Thursday, August 27, 2026

Ultra Petroleum Appoints CFO, General Counsel – Reports Q3 Profits

Pad drilling program for Pinedale vertical wells is lowering costs Ultra Petroleum Corp. (ticker: UPL) has appointed two officers. David Honeyfield has been named CFO, and Andrew Kidd was named general counsel. David Honeyfield has more than 25 years of experience in the energy and natural resources fields with a strong background in accounting and the corporate management of public oil and gas companies,

Oil & Gas 360 - Venezuela elections

Chevron Stayed in Venezuela Long After Rivals Quit. It’s Having Second Thoughts

From The Wall Street Journal For nearly a century, Chevron Corp. has weathered dictatorships, coups and nationalization drives to keep pumping oil in Venezuela. Now, executives at the last U.S. oil major in the country are debating whether it may be time to get out, according to people familiar with their deliberations. Chevron’s dilemma is both moral and commercial. It hopes to hang

Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s Anchor, Ponders a Future Without the Cartel

From The Wall Street Journal Saudi Arabia’s top government-funded think tank is studying the possible effects on oil markets of a breakup of OPEC, a remarkable research effort for a country that has dominated the oil cartel for nearly 60 years. The effort coincides with new pressures on the Saudi government, including from the U.S., where President Trump has accused the