It’s like clockwork. Anytime there’s tension in the Middle East it poses a threat to the world’s oil supply, and prices surge accordingly. That’s what we’re seeing this morning for energy stocks like Chevron (CVX) and ExxonMobil (XOM). These stocks are up nearly 6% and 7% respectively in the past week, and they’re up [...]
Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported its second-quarter earnings results that easily surpassed analyst expectations thanks to unprecedented production in the Permian Basin and Guyana. The $9.2 billion in earnings worked out to $2.14 per share for Exxon, a 17% improvement year over year. This was well ahead of the $2.02 analysts were expecting. The performance [...]
Shell Plc (SHEL) announced that it’s anticipating up to a $1.5 billion to $2 billion tax impairment for having to halt its Netherlands biofuels production facility. The divestment of its chemicals refinery in Singapore will play a part in the impairment as well. The Netherlands site could generate as much as 820K metric tons [...]
British oil major British Petroleum (BP) is up against a few different challenges right now, ranging from currency fluctuations to a dramatic drop in price for oil and gas. These could take as much as $1.2 billion away from the bottom line in a worst case scenario. However, the company quelled investor fears by [...]
Much to the delight of shareholders, Shell (SHEL) announced today that dividends paid out will be increasing going forward. The company was already distributing 20%-30% of cash flow from operations but is boosting that figure up to 30%-40%. This will entail raising the dividend per share for the second quarter by at least 15%. [...]
