Ever since the late 1950s, when commercial quantities of oil were first discovered in Nigeria's Niger Delta basin, West Africa has been an area of interest for oil and gas exploration...
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May 15 - News
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), the world's largest publicly traded international oil and gas company, and its consortium of partners recently began a drilling campaign in...
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May 15 - News
May 15, 1911 brought a seismic shift to the relationship between the United States and its largest corporations. That day, the U.S.
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May 15 - News
With natural gas prices rising off recent record lows, it begs the question, when will drillers restart stalled drilling programs? As the nation's top natural gas producer, Exxon...
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May 13 - News
In early March, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high.
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May 13 - News
The second most valuable company in the world, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), currently trades with a price to earnings ratio under 10.
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May 13 - News
Every so often I'll read a story in the local paper that makes me chuckle, involving an honest mistake that, when compounded over the years, can turn into one costly little blunder...
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May 12 - News
The great debate over natural gas exports has taken a very interesting turn. President Obama, in a speech last weekend, hinted that the U.S.
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May 12 - News
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), the world's largest publicly traded oil company, recently announced that it's beginning development of a major ultra-deepwater project -- the...
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May 12 - News
After a number of weeks in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose or fell more than 100 points multiple days in a row, this week has been very calm -- the largest move the...
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May 10 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down as cyclical companies weigh on the Dow. As of 1:15 p.m. EDT, the Dow was down 26 points to 15,056.
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May 10 - News
Japan's nuclear disaster, and subsequent shift away from the power source, has left the country short on power.
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May 10 - News
Next Monday, InterOil Corporation (USA) (NYSE:IOC) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 10 - News
According to a new report by Cedigaz, the France-based international natural gas association, cited in the Oil & Gas Journal, global marketed natural gas production and "apparent...
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May 9 - News
Let's take a look at three big oil companies.
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May 8 - News
More record-pacing market gains were made in 1932 than in any other year in Dow Jones Industrial Average history.
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May 6 - News
The United States Geological Survey recently reviewed earlier studies of the Bakken and Three Forks formations.
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May 6 - News
Recently, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) posted a slight increase in first quarter earnings.
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May 6 - News
Oil prices have moved around quite a bit of late, and the price of U.S. benchmark crude oil has even dipped below $90 a barrel.
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May 5 - News
Good news! According to the U.S.
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May 5 - News
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn't sustainable.
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May 5 - News
I hate to break it to you, but growth generated though share buybacks won't last forever.
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May 5 - News
All 50 states make different choices about where they're going to get the tax revenue they need in order to provide the services their residents expect and demand.
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May 5 - News
Dividend enthusiasts understand the value of receiving those quarterly payments, which really add up over time.
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May 4 - News
This is probably the most reported-upon single aspect of any public company in history. Millions of words have been written and spoken about this topic: And while they have ...
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May 3 - News
Asia’s refining giant China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNP), more commonly known as Sinopec, has recently released its quarterly results in which its profits increased...
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May 3 - News
In the highly competitive oil and gas industry, some of the companie stand out for their scale and geographical reach.
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May 2 - News
In the world of investing, many have advocated the straightforward and often boring strategy of regular investments in large companies providing a valuable product and a healthy...
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May 2 - News
The energy sector is reshaping rapidly as the participants try to replace depleting reserves.
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May 1 - News
As May rolls in on Wednesday, battered Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) will tell us about its quarterly results.
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April 30 - News
Oil production has been in the spotlight recently. There has been an influx of produced wells, and oil prices have slowly risen to $92 per barrel.
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April 30 - News
In the world of energy, an unsettling trend has emerged over the past few years.
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April 30 - News
British oil giant BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) recently announced that it may delay Mad Dog Phase 2, its largest new oil project in the Gulf of Mexico, due to market conditions and ...
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April 29 - News
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) , the largest U.S.
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April 29 - News
Thanks to staggering production growth from shale oil plays previously thought inaccessible, U.S. oil output is the highest it's been since at least 1998.
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April 29 - News
In the most recent budget proposal from the Obama administration, there are several mentions about increasing revenue from oil and gas companies to fund efforts in the Department...
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April 29 - News
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), the world's largest publicly traded oil company, reported first-quarter earnings on Thursday.
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April 28 - News
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), the 500-pound gorilla of the integrated oil set reported its results for the first quarter of 2013 on Thursday, and the market was unimpressed...
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April 26 - News
Another day of gains for U.S. stocks, with the S&P 500 and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.4% and 0.2%.
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April 26 - News
Blue-chip stocks are broadly higher today after government statistics showed that the unemployment situation is improving faster than expected.
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April 25 - News
Earnings among S&P 500 companies are at an all-time high.
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April 25 - News
Tomorrow, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 25 - News
On another relatively light day on the news front, earnings dominated the discussion for stock market investors this morning.
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April 25 - News
The debate over natural gas exportation has created some unfamiliar enemies and even more unfamiliar friends.
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April 24 - News
Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) is a company with almost 100 years of experience in the energy infrastructure sector.
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April 24 - News
Brian Rogers has been quite successful in managing the T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TROW) Equity Income Fund.
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April 23 - News
Whether or not the U.S. should export the current abundance of natural gas divides several industries.
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April 23 - News
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline is very controversial.
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April 23 - News
When thinking of oil companies, industry giant Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) probably comes to mind.
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April 23 - News
Since 2013 started, I have been recommending. As a matter of fact, I made myself a shareholder.
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April 23 - News
