Oil prices are rising, and the global economy continues to recover from the worst financial crisis in decades.
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August 1 - News
French oil giant Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) reported second-quarter financial results on Friday.
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July 31 - News
Earnings for Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) were down ever so slightly as the oil and gas producer's net income slipped 0.5% year over year.
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July 30 - News
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) is one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world, and the second-largest U.S.
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July 29 - News
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) will release its quarterly report on Wednesday, and ever since its initial spin-off from ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), favorable trends in the refining industry...
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July 29 - News
As an energy writer, the most common question I get from friends and family concerns the price of gasoline.
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July 29 - News
Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) CEO Harold Hamm has a dream that one day the United States will be energy independent.
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July 29 - News
With the surge in natural gas production in the U.S. and other countries around the world, companies are constantly finding new ways to put the cleaner-burning fuel to work.
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July 25 - News
Over the past year and a half, Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) has been busy selling some of its assets as the Houston-based company aims to improve its balance sheet and ...
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July 25 - News
Energy is a sector that everyone's portfolio should have some exposure to. Energy powers everything in our society, with oil being the dominant resource.
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July 24 - News
Since the beginning of the year, Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) as experienced a significant rise in the market, up 39.6%, handily beating the S&P 500’s return of only 18.6%.
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July 24 - News
Last year, ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) spun out its downstream assets last year as Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) in order to focus more on its exploration and production operations.
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July 23 - Stock Analysis
A few months ago I wrote that I'd decided to finally buy shares of Seadrill Ltd (NYSE:SDRL). Unfortunately, for me at least, I actually didn't buy shares at that time.
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July 22 - News
Three years ago an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico basically put a halt on oil and gas production causing many to wonder if the Gulf would ever come back.
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July 22 - News
Oil prices rose sharply in response to global supply concerns in the Suez Canal in Egypt.
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July 22 - News
The integrated oil majors in the United States are highly profitable companies that reward their shareholders handsomely with profits and dividends that flow year in and year ...
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July 18 - News
Last week was a great week to be a dividend investor. Not only did two of my top stocks declare fresh dividends, but both companies also raised those payouts.
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July 16 - News
That sounds like a lot of money, even for Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM).
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July 15 - News
The world's largest oil companies, such as Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) and TOTAL S.A.
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July 12 - News
As oil prices continue to rise, investors looking to play the move should consider Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX).
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July 11 - News
Having "the Midas touch" conveys a profitable outcome for just about any business scheme.
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July 8 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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July 8 - News
The energy sector has seen a lot of ups and downs over the past decade – the most recent shock came with the American shale gas revolution, which resulted in extreme volatility...
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July 5 - News
By now, you have probably heard about TransCanada Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRP)'s Keystone XL pipeline.
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July 5 - News
Just a few years ago, Poland's government had high hopes for exploiting the country's potentially vast reserves of shale gas.
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July 1 - News
With the euphoria surrounding the shale gas boom in the U.S., it's easy to forget that other countries also have vast reserves of shale gas.
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July 1 - News
The landscape of a swath of southern Texas has seen some radical change lately. Oil derricks are popping up all over the bushy ranch land.
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July 1 - News
Last month, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) signed an agreement with Qatar Petroleum that will make it possible for the two companies to export natural gas from their proposed...
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July 1 - News
Fueled by growing demand from Asia and the recent spate of natural gas discoveries around the world, the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade is gaining more importance by...
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July 1 - News
Eni SpA (ADR) (NYSE:E) was in 6 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March. E has experienced a decrease in support from the world's most elite money managers recently.
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June 27 - News
Outside of managing our utility and gas bills, we don’t pay much attention to energy companies.
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June 27 - News
Over the past few years, Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) has been plagued by a couple of major operational debacles.
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June 27 - News
Today, the Keystone XL Pipeline is the million dollar question.
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June 26 - News
Government bonds, certificates of deposit and money markets were once the mainstays of retirement portfolios.
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June 26 - News
When looking for a good "buy and hold" company to add to your portfolio, you may look for a number of focal points.
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June 26 - News
On Friday, a consortium of companies including Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP), and TransCanada Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRP...
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June 26 - News
On June 16, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX)'s Angola LNG plant, one of the largest liquefied natural gas processing facilities in Africa, shipped its first cargo after major ...
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June 26 - News
Rosneft and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today announced the achievement of several milestones under their 2011 Strategic Cooperation Agreement, including joint venture...
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June 24 - News
BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP)has certainly seen better days and has beaten up quite a bit due to its oil spill fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico.
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June 24 - News
According to estimates by the US Geological Survey, the Arctic may account for roughly one-fifth of global undiscovered oil and gas reserves and may also contain sizable mineral...
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June 24 - News
Global energy companies have expressed great interest in operating in resource-rich Australia.
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June 24 - News
Is Sasol Limited (ADR) (NYSE:SSL) the right investment to pursue these days? The best stock pickers are taking a pessimistic view.
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June 21 - News
Let's head back momentarily to a time precisely five years ago.
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June 21 - News
Currently, a tendency to spin off operations and become focused on a few business areas is perceived to provide more value for all investors involved.
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June 20 - News
We live in a world that has a seemingly unquenchable thirst for energy.
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June 19 - News
After finding one of the biggest natural-gas discoveries in the Rovuma Basin on the east coast of Africa, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) made a wise decision to take...
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June 18 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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June 18 - News
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), the Oklahoma City-based oil and gas producer, recently got a new CEO.
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June 18 - News
For the first time in nearly 20 years, government estimates project that te U.S. will produce more oil than it imports.
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June 18 - News
When done right, a stock buyback can be a beautiful thing.
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June 18 - News