(Oil Price)– Petrobras will be paying higher dividends for the third quarter compared to the second quarter as production and earnings jumped sequentially, the Brazilian state-owned oil giant said. Petrobras booked a net income of $6 billion for the third quarter, up by 2.7% on the year and a 27.3% jump on the quarter, despite the decline in oil prices. Higher production
(World Oil)– ConocoPhillips raised its total spending plans for the Willow oil and natural gas project in Alaska to as much as $9 billion, citing inflation and other rising costs. The Houston oil giant, which initially estimated that its spending on the North Slope project was in the range of $7 billion to $7.5 billion, now expects oil production there
(World Oil)– Chevron Corporation reported record oil and gas production in the third quarter of 2025, driven by the integration of Hess Corporation assets and strong performance from core upstream regions including the Permian basin, Gulf of America, Kazakhstan, and Guyana. The company’s global production rose 21% year-over-year to 4.1 million boe per day, its highest on record. The acquisition
(Oil Price)– TotalEnergies (NYSE: TTE) reported third-quarter earnings essentially flat from a year earlier, as higher production, strong cash flows, and surging refining margins offset a 10% decline in oil prices. TotalEnergies said on Thursday that its adjusted net income stood at $4 billion for the third quarter, flat compared to $4.1 billion for the same period of 2024. The Q3 net
(World Oil)– Shell plc reported strong third-quarter 2025 results, underpinned by record production from its deepwater assets in Brazil and the Gulf of America, as well as robust performance across its LNG and Marketing divisions. Adjusted earnings reached $5.4 billion, while cash flow from operations (CFFO) totaled $12.2 billion, reflecting higher volumes and stronger trading and optimization results compared to
(Oil Price) – The world’s biggest oilfield services provider, SLB (NYSE: SLB), expects to exceed its commitment of returns to shareholders this year as its third-quarter profit beat estimates and cash flow generation remained strong despite softened short-cycle activity. SLB reported on Friday earnings per share (EPS), excluding charges and credits, of $0.89 for the third quarter, up by 5% sequentially and 14%
Oil Price The energy sector has enjoyed bumper profits in the current year, with Big Oil companies setting records right, left and center. ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Shell (NYSE: SHEL) together brought in $46 billion in earnings in the second quarter, with all three setting new records for quarterly earnings. However, the outlook going forward is not quite as rosy. It’s early innings
Reuters U.S. oilfield services firm Patterson-UTI Energy PTEN.O expects activity to continue to improve through at least the first quarter of 2021, Chief Executive Andy Hendricks told investors on Thursday during an earnings call. The company, which offers contract drilling and hydraulic fracturing services in North America, expects to average 61 rigs in the current quarter, up from 60 in the third
COP adding 5 rigs in the Bakken and Eagle Ford in Q4 2016 The world’s largest independent E&P, ConocoPhillips (ticker: COP), reported a third-quarter 2016 net loss of $1.0 billion, or ($0.84) per share today. But the company snagged its analysts’ attention in today’s conference call when executives disclosed that it had shifted capital from deepwater and large projects into two U.S. shale basins. In its
