LONDON—Shell PLC reported a second consecutive record quarterly profit as the oil major benefited from soaring global energy prices and a continued rebound in the global economy. The London-based comp...
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Exxon, Chevron earnings preview: Oil giants under the microscope as profit booms
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. are scheduled to report second-quarter earnings on Friday before the bell as their booming profits and revenue remain under increased scrutiny and rising costs and ...
Oil Doesn’t Have to Boom for These Companies to Thrive
Oil-and-gas companies aren’t anywhere close to drilling as much as they did in 2014, but some oil-field service companies are squeezing out profit as if they were. Schlumberger said on Friday that its...
Berkshire Nears 20% Stake in Occidental Petroleum After New Buys
Text size Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett has been steadily adding to his company’s position in Occidental for months. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Berkshire Hathaway continues to add its stake in Occid...
Natural Gas Stocks Are Beating Oil Names. Here’s Why.
Text size Unlike oil, natural gas has no cartel to stabilize prices, so they are likely to remain volatile. Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Oil prices have traded lower for most of July, with U.S.-traded cru...
Expect gas prices to drop to $4 a gallon soon, Biden energy adviser says
After peaking above a record $5 a gallon in June, U.S. gas prices should continue to fall in the coming weeks, a top White House energy adviser said Sunday, predicting prices around $4 a gallon, on av...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys More Occidental Stock
Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway purchased more Occidental Petroleum stock. AFP via Getty Images Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed the purchase of another large block of...
Buffett Bought More of Occidental. Here’s What Happened With HP, Citi, Coke.
Text size Warren Buffett has losses as well as wins on his record of stock picking. AFP via Getty Images Billionaire investor Warren Buffett disclosed that he has increased his stake in Occidental Pet...
Berkshire Holds Over 18% of Occidental After Fresh Buys
Text size Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett likes Occidental and has been adding to the company’s stake since the holding was disclosed in early March. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshi...
Why crude released from U.S. oil reserves may have ended up being exported overseas
U.S. drivers had high hopes that the historic release of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve would help ease triple-digit prices of crude oil and reduce gasoline prices at the pump, but ...
Opinion: It’s time to buy the selloff in energy stocks, starting with these 4 names
It’s never really a bear market until all the stragglers get taken out and shot. So it was just a matter of time before energy stocks, the big winners for much of the first half of this year, got nail...
Car quality is slipping: These are the brands with the most and least complaints, study finds
New car owners are experiencing more problems in the first 90 days of ownership than ever before. Buick took the top spot in the 2022 J.D. Power Initial Quality Study, but the headline isn’t the winne...
European natural gas prices surge as Norwegian outage adds to supply woes
Natural gas prices in Europe surged on Monday to their most expensive since the early stages of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as proposed strikes in Norway increased fears about inadequate supply. Natu...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys More Occidental Petroleum Stock
Text size Warren Buffett hip Somodevilla/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway continued to buy more shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent days, purchasing a total of about $580 million of stock on Wedne...
Russia Takes Control of International LNG Project
Russia took control of the international consortium behind the giant Sakhalin-2 oil-and-natural-gas project, handing it to a new Russian entity that will effectively give the Kremlin say over which fo...
Opinion: Sell Exxon Mobil and other energy stocks before these headwinds hit prices once again
Energy stocks have been the star investment this year. Now it’s time to sell them and electrify your portfolio before investors once again focus on the industry’s long-term headwinds. There are a hos...
These 20 stocks still have at least 48% upside, analysts say, despite the S&P 500’s 8% gain from its lows
The S&P 500 has climbed 8% since June 16, when it closed at its lowest point this year. While the benchmark index is still down 17% this year, analysts expect it to soar 21% over the next 12 month...