Exxon Mobil, Chevron See Profits Fall in 1Q Earnings
Chevron and Exxon Mobil are feeling the pinch of weak energy prices, particularly natural gas, and fuels margins that have cooled in the last year.
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Apollo to Buy, Take Private U.S. Silica in $1.85B Deal
Apollo will purchase U.S. Silica Holdings at a time when service companies are responding to rampant E&P consolidation by conducting their own M&A.
Marathon Oil Declares 1Q Dividend
Marathon Oil’s first quarter 2024 dividend is payable on June 10.
No Silver Bullet: Chevron, Shell on Lower-carbon Risks, Collaboration
Helping to scale lower-carbon technologies, while meeting today’s energy needs and bringing profits, comes with risks. Policy and collaboration can help, Chevron and Shell executives say.
Trump Is Scaring Republicans Away From Saving the Planet
Most in the party accept that climate change is real, but many are retrenching from their commitments to action in fear of angering the vindictive former president. Mary Ellen Klas is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former capital bureau chief for the Miami Herald, she has covered politics and government for …
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COP29 Host Azerbaijan Says Its Fossil Fuel Is ‘Gift of the Gods’
President Aliyev commits to boosting investments in gas Country also touts its rollout of green energies this decade Azerbaijan, host of this year’s COP29 climate summit, will continue to invest in increasing gas production in order to feed demand from Europe as its president said that its abundant fossil fuels were a “gift of the …
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Surveying the World’s Path From Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy – Energy Executives and Activists Weigh In
Energy executives warn that it will be a long and costly journey, while activists and analysts say there are significant rewards and little time to waste. The nations of the Gulf know that the world’s shift to cleaner energy could change everything: Their economies today depend on demand for oil and gas, and their efforts …
Exxon Expects FTC to Approve Pioneer Deal by Mid-Year, CFO Says
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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Chevron Posts Q1 Profit Beat With Oil Production Gains
(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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Phillips 66 Misses First-Quarter Profit Estimates on Weaker Margins
(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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