(Investing) – The U.S. energy sector has had a strong start to 2025, despite macro uncertainty, and Morgan Stanley has updated its models to reflect this. Despite generally cautious investor sentiment on oil markets, the energy sector has had a strong start to 2025, rising 8% year-to-date, outperforming the S&P 500 index by around 10%, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley, in a
(Oil Price) – U.S. supermajor Chevron has expressed interest in oil and gas exploration in two additional offshore blocks south of the Greek island of Crete, Greece’s Ministry of Energy and Environment said on Wednesday. Earlier this year, Greece said that Chevron had expressed interest in exploring the area southwest of the Peloponnese peninsula and to the west of the island of Crete. Now, Chevron
(BOE Report) – Phillips 66 is expected to nominate two new directors to its board as the proxy fight with activist Elliott Investment Management intensifies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter. The refiner is set to disclose four nominees, including the two new ones, in its proxy materials Wednesday morning and will be
(Oil Price) – Chinese gas and clean energy distribution firm ENN Energy Holdings Limited has been valued at around US$11.6 billion (HK$90.50 billion) under a privatization offer from another ENN affiliate, the companies involved in the proposed transaction said on Wednesday. Under the proposed deal, ENN Natural Gas – one of the affiliate companies of ENN Energy part of the ENN Group of
(World Oil) – bp has received final government ratification for its contract to invest in the redevelopment of several giant oil fields in Kirkuk, in the north of Iraq. The contract between North Oil Company (NOC), North Gas Company (NGC) and bp includes the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the fields, spanning oil, gas, power and water with potential for investment
(Investing) – HOUSTON -Oil prices rose on Wednesday, buoyed by government data showing U.S. crude oil and fuel inventories fell last week and by mounting concerns about tighter global supply following the U.S. threat of tariffs on nations buying Venezuelan crude. Brent crude futures gained 88 cents, or 1.21%, to $73.90 a barrel by 10:42 a.m. ET (1442 GMT), their highest since February
Weekly Crude Oil Storage as of March 21, 2025 U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 3.3 million barrels from the previous week. At 433.6 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are 5% below the five-year average for this time of year, according to the EIA crude oil and petroleum weekly storage data,
