Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Dramatic Increase in Upstream M&A Seen for H2 2018

According to a recent report from Drilling Info, 2Q 2018 activity was low with only $8.7 billion in mergers and acquisitions compared to the quarterly average since 2009 of $17.8 billion. Drilling Info believes this was partially due to investors’ incessant cry for positive cash flow, forcing many companies to become pure-play to achieve this outcome. E&P company’s divestments now

Will EVs Swap Oil for Copper?

EVs could demand enough copper, other metals to dwarf oil market fallout: BHP According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, EVs could displace oil demand of 2 million barrels a day as early as 2023. “That would create a glut of oil equivalent to what triggered the 2014 oil crisis.” The first half of 2016 saw 128 percent growth in the

Hess Puts 2017 Spend at $2.25 Billion

BHP Billiton: Oil is Our Highest Margin Business

Mining giant BHP Billiton looks to capitalize on long-term oil market recovery —its highest margin business—with “value over volume” energy strategy Even as oil prices fight their way back to a $50 per barrel level and mining companies like Freeport McMoRan (ticker: FMX) look to exit oil and gas, miner BHP Billiton (ticker: BHP) says that it plans on oil