(World Oil) – Occidental Petroleum Corp. is in talks to sell its OxyChem petrochemical unit in a deal worth at least $10 billion, the Financial Times reported Sunday. The divestment would be the U.S. company’s biggest yet and would create one of the world’s largest standalone petrochemical companies, according to the FT, which cited two people familiar with the matter
(World Oil) – Occidental has signed four agreements to divest select Permian basin assets, generating approximately $950 million in proceeds to support continued debt reduction. Between April and July 2025, the company completed multiple transactions totaling about $370 million, selling off non-core and select non-operated upstream assets in the Permian Basin that are not part of its near-term development strategy.
(World Oil) – The Energy Department is canceling some $3.7 billion in government support for clean energy projects it said did not warrant continued backing from the Trump administration. The agency said the move came after it found the projects “failed to advance the energy needs of the American people, were not economically viable and would not generate a positive
(Oil Price) – Carlos Slim, Latin America’s richest man, boosted his stakes in American energy companies in the current year as the world’s leading tycoons continue betting on fossil fuels. Slim invested $602 million in Parsippany, New Jersey-based refiner PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE:PBF), boosting his stake to 25%, and also bought $326 million worth of shares in Houston-based oil producer Talos Energy Inc.(NYSE:TALO). Last
(World Oil) – (Bloomberg) – Occidental Petroleum Corp. warned that U.S. energy independence is at risk of slipping away if shale output plateaus and begins to decline. “It’s going to start to roll over, and when that happens, that’s when the U.S. is at risk for losing our energy independence,” said Chief Executive Officer Vicki Hollub said in a presentation
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Occidental Petroleum Corp. raised its production and capital spending plans for this year after closing its $10.8 billion acquisition of CrownRock LP earlier this month. The deal will increase Occidental’s production 5% to about 1.32 MMboed in 2024, with the extra coming from the Permian basin, the Houston-based company said in a statement Wednesday. Capital spending
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Colombia’s state oil company, Ecopetrol SA, has decided against buying a $3.6 billion stake in Permian Basin assets from Occidental Petroleum Corp. The company told Occidental Wednesday that it had opted not to acquire the 30% stake in the assets it has agreed to buy from CrownRock LP, according to a filing Thursday. The stock of
U.S. News HOUSTON – U.S. oil and gas patch deals continued to run hot in the second quarter, topping $30 billion with big dollar tie-ups pushing values higher, according to data released on Tuesday by energy researcher Enverus. Blockbuster mergers, such as ConocoPhillips’ $22.5 billion offer for Marathon Oil, remain a mainstay even as U.S. lawmakers call on regulators to
Oil and Gas 360 Agreed to sell certain Delaware Basin assets in Texas and New Mexico to Permian Resources for approximately $818 million Additional dispositions in 2024 with total purchase price proceeds of approximately $152 million bring total year-to-date proceeds of closed or announced divestments to $970 million Sales proceeds will go toward reducing debt HOUSTON — July 29, 2024 — Occidental (NYSE:
World Oil (Bloomberg) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether executives at major oil companies including Hess Corp., Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Diamondback Energy Inc. improperly communicated with OPEC officials. FTC investigators are looking for evidence of executives attempting to collude with OPEC officials on oil market dynamics, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Oil giant Occidental Petroleum Corp. clinched a record carbon removal deal with Microsoft Corp. amid the software titan’s push to reduce its expanding emissions. Occidental, which is building a carbon-capture portfolio through its subsidiary 1PointFive, plans to build a fleet of plants that suck carbon dioxide directly from the air. Microsoft on Tuesday agreed to buy
Yahoo Finance Berkshire Hathaway, led by billionaire Warren Buffett, has raised its ownership in Occidental Petroleum to just under 29%, reported Reuters, citing a regulatory filing. The move follows the acquisition of an additional 2.95 million shares, as revealed by a regulatory filing. The filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission indicated that Berkshire Hathaway invested around $176m for the
