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ThinkstockWhen oil services firm Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) pleaded guilty to destroying evidence in an investigation of the causes of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 workers...
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thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 41 billion cubic feet last week, compared with an expected build of between 47...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories dropped by 2.8 million barrels last week,...
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ThinkstockYesterday afternoon, Hercules Offshore Inc. (NASDAQ: HERO) reported a problem at a natural gas well in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico about 55 miles offshore of Grand Isle, La....
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ThinkstockIn a current research report, the oil field service and equipment analysts at Jefferies maintain that investors should be overweight the sector. Demand prospects are solid globally. While...
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ThinkstockThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) earned $982 billion in net oil export revenues in 2012 according to the latest report from the U.S. Energy Information...
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ThinkstockHercules Offshore, Inc. (NASDAQ: HERO) announced on Tuesday that it is experiencing a well control incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately, this is likely to bring up fears of the BP...
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ThinkstockBy now, anyone paying any attention to gasoline prices has run into the term “blend wall,” which is the point at which mandated ethanol production matches or exceeds ethanol demand....
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ThinkstockFreeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The mining company reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of...
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ThinkstockValero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The oil refiner posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.85 on revenues of...
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ThinkstockHalliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The oil and gas services company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of...
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ThinkstockA federal judge in New Orleans has denied a motion by BP plc (NYSE: BP) to suspend payments to some claimants for damages suffered as a result of the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico...
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ThinkstockBaker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) reported second-quarter results before markets opened this morning. The oil field services firm posted adjusted diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of...
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ThinkstockSchlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The oil field services firm posted adjusted diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS)...
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thinkstockThe price differential (spread) between a barrel of WTI crude and a barrel of Brent crude has closed to less than $0.50 a barrel after soaring to around $28 a barrel in October of 2011. For...
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