The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has told ConocoPhillips and Occidental Petroleum to hold shareholder votes on new emissions targets, Financial Times reported, citing a letter the SEC sent to ConocoPhillips that the publication has seen.
Occidental Petroleum has made another discovery in Abu Dhabi’s Block 3, the company revealed during a quarterly results conference call.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has carried out a reshuffle, appointing a new energy minister.
Occidental Petroleum has delivered a first shipment of carbon-neutral oil to Reliance Industries, in India.
Occidental Petroleum has won the exploration rights to Abu Dhabi Onshore Block 5, Adnoc has reported.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. became the first major U.S. oil producer to aim for net zero emissions from everything it extracts and sells, accelerating an industry trend that’s become commonplace in Europe.
America’s oil production will never again reach the record 13 million barrels a day set earlier this year, just before the pandemic devastated global demand, according to Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Occidental Petroleum intends to keep production flat in 2021 but one bright spot for the company is Algeria.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. reported a $6.6 billion writedown in the second quarter, equivalent to more than 40% of its market value, as the collapse in energy prices took its toll on the debt-laden U.S. shale oil producer.
Occidental Petroleum is reviewing options for its Middle Eastern assets as it seeks ways to reduce its debt pile, people familiar with the matter said.
Total has scrapped plans to buy assets that had belonged to Anadarko Petroleum in Ghana.
Occidental Petroleum will continue to hold its Algerian assets following its inability to conclude the sale of them to Total.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. took a $1.4 billion writedown related to an investment in a pipeline affiliate, cut capital spending and withdrew its guidance for the year after a historic collapse in oil prices.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. cut its dividend for the first time in 30 years as the oil producer opts to conserve cash to cover debt incurred in its $37 billion takeover of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. last year.
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (Cnooc) International’s UK managing director and senior vice president for Europe and Africa, Ray Riddoch OBE has quit the firm.
Increasingly more recoverable barrels of oil and gas around the world are coming from corporate mergers and acquisitions, and not from traditional exploration.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. sold $13 billion of debt to help finance its acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. after receiving over $75 billion in orders for the deal at the peak, according to people familiar with the matter.
Occidental Petroleum sent a letter to its shareholders Monday asking them to reject the board takeover bid pushed by activist investor Carl Icahn.
Shareholders of Anadarko Petroleum will get to vote Aug. 8 on whether to approve the pending $38 billion acquisition of The Woodlands oil and gas producer by Occidental Petroleum, the company announced late Thursday.
Houston’s position as the energy capital of the world is based on fossil fuels, but the nation’s fourth-largest city must embrace new technologies and cleaner energy if it wants to lead the way for decades to come, energy executives said Thursday at the first Houston Low-Carbon Energy Summit.
Activist investor Carl Icahn launched a lawsuit against Occidental Petroleum with the goal of potentially seeking board seats and a sale of the company.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. will move forward with its $38 billion takeover of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the oil industry’s biggest deal in at least four years, after Chevron Corp. bowed out of the bidding.
Chevron Corp. is abandoning its $33 billion offer for oil driller Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the culmination of a month-long bidding war in which Occidental Petroleum Corp. prevailed over a rival five times its size.
Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s corporate jet has crossed the Atlantic for the second time in two weeks, landing in the Netherlands, according to flight-tracking data and people familiar with the matter.
Occidental Petroleum chief executive Vicki Hollub is on the cusp of winning a David versus Goliath bidding war that has captivated the oil industry.