Text size Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett has steadily accumulated Occidental stock this year. AFP via Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway now owns just over 20% of Occidental Petroleum after about $400 mill...
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Shale Drillers Warn of Higher Costs as They Report Record Profits
Shale companies are reporting banner profits but are warning that inflation in the oil patch is leading them to increase their spending. Oil prices hovering around $110 a barrel in the second quarter ...
Ethanol Industry Wants to Bury Its Carbon, but Some Farmers Stand in the Way
GOLDFIELD, Iowa—As climate-change concerns grow, ethanol plants like the one in this town of 630 surrounded by 10-foot-tall corn stalks are eager to join new pipeline networks that aim to carry carbon...
Occidental Petroleum Tops Profit Estimates, Pays Down Debt
Text size Occidental stock has doubled this year and is the top performer in the S&P 500, Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg Warren Buffett probably liked Occidental Petroleum ’s second-quarter earn...
Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Slip as Pelosi Goes to Taiwan, BP Stock Surges
Text size House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to arrive in Taiwan Tuesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Stocks were slipping Tuesday amid rising geopolitical tensions, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ...
Big Oil Could Pay Up to $25 Billion in New Taxes Under Dems’ Inflation Bill
Text size An oil pumpjack Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil stocks were poised to open lower Monday as investors reacted to the news that the Democrats’ climate change measure could cost oil companies, b...
America’s New Energy Crisis – WSJ
America is wrestling with the worst energy crisis in nearly five decades, a period of high prices and limited supply. What makes this crisis different than the troubles that roiled the country in the ...
Exxon Mobil Stock Surges After Energy Giant Drills to Record Profit
Text size PHOTOCAP Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Soaring energy prices and increased production helped Exxon Mobil shatter its previous record for quarterly profit as the oil and gas giant posted e...
Senate Climate Bill Is a Boon for Fossil Fuels
WASHINGTON—Senate Democrats are moving forward on the costliest and most ambitious effort ever by the U.S. to address climate change—powered in part by benefits for fossil fuels and the broader energy...
Shell Posts Record Quarterly Profit of $11.5 Billion. Exxon and Chevron Are Next.
Text size Shell also announced plans to buy back a further $6 billion of shares. Getty Images Shell , the United Kingdom–domiciled energy giant, posted record quarterly earnings Thursday a day before ...
Shell Posts Record Quarterly Profit on Soaring Energy Prices
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...
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 ...
Ten Years After The Solar-Powered Movie ‘Inception’, How Is Hollywood Adopting Clean Energy?
TOKYO – JULY 21: (L-R) Director Christopher Nolan, actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Ken Watanabe attend … [+] the ‘Inception’ press conference at the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo on July 21,...
This Stat Shows Why Analysts Are Bullish on Energy Stocks
Text size Analysts are more bullish about energy companies than are investors. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images Energy stocks make up just 4% of the S&P 500 but are expected to...
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...
Fed Finally Is Focusing on the Big Picture in Inflation Fight
Text size A modest decline in gasoline prices has raised some hope that inflation is abating. Gene J. Puskar/AP/Shutterstock “Don’t fight the Fed” has long been the mantra of investors. As the U.S. ce...
Why Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia is unlikely to contribute much to oil’s price decline
President Joe Biden is in the Middle East late this week and the pressure is on for the U.S. to look to Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, for more barrels of oil. Limits to oil productio...
Exxon Skips Its Victory Lap
More than a year after an activist investor-led shake-up, Exxon Mobil has ticked a lot of boxes to endear itself to its shareholders. Now, the company is on a broader charm offensive. Exxon Mobil on F...