Monday, February 9, 2026

Finance

Aggressive activist investor is gunning for Phillips 66- oil and gas 360

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

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Lower oil prices drag ConocoPhillips Q4 profit below estimates- oil and gas 360

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

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Lower oil prices drag ConocoPhillips Q4 profit below estimates- oil and gas 360

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

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Texas anti-ESG law declared unconstitutional by US judge- oil and gas 360

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

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ConocoPhillips seeks Venezuela compensation before resuming drilling- oil and gas 360

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

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