(Oil Price) – BP is looking to raise the number of its board members and hire two more directors as part of its strategy to boost oil and gas production and shareholder returns, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the plans. Last week, BP said that it is increasing its investment in upstream oil and gas to $10 billion per
(Oil Price) – Elliott Investment Management is at it again, this time sinking its teeth into U.S. refiner Phillips 66 with a $2.5 billion stake and a laundry list of demands. The aggressive activist investor—best known for shaking up boardrooms and strong-arming CEOs into “unlocking value” (i.e., making changes that boost Elliott’s returns)—wants Phillips 66 to spin off its midstream business
Yahoo Finance U.S. oil refiner Phillips 66 is exploring a sale of its 25% stake in the Rockies Express Pipeline that it hopes could be worth more than $1 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) is a 1,700-mile (2730-km)interstate natural gas pipeline, stretching from Wyoming and Colorado in the U.S.
Oil Price Elliott Investment Management is preparing to roll out a new company with an at least $1 billion war chest to invest in metals mining assets around the world, to take advantage of the energy transition and the currently low market valuations of mining companies, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the plans. Elliott, the U.S.
Nasdaq Canada’s Suncor Energy Inc SU.TO said on Friday it has amended an agreement with Elliott Investment Management to give the activist investor more time until March 31 to appoint an additional director to the energy company’s board. Elliott has been pushing for organizational changes and strategic review at Suncor since disclosing a 3.4% stake in the company in April last
Reuters NEW YORK/LONDON – Activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp has invested at least $30 million in Cataleya Energy, a small firm focused on oil exploration in Guyana, the world’s newest oil and gas hot spot, two people familiar with the matter said. The deal reflects rising interest in Guyana, a small South American country of 750,000 whose oil discoveries
Reuters Activist investor Elliott Management is seeking to break up Noble Energy Inc’s $5 billion sale to oil major Chevron Corp, a Bloomberg reporter tweeted here on Wednesday. A notice posted on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission website on Tuesday showed the hedge fund had built a stake in Noble Energy. In response to the tweet, Braden Reddall, manager, external affairs at
Source: Reuters (Reuters) – Marathon Petroleum Corp will release earnings on Thursday at a time when activist investors are pressuring company executives to make major changes, including potentially spinning off its retail gasoline unit that enjoyed strong margins in the most recent quarter. It has been 13 months since Marathon closed its $23 billion purchase of Andeavor Corp that gave
QEP offer represents 44% premium American oil and gas is once again being rocked by an activist investor, as Elliott Management has submitted a bid to acquire QEP Resources (stock ticker: QEP). Elliott is proposing to acquire QEP for $8.75/share in cash, $2.07 billion in total. Elliott is already a major owner of QEP, with 4.94% of the company. This
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