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In August BP plc (NYSE: BP) announced that it would sell its Carson, California, refinery to Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) for $2.5 billion. The sale was part of BP’s effort to shed $38 billion in...
It’s been a good year for refining stocks. Six large independent refiners are posting 12-month gains of between about 40% and 140%. All six — Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO), Marathon Petroleum...
courtesy of BP plcOil supermajor BP PLC (NYSE: BP) has been seeking a buyer for its massive Texas City, Tex., refinery for nearly a year. The sale is part of the company’s effort to shed $38...
Oil refiners have been hit today with a double dose of bad news. Over the past three months, stocks in refiners are up from 26% to 78% as the companies have managed to keep product prices from...
Jon OggThese are the top analyst calls of upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday morning. Cerner Corp. (NASDAQ: CERN) cut to Equal Weight at Morgan...
Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) announced that it that is has agreed to purchase BP PLC’s (NYSE: BP) integrated Southern California refining and marketing business for $1.18 billion, plus the value of...
Pipeline MLP Plains All American Pipeline LP (NYSE: PAA) will build a new crude oil rail facility in Tampa, Colo., to receive and transport up to 68,000 barrels per day of crude in the third quarter...
Crude oil refiners have enjoyed a pretty good earnings season so far. Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) and Western Refining Inc. (NYSE: WNR) both posted better-than-expected revenues and profits this...
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories fell by 6.5 million barrels last week, bringing the total...
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) started as Outperform...
The oldest refinery on the US East Coast will not be closing in August. The refinery’s owner, Sunoco Inc. (NYSE: SUN) today announced that it would form a joint venture with The Carlyle Group...
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Underperform at JMP...
When Delta Air Lines Co. (NYSE: DAL) agreed to buy an oil refinery from Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), the transaction underscored a shift that has been taking place in refinery ownership. Pure refiners...
The current drop in crude oil prices is putting a little more cash in the pockets of consumers at the expense of the big integrated oil and refining companies. The reason is fairly simple: there is...
The month-long slide in crude oil prices has chopped the share price of many of the biggest names in the oil patch. Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) is about -4% in the past month, Chevron Corp. (NYSE:...