Finance

Energy Advisors: What’s 1+1? Devon-Coterra’s risky arithmetic?
(Oil and Gas 360) – Energy Advisors continuing series on Coterra Energy, Devon Energy, Kimmeridge, and Scott Sheffield asks the ultimate question: Can 1+1 ever equal 3 in the M&A world? Click New Devon, What’s 1+1? to download the report series. Our first report“ The Debate Begins” looked

Exclusive-US bank floats plan to repay US investors via Lukoil asset sale, sources say
(Investing) – LONDON – U.S. investment bank Xtellus Partners has proposed to the U.S. Treasury that proceeds from the sale of Lukoil’s foreign assets be used to repay American investors who lost money when Russia’s war in Ukraine froze their Lukoil stock holdings, sources said.

Aggressive activist investor is gunning for Phillips 66
(Oil Price) – Elliott Investment Management is at it again, this time sinking its teeth into U.S. refiner Phillips 66 with a $2.5 billion stake and a laundry list of demands. The aggressive activist investor—best known for shaking up boardrooms and strong-arming CEOs into “unlocking

Lower oil prices drag ConocoPhillips Q4 profit below estimates
(Oil Price) – ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) booked lower-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter as higher production was unable to offset the decline in oil prices. ConocoPhillips reported on Thursday fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.3 billion, or $1.02 per share. That was nearly halved compared with adjusted earnings

Lower oil prices drag ConocoPhillips Q4 profit below estimates
(Oil Price) – ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) booked lower-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter as higher production was unable to offset the decline in oil prices. ConocoPhillips reported on Thursday fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.3 billion, or $1.02 per share. That was nearly halved compared with adjusted earnings

Texas anti-ESG law declared unconstitutional by US judge
(Investing) – A federal judge declared unconstitutional a 2021 Texas law restricting state investments in companies seeking to rely less on fossil fuels or boycott that industry. In a decision made public on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright said the law violated First Amendment

ConocoPhillips seeks Venezuela compensation before resuming drilling
(World Oil) – ConocoPhillips Chief Executive Officer Ryan Lance’s priority in Venezuela is recouping billions his company is owed almost two decades after its oil projects were nationalized, rather than drilling new wells. Despite roughly $10 billion in favorable judgments from international arbitrators holding Venezuela

Oil prices hover around four-month high, buoyed by weak dollar and outages
(Investing) – NEW YORK- Oil prices rose to their highest since late September on Wednesday after a winter storm disrupted U.S. crude production while a weak U.S. dollar and continued Kazakh outages lent further support. Brent crude futures were up 43 cents, or 0.64%, to $68