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Refiners Thriving on Crude Price Differential (WNR, TSO, VLO, MPC, BP, XOM, CVX, COP, MUR)

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 11:22 am

Two major oil refiners have reported third-quarter earnings since the market closed last night. Both posted better-than-expected earnings primarily due to sharply higher refining margins. Western Refining Corp. (NYSE: WNR) ...
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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. ...
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Identifying Value In Refining Stocks (MPC, VLO, MUR, HFC, SUN, TSO, WNR, MRO)

Posted: September 8, 2011 at 11:29 am

The refining business has been in the news a lot recently for two things. One, it's making money again. Two, integrated oil companies are shedding refining assets at a rapid ...
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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 ...
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Valero Grabs Another Refinery (VLO, MUR, CVX, HFC)

Posted: September 2, 2011 at 9:56 am

Crude oil refining doesn't get much respect. The business is cyclical to the point of fickleness and it is often a drag on the profits of integrated oil & gas ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BIDU, BG, CETV, CREE, GIS, IACI, MPC, MUR, MYGN, NTAP, PETS, SCHN, TRGP, NGLS)

Posted: July 1, 2011 at 8:21 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Cut to Hold at S&P Equity ...
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The Week’s Market Losers (CSC, PXD, HP)

Posted: May 7, 2011 at 10:59 am

S&P 500 WEEK: BOTTOM 10 (29 APR – 5 MAY) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 5May11 Close Price 29Apr11 Market Cap ($Mil) Computer Sciences Corp CSC -14.7 ...
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Analyst Calls Fight Over Oil Stocks (XOM, OXY, DVN, MUR, CVX)

Posted: March 15, 2011 at 10:14 am

There are several research upgrades and downgrades this morning that may feel meaningless in the overall scheme of things due to the international headlines coming from Japan and the Middle ...
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Deepwater Drilling in Gulf of Mexico to Start Again (BP, APC, ATPG, BHP, CVX, CIE, E, HES, MRO, MUR, NBL, RDS-A, STO)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 11:18 am

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, BOEMRE, has notified 13 companies that they will be able to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without needing ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (COP, GPI, HUN, IPG, MRO, MUR, OSG, PM, PCG)

Posted: October 18, 2010 at 8:31 am

The key analyst calls are a little light this Monday morning ahead of the flurry of earnings.  These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AIXG, BK, COCO, EMC, GILD, MIR, MUR, NBG, NTAP, PNC, RRI, LCC, WERN)

Posted: May 25, 2010 at 8:20 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen early this Tuesday morning in Wall Street research calls: Aixtron Aktiengesellschaft (NASDAQ: AIXG) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan ...
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Ida: The Hurricaneless Hurricane (OIH, USO, OIL, MUR, MRO, RDS, CVX, XOM)

Posted: November 9, 2009 at 10:27 am

Oil and gas companies have closed or winding down many US Gulf operations ahead of a very late in the year Hurricane Ida.  The weekend reports had this one dissipating ...
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At $70 Oil, Major Oil Stocks Still Look Cheap (COP, XOM, CVX, MUR, PBR, PTR, VLO)

Posted: June 12, 2009 at 5:15 am

We keep getting asked a single question from readers and from our own industry and professional contacts: Are Oil Stocks Cheap? There is a very simple answer in today's markets: ...
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Oil Companies & Earnings, Up & Down (MUR, HES, COP)

Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:26 am

Murphy Oil Corp. (NYSE:MUR), like other oil companies has been hit hard by declining oil prices. Yesterday, the company posted EPS of $0.83 for the quarter, down from $1.07 ...
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Exxon & Big Oil Actually Like Low Oil Prices (XOM, RDS.A, MUR)

Posted: October 30, 2008 at 8:31 am

It may be a stretch to say that oil companies actually like lower oil prices, but these oil companies keep posting great earnings even though oil has fallen from north ...
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