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...

Why Everyone Is Talking About The Texas Electric Grid

AUSTIN, TX – JUNE 08: Texas State Senator Charles Schwertner speaks during a press conference where … [+] Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bills 2 and 3 at the Capitol on June 8, 2021 in...

Kremlin could seize Russian assets of U.S. companies, warns Moral Rating Agency

The Russian assets of major global corporations could be seized by the Kremlin amid the ongoing fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to new research. With the war now in its sixth mont...

Senators Tangle With Oil Experts In Hearing On Containing Energy Costs

Sen. Angus King, I-ME, during a hearing last year. Getty Images ‘Is your industry really that afraid of Joe Biden?’ Though gasoline prices are down 40 cents a gallon in recent weeks, Americans are sti...

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...

Wells Fargo Says These Eight Energy Stocks Can Weather a Recession

The year 2022 has been kind to oil companies, largely because price surges tied to Russia’s war on Ukraine. The S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry Index has climb...

Russia’s Failure To Reopen Nord Stream Pipeline Would Cripple Germany’s Economy

The critical Nord Stream 1 pipeline is closed for routine maintenance. There is concern that it may … [+] not reopen if Russia decides to escalate the Ukraine conflict. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Get...

A Texas Natural Gas Pipeline Highlights America’s Energy Conundrum

US President Joe Biden, flanked by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, makes a … [+] statement about Russia at the US Chief of Mission residence in Brussels, on March 25, 2022. (...

Manufacturers Brace for Nord Stream Repairs, Fearing Pipeline Won’t Reopen

PARIS—European manufacturers are preparing for possible natural-gas rationing that would force them to shut production amid fears that Russia is about to cut off gas deliveries via its main artery to ...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022

Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Steve Pope/Getty Images Text size Warren Buffett is snapping up stocks, buying an insurer at a bargain price, and exciting investors in Berkshire Hathaway . B...

Devon Energy’s Rick Muncrief: Barron’s Top CEOs 2022

Rick Muncrief, CEO of Devon Energy Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg Text size Richard E. “Rick” Muncrief was a relatively under-the-radar executive at a small oil-and-gas explorer before the Covid pandem...

Recession Risks To Supply, Short Energy Markets Are Overstated

An oil rig south of Taft, California extracts crude. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Getty Images Commodities have taken a pounding in recent days on growing fears of a global recession and demand...

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...

Natural Gas, Nuclear Go Green In The EU

Euro-deputies take part in a vote on the revision of the EU emissions trading system at the European … [+] Union Parliament in Brussels on June 22, 2022. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (Photo by JOH...

Berkshire Hathaway Seems Headed for a 20% Stake in Occidental

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett likes energy companies. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway has rapidly increased its stake in Occidental Petroleum to 17.4...

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...

Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Authority. What’s Happening To Energy Stocks.

Text size The Supreme Court ruled the EPA must get clear congressional approval before making sweeping regulations to deal with climate change. George Frey/Getty Images Coal mining and oil stocks were...

Berkshire Holds 16.4% of Occidental Petroleum After Recent Purchase

Text size Buffett likes American companies, and Occidental gets the vast bulk of its energy production domestically. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway continued to add to its stake i...

Russian Gas Cuts Threaten World’s Largest Chemicals Hub

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany—For years, BASF SE one of the world’s largest chemicals companies, built its business model around cheap and plentiful Russian natural gas, which it uses to generate power and as...

Energy Stocks Oneok and Chesapeake Energy Are Down. Execs Bought Up Shares.

Text size Energy firms Oneok and Chesapeake Energy saw large insider share purchases. Dreamstime.com Two energy firms caught up in a recent price slump saw large insider share purchases. President Joe...

These dividend stocks yield at least 5% and have plenty of room to raise payouts

This year’s stock price declines make for an increasing number of stocks with high dividend yields of at least 5%. Below is a screen that highlights 29 that appear to be able to raise their payouts co...

Berkshire Hathaway Holds 16.3% of Occidental Petroleum After Recent Buys

Text size Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway purchased more than $500 million of Occidental Petroleum stock recently and now holds a ...

Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Scores on Billion-Dollar Natural-Gas Gambit

Football season is months away, but Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones already has notched a big win this year betting on natural gas. Mr. Jones took control of producer Comstock Resources four years ag...

Diamondback Stock Jumps. Its Dividend Increase Is ‘Hard to Ignore.’

Diamondback Energy stock gained after announcing a dividend increase. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size Diamondback Energy surged on Tuesday after the oil explorer said it would increase its base d...

U.S. Natural-Gas Exporter Completes First Deal With German Buyer

Venture Global LNG Inc. has struck the first binding deals by a U.S. natural-gas exporter to supply natural gas to a German company, as the European nation turns to America to help replace supplies fr...

German Coal, French Nukes Throw Europe Deeper Into Energy Crisis

Wind turbines are seen near the coal-fired power station Neurath of German energy giant RWE in … [+] Garzweiler, western Germany, on March 15, 2021. – On March 16, 2021, the group will pre...

Germany Steps Up Measures to Conserve Gas as Russia Slows Supply to Europe

BERLIN—Germany will restart coal-fired power plants and offer incentives for companies to curb natural gas consumption, marking a new step in the economic war between Europe and Russia. Berlin unveile...