(Oil Price) – The supermajors are moving into power generation, tempted by forecasts of a looming surge in demand. Yet there is a twist: the temptation is natural gas generation. Wind and solar—typically described as green or clean power—are turning into a fiasco for Big Oil. Chevron and Exxon both recently said they were planning to venture into the exciting—and quite
(Oil Price) – Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) will drill a well off Cyprus in January in pursuit of natural gas, a senior executive told Reuters on Thursday. “We’ve spent the last two years collecting very detailed, three dimensional seismic data … We’ve identified several large prospects, and the next stage is to bring in a drilling rig and to test those,” said John Ardill, Vice-president for
(Oil Price) – Exxon Mobil Corp. will offload some of its conventional oil assets in the Permian Basin, selling to Hilcorp Energy for approximately $1 billion, according to industry insiders who spoke to Reuters on Tuesday. This move aligns with Exxon’s aggressive shift toward higher-margin shale plays following its recent $60 billion acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources. Exxon expects the deal
(Oil & Gas 360) SPRING, Texas – November 1, 2024 – Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced third-quarter 2024 earnings of $8.6 billion, or $1.92 per share assuming dilution. Cash flow from operating activities was $17.6 billion and free cash flow was $11.3 billion. Capital and exploration expenditures were $7.2 billion in the third quarter, bringing year-to-date 2024 expenditures to $20
(Yahoo Finance) – HOUSTON – 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 refused to get into a bidding war with Occidental Petroleum over a rival. He was ahead of the game when the pandemic hit oil and gas
(Oil & Gas 360) – After two years of industry opposition to the $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), touted by its proponents as the single largest effort by the U.S. government to promulgate a federal-level climate change investments and tax credit policy, several of the country’s largest oil companies are finding elements of the law so attractive that they are
(World Oil) – Exxon Mobil Corp has announced plans to sell a portion of its assets in North Dakota’s Bakken shale formation, according to Reuters. Top oil producers are strategically reevaluating their asset portfolios in the wake of several big mergers in U.S. shale patches. “ExxonMobil is exploring market interest for select assets in the Bakken Shale Play, which includes approximately 137
(Oil Price) – Algeria is set to soon announce a new oil and gas licensing round in which major international firms, including ExxonMobil and Chevron, are expected to take part. The OPEC member’s national development hydrocarbon agency, ALNAFT, will announce a new licensing round, looking to attract foreign investment and operators in its oil and gas sector, Algerian Energy Minister Mohamed
(World Oil) – Exxon Mobil Corp. has won the right to pump carbon dioxide beneath Texas state waters in the Gulf of Mexico, in what will be the largest concession of its kind in the U.S. The lease granted by the Texas General Land Office will cover 271,000 acres and allow Exxon to bury emissions in geologic rock formations under
(Oil Price) – Weak refining margins and weaker oil trading results are expected to dent BP’s third-quarter profit, the UK-based supermajor warned on Friday. BP is yet another oil major to flag weakness in their refining business for the past quarter, following warnings from Shell and ExxonMobil. Compared to the second quarter, BP expects its Q3 results to have been dented by weaker
(Oil Price) – Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) was up slightly in Thursday’s trading session after analysts at BNP Paribas Exane downgraded its shares to Underperform from Neutral with a $105 price target, good for 14% downside from the current price. The downgrade marks the first Sell equivalent rating XOM has received in more than a year, with analysts predicting a further decline in crude
(BOE Report)– The North Dakota Pipeline Authority said on Tuesday oil production is estimated to be down nearly 60,000 to 90,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) due to the ongoing wildfires in the U.S. state. It is the third-largest oil producing state in the country, responsible for an output of 1.161 million bpd as of July, according to data from
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