Berkshire Hathaway Again Boosts Its Stake in Occidental Petroleum

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway continued to add to its large stake in Occidental Petroleum in recent days and now holds a $7.2 billio...

Saudi Arabia Considers Accepting Yuan Instead of Dollars for Chinese Oil Sales

Saudi Arabia is in active talks with Beijing to price some of its oil sales to China in yuan, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would dent the U.S. dollar’s dominance of the global pet...

Oil Prices Tumble Below $100 and Keep Falling. Here’s Why.

Text size U.S. oil prices fell more than 6% early Tuesday, to below $97 a barrel. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil prices extended their slump on Tuesday as West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell be...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Now Holds $6.9 Billion of Occidental Petroleum After Recent Buys

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway continued its aggressive purchases of the shares of Occidental Petroleum this week, lifting its stake...

CPS Energy’s Garza Is Tailor-Made For Challenges Of San Antonio

Engineer with political skill: Rudy Garza, interim president and CEO of San Antonio-based CPS … [+] Energy. CPS Energy Rudy Garza, the interim president and CEO of Greater San Antonio’s CPS Ener...

12 dividend stocks paying at least 3.5% that are well-suited for high inflation

Investors may have turned for a moment from Russia’s aggression in Ukraine to energy and supply shortages in the U.S. that are producing high inflation. With purchasing power crumbling, patient invest...

Frackers Say Bottlenecks Impede Output Boost as Oil Prices Soar

American shale drillers say there are limits to how much and how quickly they can boost shaky oil supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cautioning that supply-chain issues, investors wary o...

12 stocks in clean energy, fossil fuels and uranium expected to keep soaring — up to 79% from here

The tragedy in Ukraine is having an economic effect on people all over the world as energy prices rise and other supply sources are disrupted. For investors, the day-to-day action is unpredictable. Bu...

OPEC: There’s ‘no capacity’ to replace Russia’s 7 million barrels of oil per day

“ “There is no capacity in the world that could replace 7 million barrels per day.”” That was OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo talking to reporters about potential bans on Russian oil imports ...

Occidental Petroleum Stock Spikes. 3 Reasons for the Jump.

Text size Shares of Occidental Petroleum are up nearly 90% over the past 12 months. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Occidental Petroleum stock was rising sharply Monday. There are three reasons for the mov...

Occidental Petroleum Stock Spikes. Here Are the Reasons Why.

Text size Spencer Platt/Getty Images Occidental Petroleum stock was rising sharply Monday. There are three reasons why. First, oil prices were surging Monday on supply fears as the U.S. and its allies...

Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Are Close to Merging: Report

Text size David McNew/Getty Images Oasis Petroleum and Whiting Petroleum could announce an all-stock merger early this week, The Wall Street Journal reported. A combination of the rival North Dakota s...

Oasis, Whiting Near All-Stock Merger

Oasis Petroleum Inc. and Whiting Petroleum Corp. are close to a deal to merge, according to people familiar with the matter. The all-stock tie-up between the rival North Dakota shale drillers could be...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Has $5 Billion Stake in Occidental Petroleum

Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway owns a 9.8% stake in Occidental Petroleum worth $5.1 billion after furious buying activity in s...

‘We need to increase oil & gas output immediately,’ Elon Musk says as Ukraine crisis jolts U.S. crude to 2008 high

Elon Musk voiced an unusual stance for an electric-vehicle executive on Friday. Tesla Inc.’s TSLA, -0.12% chief executive said the U.S. needs to immediately increase production of oil and gas in a twe...

7 Stocks to Play the Rally in Natural Gas

Tankers bringing liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Exports of U.S. LNG to Europe and elsewhere are expected to ramp later in the decade. Hollandse Hoogte/Shut...

Carl Icahn Slashes Stake in Occidental Petroleum

Text size These disclosures are from 13Ds filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 13Ds are filed within 10 days of an entity’s attaining more than 5% in any class of a company’s securities....

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys Big Block of Occidental Petroleum Stock

Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks to the press as he arrives at the 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 4, 2019. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Berkshi...

Energy Abundance Is Possible And Europe Shows Us Why It Is Necessary

Fuel prices at an Exxon Mobil gas station in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. … [+] Democratic efforts to define the party’s energy policies are facing mounting pres...

Exxon To Mount A Major Hydrogen, CCS Project At Its Baytown Complex

BAYTOWN, TX – The ExxonMobil Baytown Refinery Complex. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Getty Images As part of its expanding Low Carbon Solutions business unit, ExxonMobil announced plans on...

The Ukraine Crisis Is A Wake-Up Call For Energy Security

23 February 2022, Netherlands, Rotterdam: The LNG tanker BW Pavilion Aranda is moored at the pier in … [+] the port of Rotterdam. Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa (Photo by Federico Gambarini/pictu...

As BP Exits Russia, Other Oil Companies Face Risks Too

Text size Shell has a big stake in a Russian liquefied natural gas project. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Oil companies haven’t been this financially strong in decades. They also haven’t been as politi...

Fertilizer Shortage To Boost Plant Food Stocks

Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen of the 92nd mechanized brigade use tanks, self-propelled guns … [+] and other armored vehicles to conduct live-fire exercises near the town of Chuguev, in Kh...

The World Needs American Energy

Ari Aziz, director of operations for Cheniere Energy Inc., stands for a photograph at the company’s … [+] liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal under construction in Corpus Christi, ...

Look to the Energy Patch for a Dividend Bonanza. Devon Energy and Pioneer Natural Resources Look Good.

What was already going to be a challenging year for investors was further disrupted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But in a market that has been lacking in certainty, income investors may want to ta...

Ukraine Crisis Dilemma — A Total Blockade Of Russia’s Banks Would Hurt Europe

A column of Russian armoured vehicles drives in the direction of Gori on the Gori-Tbilisi road on … [+] August 19, 2008. Georgia’s Interior Ministry dismissed a pullback of Russian militar...

Oil Is Surging. Why Oil Stocks Are Down.

Text size Oil prices are higher, but concerns about economic growth are weighing on oil stocks. Mario Tama/Getty Images Oil prices soared on Thursday after Russia invaded Ukraine. But oil stocks were ...

Soaring Gas Prices Could Have Been Mitigated If Energy Sector Plugged Huge Methane Leaks, IEA Says

Topline Methane leaks from the energy sector are much higher than what national governments claim, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, adding the industry could slash emissions of the high...

Energy Dominates The Geopolitical Equation In Russia/Ukraine Dispute

BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 07: German Social Democratic party SPD candidate for chancellor Olaf … [+] Scholz looks on during a two-day party meeting on February 07, 2021 in Berlin, Germany...

Moderna, Alibaba, Coinbase, Home Depot, Etsy, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed for Presidents Day on Monday. Fourth-quarter earning season resumes when Wall Street returns, with results from Agilent Technologies , H...

Moderna, Alibaba, Coinbase, Home Depot, Etsy, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed for Presidents Day on Monday. Fourth-quarter earning season resumes when Wall Street returns, with results from Agilent Technologies, Home Depot, and Medtron...