A Hess Corp. proxy vote related to the company’s proposed $53 billion all-stock merger with Chevron Corp. has divided shareholders ahead of a May 28 deadline.

Wil VanLoh, founder and CEO of Quantum Energy Partners said private companies need to change their mindset on ESG because they’re building a product to sell to public companies — and may be missing out on cost savings.

This week’s layoffs follow its divestment of its Eagle Ford assets, not the company’s pending merger with Southwestern Energy, Chesapeake said.  

The first oil cargo tanker, Suncor’s Dubai Angel, will load at the expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline’s crude terminus in Vancouver.

TotalEnergies, in partnership with Petronas and Sonangol, said production is expected to begin in 2028 and reach a plateau of 70,000 bbl/d of oil.

The Biden administration will sell nearly 1 MMbbl of gasoline in the U.S. managed stockpile in northeastern states as required by law, the Department of Energy said on May 21, effectively closing the reserve.

Private producer WildFire Energy I, backed by Warburg Pincus and Kayne Anderson, scooped up Apache’s portfolio in the eastern Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk plays.

Phillips 66 said the deal to acquire Pinnacle Midstream was a strategic move to expand its natural gas gathering and processing assets in the Midland Basin.

The Supreme Court declined to take up a lawsuit against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the latest in a series of legal maneuverings over a case filed by opponents of the pipeline.

Ben Fortson had more than 60 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and was with Kimbell Royalty Partners from its IPO in 2017 into 2024.