Natural gas prices have been steadily rising over the last year, and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) witnessed a 6% improvement in its cash margins in the last quarter as a result.
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June 17 - News
The past two years saw the supermajor oil companies struggle with declining production volumes.
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June 17 - News
That surprising statement is the upshot of a new survey released by polling service Harris Interactive Inc. (NASDAQ:HPOL).
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June 17 - News
While new technologies such as fracking and horizontal drilling are largely responsible for the boom in U.S.
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June 17 - News
It's funny how quickly things change. It seems as if it was just a couple of years ago that we were worried we'd run out of oil.
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June 17 - News
Tax reform can be a powerful incentive for energy companies to increase spending on capital projects.
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June 17 - News
The Niobara Formation is an ancient geological formation that has existed for almost 82 million years.
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June 13 - News
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) hit a new 52-week high two weeks ago. Chevron is a stable stock, with a beta of 1.17.
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June 13 - News
3M Co (NYSE:MMM) was formed on June 13, 1902, when five Minnesota businessmen came together to incorporate the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company in the Lake Superior ...
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June 13 - News
According to the Texas Railroad Commission, crude oil production from the Eagle Ford region averaged more than half a million barrels per day for the first quarter of 2013.
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June 12 - News
As its ticker symbol suggests, Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSEMKT:LNG) is a company focused on the liquification and exportation of natural gas to other countries.
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June 11 - Hedge Funds
One of the large issues this country has faced over the past 20 years or so is the migration of companies away from the U.S. to set up shop.
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June 11 - News
Whether you've been taking profits or simply have a lot of cash in your portfolio, it's always a tough to decide which stock to buy next.
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June 10 - News
"Right now at our nuclear sites, we're continuing to see depressed prices at points of the day, and we're actually seeing negative prices, which drives us to have to pay to generate...
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June 10 - News
There has been a lot in the news about major U.S.
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June 10 - News
In the eyes of most traders, hedge funds are assumed to be underperforming, outdated financial tools of years past.
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June 10 - News
For a few years now, energy companies are trying to find new ways to benefit from the abundance of natural gas in the U.S.
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June 6 - News
Along with its earnings release, Seadrill Ltd (NYSE:SDRL) provided investors with an update on the deep water drilling market.
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June 6 - News
The development of the Bakken oil play in North Dakota has been a game changer for oil production in the U.S.
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June 6 - News
Though Shell recently said it would "pause" its Alaska oil campaign due to various setbacks, other oil majors are getting to ready plow more investment dollars into the potentially...
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June 5 - News
Over the past few years, the large Western oil majors have been plagued by projects running substantially over budget, and taking much longer to complete than initially estimated...
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June 3 - News
The United States is a wealthy nation when compared to the rest of the world.
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June 3 - News
One thing's for certain. Two factors working to keep the price of gas high are your own state and federal representatives.
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June 3 - News
If you'd ask most stock holders, hedge funds are viewed as slow, old financial vehicles of the past.
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June 3 - News
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other major investors such as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway file 13Fs with the SEC, disclosing many of their...
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May 30 - Hedge Funds
For a few years now, energy companies are trying to find new ways to benefit from the abundance of natural gas in the U.S.
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May 28 - News
Back in March, this is exactly what happened... in England. In a single day, natural gas prices spiked by 50% there, all because of a failed water pump.
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May 28 - News
For the past year, crude oil prices have generally traded in a band between about $85 per barrel on the low side and approaching $100 on the high side.
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May 28 - News
Is ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) a buy right now? Investors who are in the know are taking a bearish view.
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May 28 - News
Make no mistake about it: The U.S. shale revolution has fundamentally altered the dynamics of the global oil market. Not only has it boosted U.S.
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May 28 - News
The US is one step closer to becoming an energy export giant. Back in May 2011, Cheniere Energy, Inc.
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May 24 - News
Zach Schreiber's PointState Capital is among the 500-plus mega-funds that we track at Insider Monkey, and with six former Duquesne Capital portfolio managers, this is really the...
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May 23 - Hedge Funds
In his May market commentary Bill Gross of PIMCO compared the risk of investing today to a Sweeney Todd haircut.
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May 21 - News
Wannabe natural gas exporters scored a huge win last week when the Department of Energy (DoE) gave the green light to a second LNG facility for gas exports to countries that are...
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May 21 - News
There are many publicly traded, mega-cap energy stocks for investors to choose from.
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May 21 - News
The Department of Energy on Friday approved a second LNG export terminal for exports to non-free trade agreement counties, the Freeport LNG terminal operated by ConocoPhillips...
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May 21 - News
TheStreet.com recently ran an article outlining five companies that Warren Buffett holds in his portfolio that yield 3% or better.
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May 20 - News
Last week, President Obama said that the U.S. would likely become a net exporter of natural gas by the close of this decade, hinting that his administration will support U.S.
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May 20 - News
This unflinching affinity for high-yielding investments has even pushed valuations among utilities -- a sector that typically trades at a discount to the broader market -- to ...
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May 20 - News
May 15, 1911 brought a seismic shift to the relationship between the United States and its largest corporations. That day, the U.S.
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May 15 - News
Phillips 66 became the downstream company, focusing on refining and marketing, while ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) (who kept its name in the amicable breakup) focuses on exploration...
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May 14 - News
Even as the market hits new highs, there are still plenty of good stocks out there to invest in these days.
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May 13 - News
Next Monday, InterOil Corporation (USA) (NYSE:IOC) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 10 - News
Looking at the stock market today, you'll find major market benchmarks like the Dow and S&P 500 trading at all-time highs.
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May 8 - News
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY)'s boardroom has been a lively place of late.
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May 7 - News
Recently, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) posted a slight increase in first quarter earnings.
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May 6 - News
It's been three years since our nation experienced the tragedy of BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP)'s Macondo well disaster.
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May 6 - News
There have been a number of high-profile spin-offs over the past few years.
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May 6 - News
Oil prices have moved around quite a bit of late, and the price of U.S. benchmark crude oil has even dipped below $90 a barrel.
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May 5 - News