Quantcast

Posts related to ‘COP’

Pipeline from Canada to US Gulf Coast, Billions At Risk Or Reward (TRP, XOM, SU, SNP, COP, CVX, MUR, TOT, RDS-A, BP, DVN, KMP, ENB)

Posted: October 3, 2011 at 1:54 pm

A decision is expected by the end of this year from the US State Department on whether or not the US will allow the Keystone XL pipeline to be built. ...
Read Full Story »

Apache Garners a Bargain in the North Sea (APA, XOM, APC, CVX, COP, OXY, DVN, BP)

Posted: September 21, 2011 at 11:46 am

Independent oil and gas producer Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) has agreed to purchase the North Sea assets of a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) for $1.75 billion. The ...
Read Full Story »

Natural Gas is Cheap; What About Natural Gas Stocks? (XOM, BP, COP, APC, DVN, EOG, CHK)

Posted: September 13, 2011 at 11:14 am

After popping to an intra-day high near $5/thousand cubic feet (tcf) in early June, natural gas prices have dropped back to around $4/tcf and hovered there for about six weeks. ...
Read Full Story »

Can Sunoco Shed its Refineries? (SUN, MRO, MPC, COP, VLO, RDS-A, MUR)

Posted: September 6, 2011 at 11:44 am

Beginning in the early 1990s, integrated oil companies and some independents began stripping away their midstream assets like interstate pipeline and gathering systems to focus more on the money-making parts ...
Read Full Story »

The Great Energy Spin-Off Pipeline (MRO, MPC, TSO, TLLP, COP, BP, CHK, EP, XOM, CVX)

Posted: September 2, 2011 at 12:03 pm

So far this year we've noted a couple of major spin-offs in the energy section. Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE: MRO) spun out its downstream business into Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: ...
Read Full Story »

Will Natural Gas Prices Ever Rise? (XOM, BP, CHK, ECA, COP, DVN, EOG, APC, UPL, STR)

Posted: September 1, 2011 at 2:01 pm

A barrel of oil contains about six times as much energy as a thousand cubic feet of natural gas. By that metric, at today's WTI price of around $90/barrel, natural ...
Read Full Story »

Libyan Events Could Finally Lower Pump Prices (XOM, BP, CVX, COP, VLO, TSO, MPC, WNR)

Posted: August 22, 2011 at 8:37 am

This past weekend's startling developments in Libya hit the crude oil markets almost instantly. Brent crude in Europe fell to around $105/barrel at one point, while WTI crude has gained ...
Read Full Story »

Oil Spill Lessons: Boom for Environmental and Clean-Up Outfits (NLC, CLH, NR, XOM, COP, CEO, RDS-A, TRP, ECL)

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 9:20 am

Companies that provide the tools and services to clean up oil spills made the news following last year's disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Speciality chemical companies that make the ...
Read Full Story »

Crude Demand Falls, Profits to Follow? (XOM, CVX, COP, BP, VLO, TSO, WNR, SLB, HAL, NE, APA, DVN, CHK)

Posted: August 10, 2011 at 9:42 am

High prices have finally contributed to curing high prices in the world's crude oil market. The gloomy economic forecasts for the second half of 2011 have combined with $120/barrel prices ...
Read Full Story »

Is $80 Oil “The New $100″?… Looking for Par (XOM, CVX, COP, BP, VLO, TSO, WNR)

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 11:19 am

Yesterday's crashing market sent crude oil to its lowest close in eight months. WTI crude fell even further this morning, to below $76/barrel before turning around to rise above $82/barrel ...
Read Full Story »

Ten Companies That Can Greatly Increase Buybacks to Stop Share Slide (CSCO, WMT, KSS, HD, LOW, GME, DELL, COP, GD, GE, PKW)

Posted: August 9, 2011 at 9:54 am

Although stock buybacks have never been among our most preferred methods of returning capital to investors, stock repurchase plans can indicate to investors that a company's management believes the ship ...
Read Full Story »

S&P Rates Oil & Gas Stocks Stable (XOM, CVX, COP, APA, CHK, SLB, HAL, BHI, NE, RIG, DO, VLO, TSO, MPC)

Posted: August 8, 2011 at 12:32 pm

As the markets swoon today from Friday night's downgrade of US debt, Standard & Poor's is making other changes to its debt ratings. One sector that is unchanged is oil ...
Read Full Story »

Are There Winners If Oil Falls to $80? (XOM, CVC, COP, SD, VLO, MPC, TSO, WNR, UAL, DAL, AMR, LUV, DRYS, DSX, UNP, CSX, NSC, FDX, UPS, ADM, POT, MOS, CF)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 1:05 pm

The price for WTI crude oil fell below $83/barrel momentarily today as the market takes another shellacking, down around 200 points just before noon. Both crude and the wider market ...
Read Full Story »

Kraft Split: Changing A DJIA Component; Warren Buffett Analysis (KFT, BRK-A, BRK-B, PEP, COP, RAH, COP, MRO, MPC, AIG)

Posted: August 4, 2011 at 9:41 am

When Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) announced its deal to acquire Britain's Cadbury in May 2010, investor Warren Buffett proclaimed it a "dumb" deal and promptly cut his holdings in ...
Read Full Story »

Analysts Encourage BP to Split Up (BP, COP, MRO, MPC, XLE)

Posted: July 25, 2011 at 10:40 am

Analysts at a number of investment banks suggest that BP plc (NYSE: BP) follow the lead of ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP) and Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE: MRO) in splitting off ...
Read Full Story »