Oil’s Slide Deepens on Mounting Demand Worries Unexpected rise in crude stockpiles sends prices to lowest close since mid-January A rout in oil prices deepened Wednesday after government data showed […]
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Tortoise's Brian Kessens in Bloomberg
Oil Slump Deepens on ‘Shocking’ Jump in U.S. Fuel Stockpiles Swelling American inventories compound global recession fears WTI futures fall almost 6%; Brent crude hits 7-month low Oil plunged, re-entering […]
Tortoise's Brian Kessens in Reuters
Oil rises on expectations of Fed rate cut, another U.S crude drawdown NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose about 2% to a two-week high on Tuesday on optimism the […]
Tortoise's Rob Thummel in MarketWatch
Chevron, Exxon earnings: Shale M&A is high on the list of investor concerns Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. are slated to report second-quarter earnings next Friday before the bell […]
Tortoise's Brian Kessens in Bloomberg
Oil Fades as Flagging U.S. Fuel Demand Adds to Economic Angst Gasoline, distillate stockpiles grew almost 10 million barrels WTI falls for third day amid weak consumption data from EIA […]
Tortoise's Rob Thummel in Bloomberg
The Shale Boom in the Permian Is Slowing Down High well-decline rates burning cash as investors stay away Smaller producers fight to survive, bigger ones cutting back The promise of […]
Tortoise's Brian Kessens in Bloomberg
Oil Leaps as Stockpile Drop Adds to Iran Tensions, Gulf Storm American inventories fall to lowest in three months: EIA WTI climbs near $60 a barrel; Fed chair hints at […]
Tortoise's Matt Sallee in Bloomberg
Oil Rebounds as U.S. Gasoline Drop Helps to Ease Post-OPEC Gloom U.S. stockpiles fell by 1.6 million barrels last week: EIA WTI futures rise 1.9% after sliding most in a […]
Tortoise's Nick Holmes in Bloomberg
Oil Jumps Near $60 on Biggest U.S. Stockpile Drop Since 2016 Inventories declined 12.8 million barrels last week, EIA says WTI climbs as much as 3.6%, as draw far exceeds […]
Tortoise's Nick Holmes in Bloomberg
Oil Set for Year’s Worst Month as U.S. Glut Adds to Trade Woes Decline in stockpiles just one-fifth of expected withdrawal WTI dropped 3.8% as EIA report adds to U.S.-China […]
Tortoise's James Mick in Reuters
Oil prices drop as trade war worries outweigh supply disruptions Oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday as China signaled it would play the rare earths card in its trade war […]
Tortoise's Rob Thummel in Bloomberg
Oil Tumbles as Swelling U.S. Stockpiles Rekindle Fears of a Glut American crude supplies jumped to highest since July 2017: EIA WTI crude drops more than 3%, extending trade-fueled decline […]
Tortoise's Rob Thummel in Bloomberg
Shale Overhead Costs Under Fire as Investors Drill Even Deeper Producers have cut growth plans, everyday costs now targeted Push comes as stocks continue to underperform broader market U.S. shale […]
Tortoise's Brian Kessens in Barron's
Oil in the U.S. Is Cheaper Than Overseas. That’s Bad News for U.S. Oil Producers Crude oil prices are forking. U.S. crude oil is priced at a near $10 discount […]
Tortoise's Matt Sallee in Reuters
Bar rises for shale takeovers as Chevron bows out of Anadarko fight Chevron Chief Executive Michael Wirth’s decision to opt out of a bidding war for Anadarko Petroleum Corp has […]
Rob Thummel quoted in WSJ
Oil Volatility Picks Up, Putting 2019 Rally Under Scrutiny Portfolio managers move into less-risky investments; prices swing with Trump pressure on OPEC and Iran Volatility is picking up in oil […]
Reuters with Brian Kessens
Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub makes bold bid for rival shale producer With a $38 billion bid on Wednesday for rival oil producer Anadarko Petroleum Corp, Occidental Petroleum Corp CEO Vicki […]
Tortoise's Rob Thummel in Bloomberg
Occidental Bids $38 Billion for Anadarko in Plan to Beat Chevron Cash-and-stock proposal values oil producer at $76 per share Occidental says it made three offers to Anadarko since March […]
Rob Thummel on Fox Business
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Matt Sallee quoted in CNN Money
Oil shoots above $65 on fears about Iran sanctions US oil prices raced above $65 a barrel on Monday for the first time since Halloween after the White House pledged […]