Oil under pressure to start the week, as Saudis drop prices, China exports slump

Crude tracked a selloff in global assets on Monday, with the commodity pressured as Saudi Arabia slashed cut prices for Asian customers and elsewhere, and China reported sharply weaker export data. Pr...

Oil Prices Slip as Saudi Arabia Cuts Prices and China Lockdowns Intensify

Text size Oil prices slip Monday but are still elevated. Pichit Boonhuad/Dreamstime.com Oil prices declined Monday after Saudi Arabia, the biggest exporter, reduced prices for Asia and the northwest o...

U.S. Stocks Poised for Lower Open on Monday

U.S. stocks were set to open lower on Monday, with another week of earnings ahead. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks are set to open lower on Monday. On Sunday night, Dow Jones Indus...

Billionaire George Kaiser’s Bank Drills Deeper Into the Oil Patch

Banks all over the U.S. and around the world have curtailed lending to the U.S. oil-and-gas sector. BOK Financial Corp. BOKF 1.09% has doubled down. The Tulsa, Okla.-based bank holding company for the...

Oil Prices Top $100, Yet Some Big U.S. Frackers Let Their Production Fall

Oil prices are at their highest in years and politicians want companies to pump more. But most large American frackers are standing pat, or even letting production decline, and instead are handing inv...

These Oil and Gas Companies Could Benefit From the Push Toward Sustainable Energy

The European Union’s push to wean itself off Russian gas and oil will hasten the transition to alternative energy. Energy companies such as BP and Shell stand to benefit. Here, Germany’s PCK oil refin...

Chevron Earnings Just Miss Expectations, Despite Surging Oil Prices

Text size A Chevron petroleum storage tank Joe Raedle/Getty Images Chevron posted earnings that were slightly below analyst expectations for the first quarter. Chevron (ticker: CVX), the second-bigges...

Stock Futures, Oil Prices and Chinese Shares Fall

U.S. stock futures fell, oil prices declined and Chinese stocks suffered their worst selloff in more than two years as Beijing sticks to its zero-Covid strategy while faced with increasing cases in ma...

Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Slide, Oil Prices Fall With Earnings Ahead

Stocks were falling on Monday, extending declines from Friday as investor attention remained on Federal Reserve policy and U.S. corporate earnings. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreat...

U.S. Stocks Poised to Open Lower on Monday

U.S. stocks are set to open Monday slightly down. On Sunday night, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were flat, while the S&P 500 futures lost 0.1% and Nasdaq Composite futures lost 0.1%. Crude...

CEO of Top Natural Gas Producer Sees ‘Tremendous’ Moment for U.S. Energy

On Thursday, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry put natural gas companies on the clock, telling them to clean up their acts in the next six to 10 years or be replaced. On Friday, the head of the largest ga...

U.S. natural gas is trading at an ‘insane’ price — Why it hit a 14-year high

Natural-gas futures on Thursday posted a gain for the holiday-shortened week, their fifth weekly climb in a row, with prices for the fuel settling at their highest in close to 14 years. The front-mont...

Opinion: Why the United States is reluctant to become the Saudi Arabia of natural gas

OXFORD, England (Project Syndicate)—With images of Russian aggression and war crimes in Ukraine continuing to dominate the media in Europe and around the world, Germany has pledged to cut its imports ...

12 Oil & Gas Favorites To Power Your Portfolio

Oil rig silhouette over orange sky getty From value specialists to momentum traders, there is a notable shift among newsletter advisors to boost their portfolio exposure to the oil and gas sector. Wit...

Why Schlumberger and Other Oil Services Firms Are Early in Their Comeback Story

Text size Schlumberger well service trucks. A Piper Sandler analyst thinks Schlumberger stock could rise 29%. Dreamstime Companies producing and selling oil have been the most prominent beneficiaries ...

U.S. Stocks Poised to Open Slightly Higher on Monday

It will be an abbreviated trading week, with U.S. markets closed on Friday. ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks are set to open Monday slightly higher. On Sunday night, Dow Jones Indus...

Why U.S. consumers suspect gas price gouging — and how much stations actually profit from a gallon of the fuel

Oil company executives will be on the hot seat Wednesday at a House subcommittee hearing as U.S. consumers across the country allege gasoline price gouging at the pump, where drivers last month paid r...

Oil futures suffer biggest weekly percentage decline in nearly 2 years

Oil futures ended lower Friday, with prices posting their largest one-week percentage loss in nearly two years. Prices declined on the back of the largest-ever release from U.S. crude reserves and new...

How Rising Oil Prices Turned This Texas Scrubland Into an Energy Stock Worth Fighting Over

An unexpected consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was to turn a Gilded Age Texas failure into a modern jackpot. The demand for non-Russian oil and natural gas has ignited the value of 880,000 ...

As Oil Briefly Dips Below $100, Russia and Europe Play a Game of Chicken

U.S. oil prices briefly dipped below $100 barrel Friday, as President Joe Biden’s plan to release one million barrels a day of reserves began to have the desired effect. But it’s premature to start th...

Biden says latest Strategic Petroleum Reserve release could cut gas prices 10 to 35 cents per gallon — but some experts worry about long-term costs

President Joe Biden announced Thursday the daily release of 1 million barrels of oil from the country’s reserves for the next six months as a way to bring down gas prices that have been breaking recor...

Phillips 66 and Other Underperforming Energy Stocks That Might Be Worth a Look

Text size Storage tanks at the Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo, Calif. Refiners have not reaped the same benefits as oil producers in the past year. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Energy stocks have been ...

Oil rises after reported strike on Saudi oil facility, with global prices up nearly 12% for the week

Oil futures finished higher on Friday, giving up earlier declines and boosting global prices by nearly 12% for the week, after reports of an attack on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia renewed concerns ...

Signs Start to Emerge That High Energy Prices Are Sapping Demand

Text size Vehicles heading east out of Los Angeles. Vehicle miles traveled in California are starting to flatten out as gasoline prices remain high. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Oil prices h...

U.S.-Europe Deal on LNG Has a Few Holes. These Stocks Should Still Benefit.

Text size A cargo ship transporting liquefied natural gas. Dreamstime The U.S. and Europe have agreed to a deal in principle that would ensure a steady stream of U.S. liquefied natural gas is sent to ...

Opinion: What would it take for U.S. oil companies to ramp up production? A lot.

Even with oil prices above $100 a barrel and gas prices averaging over $4 a gallon at the pump, frackers show little interest in ramping up output. Companies including Devon Energy DVN, +1.56%, EOG Re...

Is it OK to use the lowest-grade gas? Here’s a guide to the different types of fuel.

Selecting a grade of gasoline simply because it has a higher octane rating might not be the best choice for your car or your budget. While some vehicles can benefit from premium gas, most drivers can ...

Opinion: Ukraine war is a wake-up call to ditch oil and gas forever

That invasion, and the subsequent U.S. ban on oil imports from Russia, are partly responsible, but they aren’t the only reason. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the impact of t...

Pipeline Stock Dividends Are Rising as Oil Prices Surge. Here’s How to Play It.

Sanctions on Russia are upending global energy markets, pushing up crude oil above $100 a barrel and sending U.S. gasoline prices to an average $4.30 a gallon, up nearly 50% in the last year. It has a...

Weekend reads: There’s a recession warning as the Federal Reserve fights inflation

The Federal Reserve this week increased the federal funds rate for the first time since 2018. Long-term market interest rates had risen significantly as investors anticipated that the central bank wou...

How to Make Oil Stock Volatility Work for You

Text size A Diamondback Energy oil rig in Midland, Texas. Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg With oil prices rising and falling dramatically, it can be hard to get a handle on oil stocks. One strategy: ...

Unless OPEC increases output, oil market will fall into deficit after Russian invasion, IEA says

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sanctions on its oil exports threaten a supply shock that will weigh on the global economy and push the oil market into a deficit unless major producers increase outpu...