ShutterstockConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) reported second quarter 2015 results before markets opened Thursday morning. For the quarter, the oil & gas production company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.07 on revenues of…
ThinkstockSolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY) reported second quarter 2015 results after markets closed Wednesday afternoon. For the quarter, the solar panel maker reported an adjusted diluted loss per share of $1.61 on revenue of $102.83…
ThinkstockWhiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: WLL) reported second quarter 2015 results after markets closed Wednesday afternoon. For the quarter, the oil & gas E&P company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.04 on…
ConocoPhillipsConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is scheduled to report its second-quarter financial results Thursday before the markets open. There are consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters that call for of $0.04 in earnings per share (EPS) on…
ThinkstockOil refiner Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) announced at noon on Wednesday that its board has authorized a dividend increase from a current level of $0.25 per share to $0.32 per share payable in…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report Wednesday morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories decreased by 4.2 million barrels last week, maintaining a total U.S. commercial crude inventory of 459.7…
SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) reported second quarter 2015 results after markets closed Tuesday afternoon. For the quarter, the solar panel maker reported adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.18 on adjusted revenue of…
ThinkstockWhen energy super-major BP plc (NYSE: BP) reported second-quarter results very early Tuesday morning, the headline number is the $6.3 billion loss attributed to low crude oil prices and a $10.8 billion pre-tax charge…
Kinder Morgan Inc.Azure Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: AZUR) is one of the high-yield master limited partnerships (MLPs) that has a distribution, or a payout yield equivalent, that is well north of 10%. It has…
ThinkstockIf any sector has been taking a beating it’s energy, and the price of crude continued the downward spiral last week to under $50 again. With West Texas Intermediate 20% below the June high…
ThinkstockThe short interest data have been released for the July 15 settlement date. It just so happens that some of the latest short interest readings for major oil companies are backing off highs, while…
thinkstockShort interest moves among solar and alternative energy stocks were mixed during the two-week reporting period that ended on July 15th. In the solar sector three of the five companies we watch saw short…
ThinkstockMost people believe that the depths at which oil & gas producers drill and fracture wells exceed a mile or more below the earth’s surface. A new study reports that about 16% of wells…
ThinkstockEarnings season is well underway, Greece may be closer to being resolved, and China and Iran are being factored into the markets. Still, the S&P 500 slid 2.2% this last week. The trend that…
ThinkstockIn the week ended July 24th, the number of rigs drilling for oil in the U.S. totaled 659 compared with 638 in the prior week and 1,562 a year ago. Including 217 other rigs…