If you haven't looked at Conocophillips (NYSE:COP), then you probably won't recognize this energy giant.
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September 11 - News
If collaborating with the disputed Falkland Islands' government wasn't adventurous enough, Noble Energy, Inc.
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September 11 - News
The energy world is fixated on the price of oil, but not all upstream firms benefit from price increases.
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September 11 - News
In 2009, a total fish kill occurred in Dunkard Creek, which runs between West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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September 11 - News
Linn Energy LLC (NASDAQ:LINE)'s transformational deal with the help of affiliate LinnCo LLC (NASDAQ:LNCO) to acquire Berry Petroleum Company (NYSE:BRY) is currently being held...
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September 11 - News
The world of big oil is inherently conservative. After being burned by renewable investments, many companies are hesitant to make substantial investments in new fuels.
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September 11 - News
The price of crude oil has spiked on the back of growing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. As a result oil stocks are bouncing back into favor with investors.
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September 11 - News
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has filed a motion to dismiss lawsuits from the United States and the State of Arkansas.
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September 10 - Commodities, News
Over the past five years, oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has paid its shareholders $44 billion in dividends.
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September 10 - Dividend Stocks, News
It's been a month since the three biggest U.S.-based oil and gas producers told us about their second quarters.
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September 10 - News
While I was in Stavanger, Norway during a recent vacation, Statoil ASA (ADR) (NYSE:STO), the Norwegian-controlled oil company, was making news, selling some of its North Sea interests...
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September 10 - News
It's not very often that we see a company like Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) earnings drop by 57% from the previous year.
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September 10 - News
Recent effervescence in the Middle East continues to push up oil prices.
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September 9 - News
Exploring for new sources of oil and gas is an inherently risky and expensive venture. That's why Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) really deserves to take a bow.
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September 9 - News
Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are climbing nicely this Monday morning, buoyed by positive news from Asian markets, and possibly placated by polls showing...
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September 9 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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September 6 - News
Since 2006, America's oil and natural gas companies have been participating in an energy boom not seen since the early 1900s.
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September 6 - News
Barclays is predicting a global supply crunch for liquefied natural gas in 2014, thanks to resurging demand in Asia.
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September 6 - News
Exxon Mobil Corp.
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September 5 - Commodities, News
Last quarter Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) made $6.9 billion. That's more money than most of us can even fathom.
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September 5 - News
Take a chart of the S&P 500's performance over the first half of this year and compare it to the performance of oil behemoths Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) and Exxon Mobil ...
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September 5 - News
Life isn't always easy for the integrated major oil companies, and this past quarter was evidence of that. With foreign oil prices slipping while U.S.
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September 4 - News
For some reason, the oil market is always spoken of in hyperbolic terms. A pending dispute between two nations can double oil prices within a matter of months.
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September 4 - News
The biggest natural gas driller in Pennsylvania has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the company underpaid gas royalties to leaseholders.
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September 3 - News
The atrocities in Syria are beyond comprehension. The horrors that the people of that country are enduring are terrible. Those that are responsible should be shown no mercy.
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September 3 - News
Recently the 197-year-old Farmers' Almanac predicted that the 2014 Super Bowl could be facing winter conditions that have some already dubbing it "Storm Bowl." This will be the...
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September 3 - News
The word "lobbying" makes the majority of Americans cringe, or roll their eyes, or just sadly shake their heads.
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September 3 - News
Natural gas prices remain low in the United States, and that's meant pain for energy majors that have made domestic natural gas a strategic priority.
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September 2 - Commodities, News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis...
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August 29 - News
When hedge fund TPG-Axon launched its activist campaign at U.S. oil and gas company SandRidge Energy Inc.
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August 29 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 29 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is famous for its resistance to change.
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August 29 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 29 - News
The 'king of oil,' Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has embarked on an aggressive strategy to beef up its unconventional oil assets while divesting itself of low-margin downstream...
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August 29 - News
The hour of reckoning that will bring with it a military confrontation between the U.S.
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August 28 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 28 - News
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) has been shifting its focus from natural gas to oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) over the last few quarters.
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August 28 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 28 - News
Among the major integrated oil and gas companies, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)'s return on capital employed is industry-leading.
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August 28 - Commodities, News
The Utica Shale is an emerging play located primarily in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
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August 27 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 27 - News
Aug. 27 is one of the most important days in the history of the energy industry for two reasons: coal and oil.
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August 27 - News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 27 - Commodities, News
Five years ago this month, we had just bounced off an all-time high crude price near $150 per barrel, and we were concerned about the long-term availability of black gold.
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August 27 - News
A spate of poor financial results on the back of softening crude prices, rising costs and low netbacks has seen investors lose interest in Canada's oil sand industry.
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August 27 - News
Irving-based Exxon Mobil Corp. has agreed to pay $2.4 million in fines, improvements and other payments to settle violations at Baton Rouge, La.-area plants.
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August 26 - Commodities, News
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
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August 26 - News
As fracking continues to develop, with new reserves being discovered on a daily basis, the world has watched natural gas production surge.
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August 26 - Commodities, News
A ratio for this, a metric for that. All told, there are hundreds of ways of multiplying or dividing a couple numbers from a company's financial statements.
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August 26 - Commodities, News
I recently explained that the Dow Jones Industrial Average has nine stocks that are considered dividend aristocrats, defined as having paid an annually increasing dividend to ...
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August 26 - Dividend Stocks, News