Saturday, July 26, 2025

Permian Producers May Need to Spend More or Consider Mergers

From The Houston Chronicle As the sweet spots of the booming Permian Basin are drilled, oil companies will need to either spend more money or consider mergers and acquisitions to keep up their crude production volumes, according to the energy research firm Wood Mackenzie. The conundrum is that Wall Street is punishing the stocks of public energy companies that increase

ISS Backs Icahn’s Call for More Shareholder Say After Anadarko Deal

From Reuters Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services on Thursday urged Occidental Petroleum Corp shareholders to ask management to let them weigh in on board and governance issues as the company buys rival Anadarko Petroleum Corp.. The request comes one week after the takeover deal’s biggest critic, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, laid out plans to shake up Occidental’s board. ISS

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Job Cuts Expected at NOV Amid Ongoing Oil & Gas Industry Slump

From The Houston Chronicle Job cuts are expected at Houston oilfield service company National Oilwell Varco following the implementation of a company restructuring plan created in response to an ongoing industry slump in the U.S. shale basins. The drilling and oil well completion service company has started trimming its workforce by offering voluntary early retirement to eligible employees, the news

Old Habits Die Hard: Saudi Arabia Struggles to End Oil Addiction

From Reuters When Saudi Aramco was on the verge of a deal last year to buy a stake in an Indian oil refinery, its boss quickly boarded a company jet in Paris and flew to New Delhi. Chief executive Amin Nasser arrived unannounced early on April 11, 2018, finalised the agreement and signed it later that day. Negotiators had just

Total Plans $5 Billion of Asset Sales to Future-Proof Business - Oil & Gas 360

Total Plans $5 Billion of Asset Sales to Future-Proof Business

From Reuters French energy giant Total (TOTF.PA) will sell about $5 billion of assets, mostly from its exploration and production business as it sharpens its focus on low-breakeven projects that can weather weak oil prices, it said on Thursday. The announcement followed a 19% drop in second-quarter adjusted net profit to $2.9 billion, which it attributed to unfavorable market factors