purchasing the Permian Basin operator for $63 billion earlier this year. The cuts representing almost 20% of Pioneer’s pre-merger staff will come in seven …
Exxon Plans to Cut Almost 400 Pioneer Jobs in Texas by 2026 Read More »
(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump has promised to overhaul U.S. energy policy, with an aim of maximizing the country’s already record-high oil and gas production by rolling back regulation and speeding up permitting. Who will he choose to run the key departments and agencies to get this work done? Here are some of the names …
Who Could Run Trump’s Pro-Drilling Energy Policies? Read More »
Chevron earnings fail to cover dividends, buybacks Delayed Hess deal a drag on the company’s share price Guyana volumes crucial for long-term oil output gains (Reuters) – Five years ago, Chevron CEO Michael Wirth won Wall Street acclaim as the No. 2 U.S. oil company briefly achieved a market value larger than Exxon Mobil’s after he …
Chevron CEO Under Pressure to Halt Share Slide as Hess Deal Stalls Read More »
Company expects to beat goal of $3 billion in investor returns Schlumberger is often a bellwether for oil and gas industry SLB headquarters in Houston.Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg SLB, the world’s biggest oilfield services provider, warned that spending growth by oil explorers has waned in the past few months as customers take a cautious approach amid …
SLB Warns Cautious Oil Explorers Have Slowed Growth in Spending Read More »
(Reuters) – U.S. shale producer Diamondback Energy raised its third-quarter production forecast on Tuesday to reflect its $26 billion acquisition of Endeavor Energy. The Texas-based company completed its acquisition of Endeavor Energy last month, making it the third-largest oil and gas producer in the top U.S. shale region, the Permian Basin, putting it just behind industry giants Exxon …
Diamondback Energy Raises Third-Quarter Production Forecast Read More »
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been thrust back into the public spotlight as Vice President Kamala Harris’ change of position on it comes under scrutiny given her campaign for the White House. The groundbreaking technique for oil and gas extraction that vaulted the US to energy independence has for years been a lightning rod for controversy. …
Why Fracking Remains a Political Lightning Rod for Controversy Read More »
Stockpiles have been declining, but a flood of supply will push them back up next year. Despite oil’s recent foray below $70 a barrel, market balances aren’t currently that bad. The problem is, this is as good as things get for quite some time. In its monthly report Thursday, the International Energy Agency said stockpiles contracted in …
COMMENTARY: Oil Market Balances Only Get Worse From Here Read More »
Summary IEA’s 2024 demand growth forecast cut by 7.2% Projection for 2025 remains unchanged Oil prices pare gains after report (Reuters) – The International Energy Agency (IEA) has cut its 2024 oil demand growth forecast by 70,000 barrels per day (bpd), or about 7.2%, to 900,000 bpd, it said in its monthly oil market report …
IEA Cuts 2024 Oil Demand Growth Forecast on China Slowdown Read More »
Uinta assets could be valued at as much as $2 billion in sale Value of oil and gas deals has roughly doubled this year Ovintiv Inc. is considering a possible sale of its operations in the Uinta Basin, which could fetch as much as $2 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. Denver-based Ovintiv is …
Ovintiv Explores Sale of Oil Operations in Uinta Basin Read More »
North Dakota’s oil production fell by 22,500 barrels per day (bpd) in June to an estimated 1.176 million bpd, the state’s Pipeline Authority said on Thursday, marking a second straight monthly decline. Production in the third top oil-producing U.S. state has slipped since climbing to 1.29 million bpd last September, according to figures from its …
North Dakota Oil Production Falls for Second Straight Month in June Read More »
