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US to Auction Drilling Rights For Alaska Reserve on March 9

(Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday said it would hold a sale of oil and gas drilling rights across 5.5 million acres of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve on March 9. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The sale is the first of at least five mandated by President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which he …

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Chevron Can Process Another 100,000 bpd of Venezuelan Crude at its US Refineries, CEO Says

(Reuters) – Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said on Friday the U.S. oil major can process an additional 100,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan crude at its refineries. “We’ve been bringing about 50,000 barrels a day, give or take, into our Pascagoula, Mississippi, refinery on the Gulf Coast. We can take another 100,000 barrels a day …

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Chevron in Talks With Iraq, Libya to Evaluate Exploration Opportunities

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth said on Friday the U.S. oil major was in discussions with the governments of Iraq and Libya to look at existing producing oilfields and evaluate exploration opportunities. The company needed to see compelling investment return potential in those countries, Wirth added. Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru and Sheila Dang in …

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Exxon Beats Wall Street Q4 Target as Permian, Guyana Fields Take Output to 40-Year High

Summary Exxon Mobil reports Q4 adjusted EPS $1.71 vs estimate of $1.68 Exxon achieves highest annual upstream production in 40+ years Exxon plans $20 billion share buyback through 2026 HOUSTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil beat Wall Street targets in fourth-quarter earnings reported on Friday, with higher oil production in profitable Permian Basin and Guyana …

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US Crude Production Ticks Back Up After Massive Output Hit From Winter Storm

(Reuters) – U.S. crude production continued to recover on Thursday after a winter storm ravaged production and losses peaked at 2 million barrels per day over the weekend, while analysts adjusted output forecasts for January in the aftermath of outages. Nearly all of North Dakota’s production was back online, Justin Kringstad, director of North Dakota …

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SLB Beats Quarterly Profit Estimates on Strong North America Activity

(Reuters) – SLB beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Friday, helped by steady demand for its oilfield equipment and services in North America. U.S. crude production was expected to hit a record 13.41 million barrels per day in 2025, according to Energy Information Administration forecast, benefiting oilfield services companies. Quarterly revenue from SLB’s …

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Kimmeridge to Nominate Scott Sheffield to Coterra Energy Board, WSJ Reports

(Reuters) – Investment firm Kimmeridge plans to nominate former Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield to Coterra Energy’s board, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Kimmeridge has said Coterra’s board must reassess its leadership structure and appoint an independent, non-executive chair, the report said, adding that it expects …

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APA Curtails Quarterly US Natgas, NGL Production on Weak Prices

(Reuters) – Oil and gas firm APA Corp said on Tuesday it curtailed production by about 91 million cubic feet per day of U.S. natural gas and 7,600 barrels per day of U.S. natural gas liquids in the fourth quarter in response to weak prices. It expects fourth-quarter average realized natural gas prices in the …

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US Shale Producers Devon Energy and Coterra Energy in Merger Talks, Sources Say

Devon Energy and Coterra Energy are exploring a potential merger, in a deal that could create one of the largest independent U.S. shale producers, people familiar with the matter said. A possible combination, which would rank among the largest between U.S. energy producers in recent years, comes as U.S. crude prices remain pressured by a …

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Oil Producers Need Guarantees to Work in Venezuela, Trump Ally Hamm Says

By David Wethe, Annmarie Hordern, and Jonathan Ferro Shale billionaire Harold Hamm said oil companies need guarantees that their assets won’t someday be seized by Venezuela if they help revive the nation’s crude production. “There is a lot of geopolitical risk in Venezuela. Exxon had been there twice and been nationalized, ” Hamm said in …

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