Chevron Corporation reported a significant decline in second-quarter earnings on Friday, sending its shares down by 3%. The oil giant also revealed that its planned $53 billion acquisition of Hess Corporation is likely to be postponed until mid-2025, if not entirely blocked. This news follows recent statements suggesting a potential …
Read More »ExxonMobil’s profits decline despite an increase in net income
In the third quarter of this year, ExxonMobil experienced a decline in profits compared to the same period last year, as stated in the earnings report released on Monday. However, the company saw a noteworthy 15% increase in net income in the last September quarter, a boost attributed to the …
Read More »ExxonMobil flat after confirming record profit
ExxonMobil stock dipped before recovering in premarket trading on Tuesday, after confirming expectations of one of corporate America’s biggest ever annual profits. The oil and gas group said it made $12.8 billion in the final quarter of the year, bringing total profit for 2022 to $55.7B. Reported earnings per share at $3.09 …
Read More »Biden calls on oil companies to “stop profiting from war” and threatens them with taxes
US President Joe Biden on Monday called on oil and gas companies to use their record profits to cut costs for Americans and increase production, or pay a higher tax rate, as he struggled to rein in gasoline prices a week before the midterm congressional elections. In remarks at the …
Read More »Biden threatens oil companies with higher tax
US President Biden warned, on Monday, that oil companies would face a “higher tax” on their excess profits if they don’t reinvest in increasing output so as to bring prices at the pump down. “They have a responsibility to act in the interest of their consumers, their community and their …
Read More »Chevron Profit Nearly Quadruples As Exxon Ups Stock Buyback Plan
Energy prices padded the bottom lines of Exxon, Mobil, and Chevron in the first quarter, a time that has helped oil companies to tell a totally different story from that is told by the Big Tech companies, which had been falling and falling into their earnings reports.Chevron and ExxonMobil are …
Read More »Crude Oil Falls On Easing Supply Disruptions
Oil prices weakened Monday as supply problems in Kazakhstan and Libya eased, while concerns grew about the rapid rise of Omicron cases in China, the second largest economy in the world. West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark for US crude, settled down by 67 cents, or 0.9%, at $78.24 per barrel. …
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