The integrated oil majors in the United States are highly profitable companies that reward their shareholders handsomely with profits and dividends that flow year in and year ...
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July 18 - News
Last week was a great week to be a dividend investor. Not only did two of my top stocks declare fresh dividends, but both companies also raised those payouts.
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July 16 - News
That sounds like a lot of money, even for Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM).
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July 15 - News
The world's largest oil companies, such as Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) and TOTAL S.A.
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July 12 - News
As oil prices continue to rise, investors looking to play the move should consider Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX).
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July 11 - News
Having "the Midas touch" conveys a profitable outcome for just about any business scheme.
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July 8 - News
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown.
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July 8 - News
The energy sector has seen a lot of ups and downs over the past decade – the most recent shock came with the American shale gas revolution, which resulted in extreme volatility...
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July 5 - News
By now, you have probably heard about TransCanada Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRP)'s Keystone XL pipeline.
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July 5 - News
Just a few years ago, Poland's government had high hopes for exploiting the country's potentially vast reserves of shale gas.
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July 1 - News
With the euphoria surrounding the shale gas boom in the U.S., it's easy to forget that other countries also have vast reserves of shale gas.
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July 1 - News
The landscape of a swath of southern Texas has seen some radical change lately. Oil derricks are popping up all over the bushy ranch land.
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July 1 - News
Last month, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) signed an agreement with Qatar Petroleum that will make it possible for the two companies to export natural gas from their proposed...
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July 1 - News
Fueled by growing demand from Asia and the recent spate of natural gas discoveries around the world, the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade is gaining more importance by...
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July 1 - News
Eni SpA (ADR) (NYSE:E) was in 6 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March. E has experienced a decrease in support from the world's most elite money managers recently.
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June 27 - News
Outside of managing our utility and gas bills, we don’t pay much attention to energy companies.
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June 27 - News
Over the past few years, Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) has been plagued by a couple of major operational debacles.
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June 27 - News
Today, the Keystone XL Pipeline is the million dollar question.
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June 26 - News
Government bonds, certificates of deposit and money markets were once the mainstays of retirement portfolios.
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June 26 - News
When looking for a good "buy and hold" company to add to your portfolio, you may look for a number of focal points.
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June 26 - News
On Friday, a consortium of companies including Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP), and TransCanada Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRP...
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June 26 - News
On June 16, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX)'s Angola LNG plant, one of the largest liquefied natural gas processing facilities in Africa, shipped its first cargo after major ...
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June 26 - News
According to a Form 4 filed with the SEC, John Mullin III, a member of Hess Corp.
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June 25 - Insider Trading
Rosneft and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) today announced the achievement of several milestones under their 2011 Strategic Cooperation Agreement, including joint venture...
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June 24 - News
For about a year, oil major BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) has been the largest position in the Baupost Group’s portfolio, according to 13Fs filed with the SEC (we track 13Fs as part...
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June 24 - Hedge Funds
BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP)has certainly seen better days and has beaten up quite a bit due to its oil spill fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico.
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June 24 - News
According to estimates by the US Geological Survey, the Arctic may account for roughly one-fifth of global undiscovered oil and gas reserves and may also contain sizable mineral...
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June 24 - News
Global energy companies have expressed great interest in operating in resource-rich Australia.
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June 24 - News
Let's head back momentarily to a time precisely five years ago.
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June 21 - News
Currently, a tendency to spin off operations and become focused on a few business areas is perceived to provide more value for all investors involved.
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June 20 - News
We live in a world that has a seemingly unquenchable thirst for energy.
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June 19 - News
After finding one of the biggest natural-gas discoveries in the Rovuma Basin on the east coast of Africa, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) made a wise decision to take...
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June 18 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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June 18 - News
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), the Oklahoma City-based oil and gas producer, recently got a new CEO.
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June 18 - News
For the first time in nearly 20 years, government estimates project that te U.S. will produce more oil than it imports.
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June 18 - News
When done right, a stock buyback can be a beautiful thing.
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June 18 - News
Natural gas prices have been steadily rising over the last year, and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) witnessed a 6% improvement in its cash margins in the last quarter as a result.
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June 17 - News
The past two years saw the supermajor oil companies struggle with declining production volumes.
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June 17 - News
That surprising statement is the upshot of a new survey released by polling service Harris Interactive Inc. (NASDAQ:HPOL).
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June 17 - News
While new technologies such as fracking and horizontal drilling are largely responsible for the boom in U.S.
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June 17 - News
It's funny how quickly things change. It seems as if it was just a couple of years ago that we were worried we'd run out of oil.
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June 17 - News
Tax reform can be a powerful incentive for energy companies to increase spending on capital projects.
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June 17 - News
The Niobara Formation is an ancient geological formation that has existed for almost 82 million years.
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June 13 - News
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) hit a new 52-week high two weeks ago. Chevron is a stable stock, with a beta of 1.17.
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June 13 - News
3M Co (NYSE:MMM) was formed on June 13, 1902, when five Minnesota businessmen came together to incorporate the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company in the Lake Superior ...
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June 13 - News
According to the Texas Railroad Commission, crude oil production from the Eagle Ford region averaged more than half a million barrels per day for the first quarter of 2013.
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June 12 - News
As its ticker symbol suggests, Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSEMKT:LNG) is a company focused on the liquification and exportation of natural gas to other countries.
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June 11 - Hedge Funds
One of the large issues this country has faced over the past 20 years or so is the migration of companies away from the U.S. to set up shop.
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June 11 - News
Whether you've been taking profits or simply have a lot of cash in your portfolio, it's always a tough to decide which stock to buy next.
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June 10 - News
"Right now at our nuclear sites, we're continuing to see depressed prices at points of the day, and we're actually seeing negative prices, which drives us to have to pay to generate...
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June 10 - News
