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(Reuters) – Top U.S. oil and gas producer Exxon Mobil has won the approval of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to close its deal for Pioneer Natural Resources on the condition that former Pioneer CEO Scott Sheffield is kept off its board. The U.S. oil and gas industry went on a $250 billion buying spree in 2023 …
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Summary Shell announces further $3.5 bln in buybacks Oil trading boosted by Red Sea diversions and Russia disruption LNG earnings beat expectations LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) – Shell reported first-quarter profit of $7.7 billion on Thursday, sharply beating expectations after disruptions in the Red Sea and Russia lifted oil refining and trading. The company also said …
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U.S. oil and gas production rebounded sharply in February after extensive disruption the previous month caused by freezing wells and other outages stemming from Winter Storm Heather in the middle of January. Nationwide crude and condensates output jumped by 0.6 million barrels per day (b/d) in February reversing a decline of 0.7 million b/d in …
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Norway will add a new oil and natural gas development in the North Sea, extending the life of a nearby field that has been in operation for over three decades. Okea ASA will operate the Bestla project, due to come on-stream in the first half of 2027, with total investments forecast to be about 6.3 billion …
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(Reuters) – Operators drilling for oil in Texas are scrambling to dispose of their excess natural gas amid a supply glut and weak prices, prompting an uptick in flaring requests. The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), which regulates the state’s oil and natural gas industry, last week approved 21 exemption requests from operators, mostly in …
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(Reuters) – Financial details of Shell’s vast oil and gas trading business are some of the company’s closest-held secrets. Documents in a lawsuit filed by a former employee, however, revealed its U.S. crude trading regularly earns around $1 billion every year. Testimony by a former head of Shell’s U.S. crude trading division filed in a Texas …
Shell Earns $1 Billion a Year From U.S. Crude Trading, Court Filing shows Read More »
Hess Corp set May 28 for a special meeting of shareholders to vote on Chevron Corp ‘s $53 billion buyout offer, the company said in a securities filing on Friday. Chevron last October offered to acquire Hess Corp in a move to gain a foothold in oil-rich Guyana’s lucrative offshore fields. The deal has been stalled …
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FTC recently sued to block Tapestry’s high-end handbag deal Lawmakers called for more scrutiny of oil deals in March Exxon Mobil Corp. expects US antitrust regulators to approve its $60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources Co. by the end of June despite increased government scrutiny of corporate mergers. “We continue to expect the deal is going to …
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(Reuters) – Oil giant Chevron Corp beat estimates for first-quarter profit on Friday as higher production volumes in the U.S. helped offset a hit from weak natural gas prices and fuel margins. The second largest U.S. oil producer posted a profit of $5.5 billion in the quarter ended on March 31, down from $6.57 billion, or …
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(Reuters) – Phillips 66 missed quarterly profit estimates due to a decline in refining margins led by underperformance at its Gulf Coast operations, sending the refiner’s shares down 5.5% in premarket trading on Friday. Refiner margins have scaled back from the peaks achieved after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, amid a rise in global refining …
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