exxon mobil exploration
Exxon Mobil says it will invest at least $100 million in offshore oil exploration near the Philippines. Stephen Greenlee, vice president for Exxon Mobil Exploration Co., says Exxon is evaluating seismic data from the area and could start drilling next year, he said.
The Philippines government this week announced that a consortium of mostly Philippine companies […]
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
French oil company Total SA, the world’s fourth-largest oil and gas company, said its first-quarter profit rose 18 percent thanks to higher commodity prices. Excluding an after-tax inventory effect, adjusted net income increased 9 percent to 3.25 billion euros ($4.87 billion). The company’s exploration and production business accounted for 85 percent of overall operating profit.
The results […]
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s first-quarter profit climbed 17 percent to $10.9 billion. That is the second-biggest U.S. quarterly corporate profit ever. Only Exxon Mobil’s fourth-quarter profit last year was bigger at $11.7 billion.
Earnings for the first three months of the year came to $2.03 per share, up from $9.3 billion, or $1.62 per share, a year […]
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Venezuela moved closer to nationalizing its oil-rich Orinoco River basin, after four foreign oil companies signed deals giving Venezuela the lion’s share of the profits and two US companies pulled out altogether.
“ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are ending their participation in the exploration ventures,” Oil and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said Tuesday at the signing ceremony with […]
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Venezuela, which this week announced plans to nationalize 18 oil rigs operated by international companies, wants to establish a Latin American oil and gas drilling corporation.
Such a company would give Petroleos de Venezuela and other Central and South American oil companies an alternative to North American rig operators, seismic providers and service firms, Bernardo […]
Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Nido Petroleum Philippines Ltd. plans to undertake an initial public offering (IPO) in the medium term to fund capital expenditures for future oil exploration in the Philippines, a top company official said.
David Whitby, managing director of Australia-based Nido Petroleum Ltd., told reporters on Friday that they are eyeing to eventually list their shares at the […]
Sunday, May 20th, 2007
The federal government gave its approval Monday for the reopening of an oil-shale mine in Utah, one of the experimental works intended to boost domestic oil production on Western lands.
A top-ranking Interior Department official signed off on the project, and officials said an Alabama-based partnership, Oil Shale Exploration Co., would be offered a lease to […]
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
Donnie Lewis says he’d quit the coldest, dirtiest job he’s ever known — drilling in Canada’s oil-rich bogs for Suncor Energy Inc. — if it wasn’t for the free private room, maid service and five-course meals.
“I wouldn’t do it if I had to share a room with six other fellows, all snoring and making a […]
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Chevron Corp. , the No. 2 U.S. oil company, said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit fell 9 percent, pulled down by weaker natural gas prices that have pared record earnings across the industry.
The decline in Chevron’s profit mirrors similar fourth-quarter drops at U.S. rivals Exxon Mobil , ConocoPhillips , and Marathon Oil Corp. — a […]
Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to develop gas wells in Dallas-Fort Worth with an affiliate of the Harding Co., Harding said Monday. Through a partnership Cinco County Barnett Shale LLC, Irving-based Exxon Mobil plans to produce and market gas from the Barnett Shale natural gas formation through an extensive, existing pipeline network.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
