Conoco Phillips

NYSE: COP
$108.34
+$0.95 (+0.9%)
Closing Price on November 29, 2024

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Penn West Energy Trust (NYSE:PWE) is the latest beneficiary of Chinese interest in the Canadian oil sands. China Investment Corp., a state-owned sovereign wealth fund, has agreed to invest about...
The continuing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has called into question drilling safety practices for oil in the ultra-deepwaters of the world.  Drilling in a well in water more than 5,000 feet deep...
The US pure-play liquefied natural gas (LNG) companies, Cheniere Energy, Inc. (AMEX:LNG) and Cheniere Energy Partners LP (AMEX:CQP), reported earnings this morning, and one is headed up and the other...
Partners TransCanada Corp. (NYSE:TRP) and Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) have announced the beginning of a three-month open season for capacity on the proposed Alaska Pipeline. The pipeline, if its...
Like oil refiners everywhere, China Petroleum and Chemical Co. (NYSE:SNP), better known as Sinopec, had a tough year in 2009. The company’s revenues were down nearly 7%, but EPS was up more than...
The earnings floodgate is still open next week, and frankly it looks like there are even more S&P 500 companies reporting earnings than there were this week.  The big earnings are (in mostly...
These are ten of the top analyst calls in upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) Started as Top Pick at RBC....
Reuters:   The push for a stronger yuan has been modest at the G20 meetings. Reuters:   A Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) Director Rajat Gupta told hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam about a...
Have you noticed how so many commodity rallies in gold and oil get stopped in their tracks on what might seem as secondary or even tertiary cause and effect?  This has been something very defined in...
Acquisitions, joint ventures, and ratings news in the oil patch have made for a busy day or two, and have also pointed out a handful of reasons pointing to a reasonable reason to search for...
In 2009, there were just three Atlantic storms that earned the hurricane monikers — Bill, Fred, and Ida. None of these storms made landfall in the US as hurricanes. The predictions from Colorado...
From the heady heights of the summer of 2008, oil refiners have suffered from a downturn. Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE:VLO) and Tesoro Corp. (NYSE:TSO), which refine and market petroleum products...
Everyone likes to see the Warren Buffett stock holdings, particularly when there are changes.  He has a different timeframe than most investors for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A)...
This week was another big week in the world of dividends and the quest to hike and initiate payments to shareholders.  Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT), Raytheon Co. (NYSE: RTN), and...
Reuters:   EU leaders are divided on Greece before their summit. Reuters:   Changes in the health care bill will go back to the House. Reuters:   China described interest rates as a...