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For the seventh consecutive month, Chinese demand for crude oil has increased by double digits over demand just one year ago. Demand in March grew by 12.8% year-over-year. The demand increase has...
These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning in the pre-market hours: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B)...
The acquisition by Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB) of competitor Smith International Inc. (SII) for $11 billion could be another sign that mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector will pick up in 2010....
Angola’s state-owned oil company, Sonangol, has exercised its right of first refusal to purchase a 20% stake in block 32 offshore Angola from Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE:MRO). In July, Marathon...
Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) may have caused some irreparable harm to itself and to shareholders this week.  Losing money is just not something that the investing public was ready to stomach. ...
These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning: Ascent Solar (ASTI) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford....
French supermajor oil company Total SA (NYSE:TOT) has let its offer for Canada’s UTS Energy Corporation expire. Total failed to get tenders for two-thirds of UTS’s shares, and has directed the...
Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco and ConocoPhillips Corporation (NYSE:COP) are expected to open the bidding for a Saudi-based refinery in Yanbu by the middle of 2009, according...
Several of the big oil companies are putting the squeeze on oil field services providers to renegotiate contracts and lower costs for drilling services. BP plc (NYSE:BP), Total SA (NYSE:TOT), and...
Two of the largest players in the Canadian oil sands, Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU) and Petro-Canada (NYSE:PCZ) announced that Suncor will acquire Petro-Canada in a deal valued at $15.5 billion....
We have actually seen a lot of analyst calls in the oil patch this morning.  Some are conflicting against each other as you will see. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Started as Underweight at Barclays....
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades we are seeing from Wall Street this Friday morning with more than two hours until the open: Cavium Networks (CAVM) Started as Buy...
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades we have seen early this Monday morning with more than two and a half hours to the market open: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Started as Buy at Jefferies....
Judged by the country’s performance in extracting hydrocarbons, Venezuela under President Hugo Chavez has not been a smashing success. Ten years ago, when Chavez first came to power, the country...
The FT reported that Canadian oil company Nexen (NYSE:NXY) is being courted by France’s Total SA (NYSE:TOT). Total could be preparing a bid for as much as $16 billion for the Canadian company....