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Chevron Corp on Thursday said it had launched a $300 million fund focused on low-carbon technology, as traditional global oil and gas firms attempt to invest more in green energy and tackle climate change. Major energy firms have set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or are exploring investments in …

Chevron Corp. launched a new $300 million fund on Feb. 25 aimed to address challenges facing the oil and gas industry in the so-called energy transition through investments in low-carbon technologies. The U.S. oil major hopes to build on the success of its previous fund, Future Energy Fund, which has …

ExxonMobil and Chevron bosses last year discussed merging the two biggest oil producers in the U.S., Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the meeting. According to Bloomberg, ExxonMobil chief executive officer Darren Woods and Chevron CEO Michael Wirth discussed a potential consolidation of the oil …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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, …