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Oil and gas companies have closed or winding down many US Gulf operations ahead of a very late in the year Hurricane Ida.  The weekend reports had this one dissipating then the reports early this...
The Canadian government is reported to have offered financial support to the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline project. Imperial Oil, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM),...
Yesterday’s story about Venezuela opening the bidding for its oil resources raised an interesting question. What are the chances that Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), with nearly $40 billion in...
Most corporations have bylaws about how many board members they must have. The federal government requires that boards of directors keep enough outside members to maintain independent audit and...
Oil refiners have had a very tough year. Since January, Marathon’s (NYSE:MRO) stock is off nearly 30%, Valero (NYSE:VLO) has plunged more than 50%, and Tesoro (NYSE:TSO) is off more than 60%. All...
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 forced a halt to about 25% of US oil and natural gas production. Now Tropical Storm Gustav, which is predicted to gain hurricane status by the weekend, is drawing...
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE:VLO) has reported 2008 first quarter income of $261 million, or $0.48 EPS, compared with income of $1.1 billion and $1.77 EPS for the first quarter of 2007. After VLO’s...
These are not the only upgrades and downgrades on stocks this morning, but these are the main ones that a673b.bigscoots-temp.com is focusing on in early pre-market hours: Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) raised to Buy...
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) announced a major national initiative to expand its roster of landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) facilities. The program will result in the creation of an additional 60...