Only a month into 2024, all signs point to this year being particularly consequential for the future of U.S oil and natural gas. On one hand, the International Energy Agency’s latest industry report projected increased global natural gas demand in 2024. At the same time, President Biden’s decision to pause LNG exports approvals has created
Read More...Major domestic oil and natural gas companies have published their fourth quarter and full-year earnings results, and the reports show an industry committed to meeting global energy demand while reducing emissions during a tumultuous year. The energy sector is a cyclical business, and companies’ record profits come on the heels of record losses incurred in
Read More...With just eight days before a high-stakes midterm election, President Biden has a proposal to address inflation and high energy prices – higher taxes. On Monday, following record earnings from oil majors, the President gave a press conference criticizing oil companies’ profits and encouraging Congress to levy additional taxes on American energy companies, ignoring his
Read More...With ten days to go before the midterm elections, and gas prices heading back up, some anxious politicians are desperately trying to point fingers at anyone but themselves to explain why consumers are paying more at the pump. That includes at oil and gas companies. So, with third quarter earnings results out, these politicians are
Read More...Misguided claims of gasoline price gouging continue to bounce around Capitol Hill with the latest salvo coming from Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) even though both Democratic and Republican-aligned economists, independent energy analysts, and the media have stated over and over again that no such practices exist. Citing the House Oversight investigation
Read More...Antero Resources reported a net loss of $536 million or $1.99 per diluted share in the third quarter 202, Kallanish Energy reports. That compares to a net loss of $879 million or $2.86 per share in the 3Q 2019. The loss was driven by a $749 million unrealized commodity hedge fair value loss as a
Read More...China’s Sinopec reported a net profit attributable to shareholders of 24.45 billion yuan ($3.64 billion) during the third quarter, while boosting natural gas sales and maintaining production levels, Kallanish Energy reports. The company said in its financial statement net profit was down 44.7% compared to the 44.22 billion yuan ($6.6 billion) recorded a year ago,
Read More...Russia’s largest independent gas producer, Novatek, saw its production rise 4.5% year-on-year during the third quarter of 2020, despite a slight decline in total sales volumes, Kallanish Energy reports. The company said in its Q3 results that total gas production reached 19.13 billion cubic meters (Bcm) in the July-September quarter, up from 18.31 Bcm a
Read More...Norway’s Equinor posted on Thursday a net loss of $2.12 billion in the third quarter of 2020, hit by weak hydrocarbon prices but, mostly, impairment charges due to reduced future price assumptions. The company’s net income was 92% lower than the same period last year at $1.11 billion, as it recorded impairment charges of $2.93
Read More...ConocoPhillips has reported a third quarter 2020 net loss of $450 million or 42 cents per share, Kallanish Energy reports. That compares to 3Q 2019 net earnings of $3.1 billion or $2.74 per share. Third quarter 2020 adjusted earnings were a loss of $300 million or 31 cents a share, compared with 3Q 2019 adjusted
Read More...EQT, the largest producer of natural gas in the United States, reported a net loss of $601 million or $2.35 in the third quarter 2020, Kallanish Energy reports. That compares to a loss of $361 million or $1.41 per share in 3Q 2019. That loss was smaller than had been expected with lower operating costs
Read More...Antero Resources has reported a GAAP net loss of $463 million or $1.73 per share in the second quarter 2020, Kallanish Energy reports. That compares to a net income of $42 million or 14 cents per share in 2Q 2019. The company has not curtailed any prediction due to the coronavirus pandemic and resulting low
Read More...Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes, a GE company, delivered what chairman and CEO Lorenzo Simonelli called a “solid” first quarter, due to stabilizing global oil and natural gas markets, Kallanish Energy reports. “The U.S. rig count dropped slightly less than expected, and international activity remained steady; the LNG market is very active,” Simonelli said. During
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