Friday, November 22, 2024

Oil Rises More Than 2% on Firm Yuan, Expectations of More OPEC Cuts

From Reuters Oil jumped more than 2% on Thursday on expectations that falling prices could lead to production cuts, coupled with a steadying of the yuan currency after a week of turmoil spurred by an escalation in U.S.-China trade tensions. Brent crude LCOc1 ended the session up $1.15, or 2.1%, at $57.38 a barrel, after hitting a session high of

Oil Dives Nearly 5% to Seven-Month Low on Surprise U.S. Stock Build, Trade War

From Reuters Oil prices tumbled more than 4.5% on Wednesday to a seven-month low, extending recent heavy losses following a surprise build in U.S. crude stockpiles and fears that demand will shrink due to Washington’s escalating trade war with Beijing. Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled down $2.71, or 4.6%, at $56.23 a barrel, the lowest close since early January. Prices

Oil Prices Could Crash by $30 if China Buys Iranian Crude: BofA

From CNBC Crude oil prices could sink by as much as $30 a barrel if China decides to buy Iranian crude oil in retaliation to the latest U.S. tariff measures, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. “While we retain our $60 a barrel Brent forecast for next year, we admit that a Chinese decision to reinitiate Iran crude purchases

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Oil Slumps 7% as Trump Announces Additional Tariffs on Chinese Imports

From Reuters Oil prices plummeted more than 7% on Thursday, with the U.S. benchmark posting its worst day in more than four years, after President Donald Trump said he would impose additional tariffs Chinese imports starting Sept. 1. The drop in Brent crude was the steepest in more than three years, undoing a fragile oil rally built on steady drawdowns

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National Oilwell Varco Posts Nearly $5.4 Billion Loss During Second Quarter

From The Houston Chronicle Houston oilfield service company National Oilwell Varco reported a multibillion loss during the second quarter amid what executives are calling a “generational oilfield downturn.” NOV reported a nearly $5.39 billion loss on $2.13 billion of revenue during the second quarter. The figures translated into a $14.11 loss per share. The second quarter earnings were mixed compared

ConocoPhillips Profit Misses on Lower Crude Prices, Higher Spending

From Reuters ConocoPhillips (COP.N) missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Tuesday as it spent more than expected and took a hit from lower crude prices due to fears of a slowing global economy. The OPEC and Russia have put a lid on production, but that has not translated into higher prices due to surging shale oil output from

Permian Producers May Need to Spend More or Consider Mergers

From The Houston Chronicle As the sweet spots of the booming Permian Basin are drilled, oil companies will need to either spend more money or consider mergers and acquisitions to keep up their crude production volumes, according to the energy research firm Wood Mackenzie. The conundrum is that Wall Street is punishing the stocks of public energy companies that increase

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Wall Street Retreats as Rate Cut Expectations Ease

From Reuters U.S. stocks declined on Friday, as the S&P 500 retreated after closing at a record for three straight sessions, following an unexpectedly strong U.S. payrolls report that caused investors to rethink how dovish a turn the Federal Reserve may take. The U.S. Labor Department data showed nonfarm payrolls rose by 224,000 jobs in June, the most in five

Oil and Gas Funding is Evolving: An Oil & Gas 360® Special Report

Oil and Gas Funding is Evolving: An Oil & Gas 360® Special Report

For now, Wall Street has turned off the shale funding spigot  By Bevo Beaven, Editor, Oil & Gas 360, with Richard Rostad, Analyst Oil and gas funding is evolving. Initial public offerings, secondaries and follow-on equity raises are no longer an easy-to-turn-on cash spigot that sits ready to fill the bank accounts of public exploration and production (E&P) companies with