Some producers that locked in low-$60s oil are paying out nine figures on their hedges. Those that left the upside open kept most of the rally. Energy earnings season opens Tuesday with Halliburton. Oil’s run this year has split America’s producers into two camps, and the report cards start arriving this week. Companies that locked […]
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Where your diesel dollar goes: the refiner’s slice of a gallon has roughly tripled in a year. Valero reports Thursday, and Wall Street expects about $21 a share. By Energy News Beat | Monday, Oct. 19, 2026 | Prices as of 6:28 a.m. CT unless noted If you topped off a 30-gallon diesel pickup this […]
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ExxonMobil’s preliminary third-quarter update has put refining front and center for investors. Higher refining margins are expected to add roughly $4.5 billion to downstream earnings compared with the second quarter—on top of the $4.1 billion the company already generated from refining in Q2. That surge comes even as upstream earnings face an estimated $1.3 billion […]
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Europe’s remaining coal plants are generating unexpected profits while Asia burns more coal to fill an LNG gap created by Middle East disruptions. Global demand is heading for a record high in 2026. The rebound is real but uneven, largely temporary in the West, and more structural in Asia—until nuclear and cleaner alternatives scale meaningfully. […]
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Houston-based Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) delivered its customary pre-earnings operational and realizations snapshot on October 13, 2026, via an 8-K filing of “Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Considerations.” As Reese Energy Consulting noted in a LinkedIn post the same day, it functions as the trailer before the full movie—the formal Q3 results scheduled for after-market close […]
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The New York Stock Exchange is losing its first major operating-company listings to Dallas’s new Texas Stock Exchange. Energy Transfer LP and fuel distributor Sunoco LP — along with affiliates SunocoCorp LLC and USA Compression Partners LP — will leave the NYSE after the close on October 2, 2026, and begin trading on TXSE on […]
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Cheniere Energy has handed over the last piece of its Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion just as the global LNG market is being pulled in two directions: Asia bidding hard for cargoes, and Europe trying to refill storage that is running well behind seasonal norms. The timing is not a coincidence. It is the point […]
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The ongoing conflict in Iran has triggered a profound energy crunch that extends far beyond crude oil prices. While Brent crude has retreated to around $90 per barrel from a wartime peak near $126, global shortages of refined products—diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel—have intensified. Global refinery throughput in July 2026 ran nearly 5 million barrels […]
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NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NNE) and Quadrant Nuclear Industries, Inc. (QNI) announced on August 18, 2026, that they have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the future supply of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel. The agreement aims to support advanced reactor deployments, strengthen the U.S. nuclear fuel supply chain, […]
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Houston-based ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), the largest U.S. independent oil and gas producer, reported second-quarter 2026 results on August 6, 2026, that beat Wall Street expectations. Higher commodity prices more than offset a year-over-year decline in production, driving sharp gains in earnings and cash flow. The company also reaffirmed full-year guidance, doubled share repurchases, achieved a […]
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