U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. on Jan. 29 swung to an $11 million fourth-quarter loss and missed Wall Street expectations as low margins on fuel, acquisition costs and foreign currency effects overwhelmed improved drilling results. Oil companies are expected to benefit from a bounce-back in oil and gas prices after …
Read More »Chevron Looks to Biden to Preserve Its Venezuela Foothold
Chevron’s willingness to keep a foothold in oil-rich Venezuela will now be a thorny political issue for President-elect Joe Biden to sort out. The U.S. Treasury Department extended until June 3 its authorization for Chevron to carry out essential transactions in the country to preserve its assets, from a previous …
Read More »Chevron Overtakes ExxonMobil’s Market Value for 1st Time
Chevron’s market value overtook ExxonMobil for the 1st time on October 7, during the same week in which it closed a $4.1 billion all-stock deal for Noble Energy. According to a Reuters article, Chevron’s market cap ended the day around $142 billion, topping ExxonMobil’s $141.65 billion market value at the …
Read More »Iraq to Sign Memorandum with Chevron to Explore for Oil
Iraq plans to sign a memorandum of understanding with Chevron Corp. to explore for oil in the country’s southern province of Dhi Qar, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal formalizes Chevron’s interest in exploring the eastern and western parts of Nasiriyah, the capital of Dhi Qar, …
Read More »Oil Giants’ Production Cuts Come to 1 Million bpd as They Post Massive Writedowns
The dramatic reductions in asset valuations and decline in output show the depth of the pain in the second quarter. Fuel demand at one point was down by more than 30% worldwide, and still remains below pre-pandemic levels. Several executives said they took massive writedowns because they expect demand to …
Read More »Chevron and Exxon Post Huge Losses as Oil Prices Plummet
Exxon Mobil and Chevron both reported huge losses for the second quarter that were even worse than what Wall Street was expecting — yet another sign of how the Covid-19 pandemic has wrecked the global economy. Shares of Exxon and Chevron were each lower in early trading Friday after announcing …
Read More »Chevron Deal will Lead Wave of Oil and Gas Mergers
In the first big deal since oil prices crashed four months ago, Chevron agreed to buy Noble Energy for roughly $US5 billion ($7 billion) in what many experts consider the beginning of a sweeping consolidation in the US oil industry. The coronavirus pandemic caused a sharp decline in oil demand, …
Read More »Chevron to Buy Noble Energy in Deal Valued at $5 Billion
Oil major Chevron has entered into a definitive agreement with Noble Energy to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Noble Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at $5 billion, or $10.38 per share. Based on Chevron’s closing price on 17 July 2020 and under the terms of the agreement, …
Read More »Investors Pressure Exxon, Chevron to Disclose Long-Term Oil Price Forecasts
America’s biggest oil companies are coming under increasing pressure from climate-conscious investors to disclose their long-term forecasts for crude prices as the Covid-19 pandemic injects fresh uncertainty into the demand outlook for fossil fuels. Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. don’t publish such estimates, meaning that shareholders are less able …
Read More »For First Time ever, Majority of Shareholders Push Oil Giant Chevron to Align with Paris Climate Pact
Proposals by the Climate Action 100+ investor signatories calling on major oil and electric power companies to disclose lobbying activities and improve governance on climate change earned record support during the latest shareholder proxy season. Notably, a 53% majority of shareholders at Chevron Corp. CVX, -0.16% voted for a resolution …
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