World Oil (Bloomberg) – Occidental Petroleum Corp. plans to keep its production steady even as oil prices have surged in recent weeks above $90 a barrel. “We don’t increase oil significantly in a market where we don’t see the balance,” Occidental Chief Executive Officer Vicki Hollub said during an interview with Bloomberg Television. “Only in a market where we see balance
World Oil Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. won approval from U.S. regulators to buy as much as 50% of Occidental Petroleum Corp. after spending months acquiring its shares. Occidental’s shares surged on news of the authorization. Berkshire applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the approval on July 11, according to a filing published Friday. “It is concluded that
Houston Chronicle Activist investor Carl Icahn said Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s new target for assets sales won’t be achieved without a “fire sale” that includes its pipeline system, Western Midstream Partners LP, which was already shopped to potential buyers earlier this year. Occidental’s Chief Executive Officer Vicki Hollub said Wednesday in a statement she was “highly confident” the company will exceed
Houston Chronicle Occidental Petroleum Corp. pledged to slash spending by 40% next year after quarterly profit fell short of forecasts due in part to the oil explorer’s $37 billion takeover of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Shale drilling in the U.S. Permian Basin will account for the biggest chunk of cuts as the company merges duplicate operations. Still, overall output will increase
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Occidental Petroleum completes its $55 billion takeover of Anadarko Petroleum Occidental Petroleum Corporation (stock ticker: OXY), led by President and CEO Vicki Hollub, has completed its acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (stock ticker: APC) in a deal worth $55 billion, including the assumption of Anadarko’s debt. The closing of the transaction
From The Houston Chronicle Occidental Petroleum reported a $635 million quarterly profit that dipped 25 percent from the year prior, but the focus still remains on Oxy’s $38 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum that could close in August. Houston-based Oxy said it plans to close the Anadarko deal next week after the scheduled Aug. 8 vote of Anadarko shareholders to
