From Reuters Seven years ago, Diamondback Energy Inc went public with a modest parcel of drillable land in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Like dozens of other Permian startups, the firm then pursued a classic wildcatter’s strategy – borrowing to buy up acreage, acquire competitors and quickly boost output in the booming shale field. Today, Diamondback (FANG.O) is the
From Reuters Anadarko Petroleum Corp (APC.N), in its last earnings report before shareholders vote on its sale to Occidental Petroleum (OXY.N), on Friday reported a quarterly profit that topped analysts’ estimates, as higher production offset lower prices for its oil. It reported a net loss on a $1 billion breakup fee paid to Chevron Corp (CVX.N). Anadarko accepted a $38
From The Houston Chronicle As the sweet spots of the booming Permian Basin are drilled, oil companies will need to either spend more money or consider mergers and acquisitions to keep up their crude production volumes, according to the energy research firm Wood Mackenzie. The conundrum is that Wall Street is punishing the stocks of public energy companies that increase
From Reuters Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services on Thursday urged Occidental Petroleum Corp shareholders to ask management to let them weigh in on board and governance issues as the company buys rival Anadarko Petroleum Corp.. The request comes one week after the takeover deal’s biggest critic, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, laid out plans to shake up Occidental’s board. ISS
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 The staggering size of Aramco: Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company In 1933, the government of Saudi Arabia signed a concession agreement with the Standard Oil Company of California, creating an entity known as the California Arabian Standard Oil Company. Two years later, drilling began, and in 1938, famed geologist Max Steineke
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Former BlackRock director Robert M. Shearer elected to OXY board Occidental Petroleum (stock ticker: OXY), an international E&P with operations in the U.S., the Middle East and Latin America, has elected Robert “Bob” M. Shearer to its board of directors. Shearer, a 64-year-old former managing director at BlackRock, has over 35
Where there’s a plane, there’s a data trail From Bloomberg If you have a meeting with Warren Buffett in Omaha and you want to keep it a secret, consider driving. The airports are being watched. In April, a stock research firm told clients that a Gulfstream V owned by Houston-based Occidental Petroleum Corp. had been spotted at an Omaha airport. The
From Bloomberg Adviser helping find buyer for stakes in pipeline operator, Occidental struck $38 billion agreement for Anadarko in May Occidental Petroleum Corp. is seeking a buyer to take majority control of Western Midstream Partners LP, the pipeline operator that it’s poised to inherit through its takeover of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. Occidental is
EnerCom conference presenter schedule is posted By Bevo Beaven, Editor, Oil & Gas 360 EnerCom said that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) Cedric Burgher will deliver the luncheon keynote address on Monday, August 12, 2019, at EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference® in downtown Denver’s Westin hotel. Burgher joined Occidental in May 2017 bringing more than 25 years of experience in the energy sector. Prior
Occidental Announces Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period
Rather than plunking down tens of billions of dollars on Anadarko, Icahn argued that Occidental should instead have put itself up for sale From CNN Business New York (CNN Business) Billionaire Carl Icahn launched a legal attack on Occidental Petroleum on Thursday, arguing the oil company paid way too much money to acquire Anadarko Petroleum. Icahn, whose firms own about $1.6 billion
