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US Oil Drillers Cut Rigs for First Week in Four

Nov 02, 2018

The U.S. oil drilling rig count declined this week for the first time in four weeks, although the rig count held close to its highest in over three years as production surges to record highs and some companies forecast even higher output this year…

EOG Resources Tops Profit Eestimates

Nov 02, 2018

EOG Resources on Thursday topped Wall Street's third-quarter profit and revenue estimates on record oil production, and raised its spending outlook for the full year.Spurred by higher crude prices and advances in hydraulic fracturing, U.S. producers have hit records nearly every month this year…

Canadian Oil & Gas Drilling Slipping

Nov 02, 2018

Canadian drilling activity will fall 5 percent in 2019, as deep price discounts discourage production, an industry group forecast on Thursday.Canadian oil producers are collecting prices that are much lower than the U.S. benchmark due to severe pipeline bottlenecks…

U.S. Allows Eight Jurisdictions to Keep Buying Iran Oil for Now

Nov 02, 2018

The United States said on Friday it will temporarily spare eight jurisdictions from U.S. Iran-related sanctions, allowing them to keep importing Iranian oil after U.S. economic penalties come back into effect on Monday.U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…

Britain's Cuadrilla Extracts First Shale Gas at English Fracking Site

Nov 02, 2018

Cuadrilla extracted its first shale gas from its site in northwest England, it said on Friday, after it began fracking operations there just over two weeks ago.Cuadrilla said the gas flows were small but coming at such an early stage of the project were evidence of the potential of the site…

Chevron Quarterly Profit Doubles

Nov 02, 2018

U.S. oil and natural gas producer Chevron Corp said on Friday its quarterly profit doubled as record oil and gas production helped overcome a series of one-time items.With the price of crude in the third quarter up 44 percent from the same period a year ago…

ConocoPhillips Announces Leadership Changes

Nov 01, 2018

Houston based E&P company ConocoPhillips announced it has realigned its executive leadership team following news that its executive vice president, Production, Drilling and Projects Al Hirshberg will retire.Effective January 1, 2019, Matt Fox…

Encana Widens N. America Reach with $5.5 bln Newfield Deal

Nov 01, 2018

Canada's Encana Corp will buy Newfield Exploration Co for $5.5 billion, giving the natural gas producer greater access to North America's biggest oilfields.Thursday's all-stock deal will give Encana more acreage in United States' Anadarko and Permian basins as well as Canada's Montney regions…

Australian Firm Finds Oil, Gas in Zimbabwe

Nov 01, 2018

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday that Australia's Invictus Energy had found oil and gas deposits in the northern Muzarabani area of the country.Invictus Energy has agreed to enter a production sharing arrangement with Zimbabwe once the project reaches commercial production…

Suncor Energy CEO Sees No Need for Oil Output Cuts

Nov 01, 2018

Suncor Energy Inc , Canada's second-largest energy producer, does not need to reduce crude output as some of its peers are doing to cope with low prices, Chief Executive Steve Williams said on Thursday.Suncor, which has dedicated pipeline space for its crude as well as refineries in Canada…

Noble Energy Beats Street

Nov 01, 2018

U.S. oil and gas producer Noble Energy Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, as the company boosted oil production and sold at higher prices.Sales volumes from the company's U.S. onshore business, its biggest, rose 17…

Marathon Petroleum Profits Miss

Nov 01, 2018

U.S. oil refiner Marathon Petroleum's third-quarter profit missed Wall Street estimates on Thursday, as higher costs offset gains from cheaper crude.Marathon said total costs climbed 22 percent to $21.73 billion in the quarter ended September…

Hess Points to Higher E&P Budget for 2019

Oct 31, 2018

U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp said on Wednesday its exploration and production budget in 2019 would be closer to $3 billion.The company said it expects capital expenditure to average about $3 billion through 2025, up from its current-year forecast of $2…

Cenovus Sees Crude Differentials to Ease Out by Mid-2019

Oct 31, 2018

Canadian oil and gas producer Cenovus Energy Inc expects the spread between Western Canadian Select (WCS) and U.S. benchmark Crude (WTI) to 'significantly' ease out by mid 2019, Chief Executive Officer Alex Pourbaix said on a call.Cenovus also expects crude by rail to reach 300…

U.S. Crude Stocks Rise by 3.2 mln bbls Last Week - EIA

Oct 31, 2018

U.S. crude stocks rose last week, while gasoline stocks decreased and distillate inventories fell, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.Crude inventories rose by 3.2 million barrels in the last week, compared with analysts' expectations for an increase of 4…

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