Browsing: oil and gas
Jamie Dimon calls LNG exports a ‘realpolitik goal’ and a ‘great economic boon’ for the U.S.
Jamie Dimon said US delays of liquefied natural gas projects were done for political reasons to pacify those who believe…
The Earth just experienced its hottest February since records began—and it’s the ninth month in a row to have broken…
Swiss commodities firm pays $661 million to settle ‘years-long bribery scheme involving high-level Ecuadoran officials’
Geneva-based commodities trading firm Gunvor said Friday that it has reached a $661 million settlement with U.S. and Swiss prosecutors…
Young women are pranking their dads by saying they’re going to work on oil rigs. The responses are heartwarming: ‘Money can’t bring your life back.’
When Jahkira Michelle, a 23-year-old college administration worker, prank-called her dad to say she landed an underwater welder apprenticeship for…
ExxonMobil CEO says Big Oil has done its part—it’s time for civilians generating emissions to pay
As it stands, we’re not on the path to net zero emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods said. And…
‘It’s kind of like Pac-Man right now: consolidate or get eaten’: Big oil’s $250 billion year of shale mergers rewrites the playbook
This week’s $26 billion combination of two Texas oil companies is the latest in a series of deals that’s ushering…
Big Shale means ‘consolidate or get eaten,’ Wall Street is all in, and one of the ‘last original wildcatters’ will become America’s richest oilman
This week’s $26 billion combination of two Texas oil companies is the latest in a series of deals that’s ushering…
Meet oil’s new king: 85-year-old Autry Stephens, raised by peanut-and-melon farmers and now worth $25.9 billion
Over the past six decades, Autry Stephens has worn nearly every hat in the oil industry, from trucker to driller…
Don’t have a college education and want to make bank and take half the year off? Oil rig work is the hot job for many Americans
Not many on-the-ground jobs that offer a salary over $55,000 for just half a year’s work. But that’s the money…
The British government has again found itself in troubled waters over its plans to extract more oil and gas from…












