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  • Oil Extraction's Getting Harder & Increasingly Expensive

    By Damian Illia - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: CVX, XOM, RDS-A

    Oil has become harder to find and more expensive to extract, driving U.S. and foreign companies to invest more in  drilling and exploration projects.

    According to IHS, capital and operating expenditures, or capex and opex, for these "upstream" operations are estimated to reach $1.23 trillion in 2012, and will reach $1.64 trillion by 2016. To see how Capex is increasing across the industry, let's review the more »

  • Oil At A Discount

    By Matthew Frankel - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: BP, XOM, RDS-A

    BP (NYSE: BP), one of the world’s largest oil companies, has done an excellent job of rehabilitating their reputation with U.S. consumers since the infamous Deepwater Horizon disaster.  While some people (especially in the Gulf States) haven’t quite forgiven and forgotten, most would agree that given the circumstances, BP has done virtually everything in its power to make the situation right.  However, shares of BP are flat more »

  • Regulation or Technology - What's Barring ConocoPhillips From Drilling the Arctic?

    By Satarupa Bose - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: COP, RDS-A, STO

    Oil spills and faulty exploration techniques have caused extensive and irreversible environmental damages on the face of the earth. In order that no such incidents are repeated, the government should formulate laws, and no such laws pertaining to the Arctic oil drilling have been formulated. This uncertainty regarding federal laws has compelled ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) to suspend operations in the Alaskan Arctic waters.

    The problem faced

    The climate of the more »

  • Oil Extraction: Harder & Increasingly Expensive

    By Damian Illia - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: CVX, XOM, RDS-A

    United States and foreign companies are investing more in drilling and exploration projects. According to IHS, upstream capital and operating expenditures are estimated to reach $1.23 trillion in 2012 and will reach levels of $1.64 trillion by 2016. This is due to the rising complexity of oil extraction. Oil has become harder to find and more expensive to extract and that has elevated costs as well as investments more »

  • Either It Skyrockets, or It Goes Bust!

    By Piyush Arora - April 11, 2013 | Tickers: APC, E, XOM, RDS-A

    The general thesis is that oil companies stand to benefit with rising crude prices. Well that is true, but lower crude prices don’t necessarily imply that all oil companies are deemed to fail. Over the last six months, Brent crude prices have lost nearly 4% while shares of Anadarko Petroleum have appreciated by around 21%. This was due to its expansion projects that delivered volumetric growth, but the recent more »

  • Alaskan Offshore Provides ConocoPhillips Opportunity

    By Peter Pham - April 11, 2013 | Tickers: COP, RDS-A, STO

    ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is going ahead with its Arctic drilling plans despite the series of setbacks reported by Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A)in the region. At the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Arctic Open Water meeting recently, ConocoPhillips revealed that it is eyeing the Devil's Paw area of Chukchi Sea, 80 miles off the shore of Alaska.

    Although Shell is a much bigger firm, ConocoPhillips is more »

  • Oil Majors: More Reserves Needed

    By Federico Zaldua - April 10, 2013 | Tickers: BP, CVX, XOM, RDS-A, TOT

    I once heard from an oil expert that oil companies should be valued according to their reserves. Without reserves all you have left is a mere trader of oil and its sub-products. My small investment in British Petroleum (NYSE: BP) shares made me take a look at reserves and, above all, Reserve Replacement Ratios (RRR). The RRR will tell you the extent to which oil and gas companies are replacing more »

  • Alaskan Offshore Provides ConocoPhillips Opportunity

    By Peter Pham - April 9, 2013 | Tickers: COP, NE, RDSA, RDS-A, STO

    ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is going ahead with its Arctic drilling plans despite the series of setbacks reported by Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.A)in the region. At the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Arctic Open Water meeting recently, ConocoPhillips revealed that it is eyeing the Devils Paw area of Chukchi Sea, 80 miles off the shore of Alaska. Although Shell is a much bigger firm, ConocoPhillips is more »

  • Either it Goes Skyrocketing, Or it Goes Bust!

    By Piyush Arora - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: APC, E, XOM, RDS-A

    The general thesis is that oil companies stand to benefit with rising crude prices. Well that is true, but lower crude prices don’t necessarily imply that all oil companies are deemed to fail. Over the last six months, Brent crude prices have lost nearly 4% while shares of Anadarko Petroleum have appreciated by around 21%. This was due to its expansion projects that delivered volumetric growth, but the recent more »

  • Oil Majors: More Reserves Needed

    By Federico Zaldua - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: BP, CVX, XOM, RDS-A, TOT

    I once heard from an oil expert that oil companies should be valued according to their reserves. Without reserves all you have got left is a mere trader of oil and its sub-products. My small investment in British Petroleum (NYSE: BP) shares made me take a look at reserves and, above all, Reserve Replacement Ratios (RRR). The RRR will tell you the extent to which oil and gas companies are more »

  • Anadarko in Mozambique: Safety and Stability Promise Reliable Returns

    By Jaiyant Cavale - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: APC, ENI, XOM, RDS-A

    Of all the oil and gas companies that I follow, Anadarko (NYSE: APC) is truly one of the most remarkable companies around. I find the company particularly attractive because of its business in Mozambique, which continues to grow, improve or become profitable with each passing day. Mozambique has already proven to be a major source of LNG and much of the discovery was made by Anadarko. Currently, Anadarko works with more »

  • Why Exxon's Gigantic Move Is a Smart One

    By Satarupa Bose - April 6, 2013 | Tickers: CVX, XOM, RDS-A

    The world is shifting towards the use of greener and renewable forms of energy so that we can save the world we stay in. Natural gas, though harmful, has emerged as a much greener and less vicious form of energy in comparison to oil. And driven by this fact, the demand for natural gas is witnessing huge growth in our today’s economy.

    Oil and natural gas companies are leaving more »

  • Creating a Portfolio with Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice

    By Arturo Cuevas - April 5, 2013 | Tickers: CZZ, MKC, RDS-A

    Sugar and spice and everything nice, to borrow a line from the nursery rhyme “What are little girls made of,” is one foolish but potent guide to assemble a winning stock portfolio. Cosan (NYSE: CZZ), for one, is a potential winner as a sugar-and-everything-nice adjunct, given the banner performance that this Brazilian conglomerate reported for its 2013 fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, 2012. For the period, it more than more »

  • Anadarko in Mozambique: Safety and Stability Promise Reliable Returns

    By Jaiyant Cavale - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: APC, ENI, XOM, RDS-A

    Of all the oil and gas companies that I follow, Anadarko (NYSE: APC) is truly one of the most remarkable companies around. I find the company particularly attractive because of its business in Mozambique, which continues to grow, improve or become profitable with each passing day. Mozambique has already proven to be a major source of LNG and much of the discovery was made by Anadarko. Currently, Anadarko works with more »

  • Exxon Planning to Float a LNG Plant Six Times the Size of an Aircraft Carrier

    By Satarupa Bose - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: CVX, XOM, RDS-A

    The world is shifting towards the use of greener and renewable forms of energy so that we can save the world we stay in. Natural gas, though harmful, but has emerged as a much greener and less vicious form of energy in comparison to oil. And riding on this fact, the demand for natural gas is witnessing a huge growth in our today’s economy.

    Oil and natural gas companies more »

  • Buy This Stock While it's Still on Sale

    By James Catlin - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: CVX, XOM, RDS-A

    Fearing that Cyprus was on the brink of default, a last minute plan to keep the cash-strapped nation afloat was initially cheered by investors. U.S. markets opened positive on the news Monday morning, optimistic that the Cyprus deal was an isolated incident. However, early gains in the markets were erased when the Dutch Finance Minister, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, indicated that this plan could be a template for future situations.

    This more »

  • ExxonMobil & Russia: A Winning Combo for Investors

    By Maxwell Fisher - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: BP, CVX, XOM, MRO, RDS-A

    Note: This post originally included a moment of million-billion confusion. It's been fixed.

    In recent weeks, Russia's Rosneft  Oil and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) signed an agreement that expanded the terms of an existing deal. The amendments allow Russia's state oil corporation to participate in a U.S. venture for the first time in history, right in the Gulf of Mexico.

    The mutually-beneficial deal will equally allow ExxonMobil more »

  • Time to Back up the Truck for BP?

    By Diane Alter - March 25, 2013 | Tickers: BP, XOM, RDS-A

    Shares of BP (NYSE: BP) jumped 2.7% on news the energy giant will buy back $8 billion worth of its shares, sharing with shareholders some of the proceeds from the sale of its stake in Russian joint venture TNK-BP Ltd.

    The announcement came just one day after BP completed the sale of its 50% stake in TNK-BP to OAO Rosneft for $16.7 billion in cash and 12.8 more »

  • Europe's First-Mover Disadvantage in the Arctic

    By Joshua Bondy - March 15, 2013 | Tickers: RDS-B, RDS-A, STO, TOT

    Offshore drilling in the arctic has received a host of negative press. Governments have been prompted to reexamine firms' operations, and environmental groups continue to raise their voices in protest against drillers. In the modern, technologically-oriented world, a first-mover advantage is seen as a great source power and profits. Recent difficulties show that investing after a dip has proved profitable, and can be a better approach.

    Why is There Pressure more »

  • Three Stable High Yielding Juggernauts

    By Ash Anderson - March 12, 2013 | Tickers: MO, LMT, RDS-A

    I like dividends, that’s no big secret. Seriously, look at my other articles, I LOVE dividends. Over the past few days I have been looking through countless numbers of screens to find the sturdiest, most stable dividend paying companies around. I had one major requirement, the company had to pay a big dividend, and I’m talking over 5% here, the type of dividend that gets me going!

    I more »

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