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Exxon CEO Warns Future Shareholder Activists: Follow the Rules

Sep 10, 2024

Exxon CEO Darren Woods on Tuesday had warning words for activist shareholders thinking to emulate those who filed a climate-related shareholder proposal at the largest U.S. oil company.Exxon sued the investors early this year and Woods indicated the company was ready to repeat the exercise against others he said might 'abuse' the proxy proposal process.“We hope we don’t have to use that action in the future…

BP’s Profit Drops 30% to Almost Four-Year Low

Oct 29, 2024

BP on Tuesday reported a 30% drop in third quarter profit to $2.3 billion, the lowest in almost four years, weighed down by weaker refining margins and oil trading results.The drop in profit from a year earlier was, however, smaller than expected…

Brazil's Petrobras to Reduce Investments Planned for 2025

Oct 14, 2024

Brazil's Petrobras is set to reduce planned investments for next year, despite requests by the government for the state-run oil firm to increase CAPEX, three sources close to the matter told Reuters.The firm foresaw $21 billion of investments for next year…

Blade Failures Add to GE Vernova's Q3 Loss

Sep 12, 2024

Power equipment maker GE Vernova expects its wind segment to post a core loss of $300 million in the third quarter due to additional costs related to offshore blade failures, the company said on Thursday.The projected core loss in GE Vernova's…

CNOOC Posts Record Interim Profit

Aug 28, 2024

Chinese offshore oil and gas major CNOC posted record first-half profit on Thursday, boosted by output growth and higher oil prices.Net profit attributable to shareholders rose 25% to 79.73 billion yuan ($11.19 billion), CNOOC said in a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange…

Woodside Profit, Dividend Beat Estimates

Aug 27, 2024

Australia's Woodside Energy reported on Tuesday a decline of 14% in half-year profit, hit by lower oil prices, but the result and its dividend beat market expectations, sending shares up 4%.Chief Executive Meg O'Neill said there had been a flood…

Ithaca Energy Says Profits Are Down Nearly 34%

Aug 23, 2024

North Sea oil and gas company Ithaca Energy reported a nearly 34% fall in net profit for the first half of the year on Thursday, hurt by lower production, a decline in natural gas prices and impairment charges.Shares of Ithaca, fell about 2…

Profit Decline, Reserves Downgrade Drag Beach Energy to 2.5-year Low

Aug 12, 2024

Australian oil and gas producer Beach Energy, backed by billionaire Kerry Stokes, slumped to a more than 2-1/2-year low on Monday after it reported a decline in profit and downgraded reserves for a key gas field in Victoria state.The company's shares closed 12…

Oil Investors Slash Positions to All-time Low Amid Financial Market Turmoil

Aug 12, 2024

Investors cut their petroleum positions to the lowest level for at least a decade early last week, part of a broad-based retreat from risk amid rising concerns over a global economic slowdown.Hedge funds and other money managers sold the equivalent…

New Fortress Energy's Stock Goes Down Amid Q2 Net Loss Report

Aug 12, 2024

New Fortress Energy missed second-quarter earnings estimates on Friday after delays in starting up a floating LNG export facility off the coast of Altamira in Mexico.New Fortress stock was down 25% on Friday morning on Nasdaq.The company reported…

Petrobras Posts First Net Loss Since 2020

Aug 09, 2024

Brazilian state-run oil giant Petrobras on Thursday posted a net loss of 2.6 billion reais ($470 million) for the second quarter of 2024, the firm said as it announced lower-than-expected results and a reduction in investment estimates.Despite the results…

Harbour Energy Shrinks Full-Year Production Outlook

Aug 08, 2024

Harbour Energy, the largest British North Sea oil and gas producer, reported a net profit for the first half of the year from a year-earlier loss and narrowed its full-year 2024 total production outlook on Thursday.Following a spike in energy prices in 2022…

Oxy Beats Second-quarter Profit Estimates

Aug 07, 2024

Occidental Petroleum on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit, in the first results since it closed the $12 billion acquisition of CrownRock last week.The Houston-based oil and gas firm benefited from higher oil production and a rise in crude prices…

Offshore Wind: Inside the Financial Web

Aug 07, 2024

Early 2024 saw a group of financial deals that have implications, in a broad sense, for how offshore wind projects may be financed. While offshore wind projects might be thought of as being in the ‘utility finance’ basket, they are ultimately…

Aramco's Second-Quarter Profit Slips 3% on Lower Crude Output

Aug 06, 2024

Oil giant Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported a 3.4% fall in second-quarter profit on lower crude volumes and softer refining margins.Aramco posted second-quarter net income of 109.01 billion riyals ($29.03 billion) in the three months to June 30…

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