Sunday, March 30, 2025
Repsol hires JPMorgan to spin off renewables unit, El Confidencial reports- oil and gas 360

Repsol hires JPMorgan to spin off renewables unit, El Confidencial reports

Reuters MADRID – Spanish oil and gas company Repsol has hired JPMorgan as an investment bank to spin off its renewable unit as early as June, Spanish on-line media El Confidencial reported on Wednesday citing financial sources. The Spanish company is considering listing the unit, which could be worth as much as 4 billion euros ($4.81 billion) on the stock

J.P. Morgan turns positive as Exxon cuts win back Wall Street-oil and gas 360

J.P. Morgan turns positive as Exxon cuts win back Wall Street

Reuters J.P. Morgan was the latest major U.S. investment bank to turn positive on Exxon Mobil on Wednesday, just months after its removal from the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average capped a catastrophic year for America’s major oil producers. The shift to an “overweight” rating by the bank was the first time in seven years that J.P. Morgan had outright

JPMorgan becomes first major bank to say first-quarter GDP will decline because of Covid surge- oil and gas 360

JPMorgan becomes first major bank to say first-quarter GDP will decline because of Covid surge

CNBC JPMorgan economists now see an economic contraction in the first quarter due to the spreading coronavirus and related restrictions being imposed by states and cities. The new forecast is a departure from Wall Street’s widely held view that the first quarter would be positive, with an improving economy throughout 2021. The JPMorgan economists said they expect the economy to

J.P. Morgan settles lawsuit that accused firm of ‘spoofing’ precious metals markets trades- oil and gas 360

J.P. Morgan settles lawsuit that accused firm of ‘spoofing’ precious metals markets trades

CNBC J.P. Morgan Chase has quietly settled a long-running lawsuit that accused the bank of manipulating precious metals markets with “spoofing” trades. And the bank is set to pay $920 million to resolve government investigations for similar alleged conduct in the precious metals and Treasury futures markets, CNBC has learned. A penalty of that size would be a record for spoofing,

Morgan Stanley not given advisory role on Aramco pipeline sale: sources- oil and gas 360

Morgan Stanley not given advisory role on Aramco pipeline sale: sources

Reuters LONDON/DUBAI  – Morgan Stanley (MS.N) has not been given an advisory role on the potential sale of a stake in Saudi Aramco’s pipeline business, a deal worth over $10 billion, two sources told Reuters. The U.S. investment bank, which has previously advised the world’s largest oil company, was originally looking to be part of the advisory group on any

Traders Beware: U.S. taps new tools to find fraud in volatile commodities market- oil and gas 360

Traders Beware: U.S. taps new tools to find fraud in volatile commodities market

Reuters WASHINGTON – When the U.S. Department of Justice charged a handful of JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) traders in 2018 and 2019 with alleged commodities futures manipulation, it wasn’t the first time the government had probed the bank’s metals trading activities. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigated the same business as part of a similar probe of

Coronavirus-earnings season: What to expect as companies begin to report Tuesday- oil and gas 360

Coronavirus-earnings season: What to expect as companies begin to report Tuesday

CNBC JPMorgan Chase kicks off earnings season on Tuesday. The bad news: Short-term guidance will be very ugly.  But there’s some good news:  1) The Securities and Exchange Commission has told corporations that this earnings season is not routine and has encouraged companies to provide forward-looking guidance, and not be concerned that the information may change rapidly. This will make

JP Morgan raises 2020 oil price view on OPEC+ cuts, improved economic outlook- oil and gas 360

JP Morgan raises 2020 oil price view on OPEC+ cuts, improved economic outlook

Reuters JP Morgan on Tuesday raised its oil price outlook and forecast supply-demand balance to tighten next year against the backdrop of the OPEC and its allies increasing output cuts and stronger economic growth in emerging markets. The investment bank revised its Brent price forecast to $64.5 per barrel in 2020 from $59 earlier, although it expects prices to slip

U.S. Shale Producer Devon in Talks to Acquire Peer WPX-oag360

Small U.S. oil and gas companies get cold shoulder from large banks

Reuters The largest banking lenders to the U.S. oil and gas sector are becoming more cautious, marking down their expectations for oil and gas prices that underpin loans in a move expected to put further financial stress on struggling producers, industry and banking sources said. Major banks including JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), Wells Fargo (WFC.N), and Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO)