From Reuters Marathon Oil Corp (MRO.N) reported a 50% jump in quarterly adjusted profit on Wednesday, as higher U.S. shale output countered lower realized crude prices and production costs fell. The company, like many other U.S. oil producers, is extracting more crude from its wells in the prolific shale basins against the backdrop of pressure to cut back on spending
From Reuters Weaker second-quarter refining and chemicals profits offset surging U.S. shale production at U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) and Chevron Corp (CVX.N), the two reported on Friday. Exxon’s topped analysts’ reduced estimates for the quarter but net fell 21% from a year earlier, its third quarter in a row of weaker year-over-year profit, despite a near doubling
From Reuters Occidental Petroleum Corp, which is battling activist investor Carl Icahn over its $38 billion purchase of Anadarko Petroleum, reported a 14% fall in core profit on Wednesday, as higher crude prices and volumes were offset by adjustments to derivatives contracts and lower natural gas prices. Core income fell to $729 million, or 97 cents per share, in the
From Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell’s profits soared to a four-year high in the third quarter, boosted by rising oil and gas prices as the company accelerated its giant $25 billion share buyback program. Although the $5.6 billion quarterly profit slightly missed forecasts for a fourth quarter, investors took heart from a nearly 60 percent rise in
Marathon Petroleum Corp. (ticker: MPC) earned $2.02 billion, or $4.09 per diluted share, in Q4 2017. This is significantly more than in Q4 2016, where the company had earnings of $227 million, or $0.43 per diluted share. FY 2017 earnings saw a significant increase as well – $3.43 billion, or $6.70 per diluted share. Compared to FY 2016’s $1.17 billion,
Core Laboratories N.V. (ticker: CLB) is a leading provider of proprietary and patented reservoir description, production enhancement, and reservoir management services used to optimize petroleum reservoir performance. The Company has over 70 offices in more than 50 countries and is located in every major oil-producing province in the world. On January 30, 2013, CLB posted its most profitable quarter in Company
