Tag: oil
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Exxon in talks to buy Pioneer Natural Resources
Discussions between the two companies about a potential deal have been informal, the people said. But after posting record profits in 2022, Exxon is flush with cash and, according to people familiar with the company’s plans, has been exploring options that could reshape a swath of the U.S. oil and gas industry while pushing Exxon deeper…
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After five years of exploration Exxon (XOM) abandons drilling off the coast of Brazil
After failing for the third time to find commercially viable amounts of crude there last year, the Texas oil giant has shifted geologists and engineers from working on the offshore acreage it began snapping up with partners for $4 billion in 2017 to other countries, including Guyana, Angola and Canada, these people said. Exxon hasn’t…
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Biden Administration places new restrictions on Arctic Oil exploration
President Biden moved to block future oil and gas leasing in the Arctic Ocean’s federal waters, part of a sweeping plan to protect 16 million acres of land and water in Alaska. Sunday’s announcement comes as the administration is preparing to approve the massive Willow oil-drilling project in the Alaskan Arctic over the objections of environmentalists and…
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Exxon to combine business units in part of reorg
The U.S. oil company, which posted a record profit in 2022, plans to form three new organizations under which it will wed several smaller units later this year such as its financial-services, procurement and customer-service groups, according to a memo that was sent to employees and viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Reorganizing the business…
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Boom time again for oil and gas
Thanks to a mix of events, from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the U.S. economic recovery, fossil fuels are showing surprising resilience, despite President Biden’s push to transition to clean energy and the industry’s own history of boom-bust investing and heavy reliance on debt. U.S. production of natural gas—Chesapeake’s focus—has hit record levels. The country’s crude oil…
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Exxon & Chevron to concentrate their spending in the Americas
The two fossil-fuel giants plan to spend most of their annual budgets in the Americas this year, with Chevron saying it will pour 70% of the capital allocated for production into oil fields in the U.S., Argentina and Canada, and Exxon saying it will spend a similar portion of its budget in the Permian Basin…