Chevron kicks off oil industry’s fourth quarter results with a miss
Chevron Corp (CVX.N) on Friday reported a fourth quarter profit that missed Wall Street estimates despite sharply higher oil and gas prices.
Exxon Q4 earnings poised to exceed pre-pandemic level -analysts
Exxon Mobil Corp’s (XOM.N) fourth quarter profit should top Wall Street’s consensus and surpass its pre-pandemic levels, lifted by better-than-expected earnings from oil and gas, analysts said.
Britain’s fossil fuel dilemma in the spotlight as climate talks near
Britain faces a fossil fuel dilemma: it can burnish its green credentials by halting new oil and gas development in the North Sea, yet doing so will leave it more reliant on imported fuel.
Online Assessment Tool Highlighted at GeoConvention 2021
Following several major incidents, the energy industry is keen to use only those operations practitioners who, when responsible for delivering work used in safety-critical aspects of planning and executing wells, can demonstrate their competency. The legal – and environmental – consequences of failing to prove this are serious; yet demonstrating competency can be challenging for these practitioners.
Investor group sets tough climate blueprint for Big Oil
Investors managing more than $10 trillion on Wednesday published an ambitious blueprint for energy companies seeking to tackle climate change, including sharp cuts to greenhouse gas emissions and a winding down of oil and gas production.
Oil edges lower as U.S. pushes OPEC to pump more
Oil slipped on Tuesday as OPEC and allies geared up for a meeting on Wednesday amid calls from the United States to pump more crude, although Brent still traded well above $70 per barrel.
After Ida, US energy pipelines off line, damage being assessed
Oil and gas pipeline operators on Monday checked for damage after Hurricane Ida hit major energy hubs as a Category 4 storm on Sunday and caused widespread power outages.
Most flares from Texas Permian oil drilling lack permits -study
Oil producers such as Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) are burning off gas in the largest oil field in the United States without required Texas state permits, the environmental group Earthworks said in a report on Thursday.
U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil producers consolidation accelerates
Oil and gas producers in U.S. Gulf of Mexico have consolidated at a faster rate during the pandemic, new government data shows, as crashing prices squeezed out smaller drillers who had been seen as the industry’s future.
Exclusive: Exxon launches U.S. shale gas sale to kick-start stalled divestitures
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) has begun marketing U.S. shale gas properties as it ramps up a long-stalled program that aims to raise billions of dollars to shed unwanted assets and reduce debt taken on last year.
