Exxon working on direct air capture but costs need to fall

Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 1, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Exxon Mobil is working on technology to directly remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere with the goal of slashing sky-high costs by half, CEO Darren Woods said … Read more

Chevron (CVX) Q1 earnings report 2024

Gas pumps are seen at a Chevron gas station in Orlando.  Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Chevron beat earnings expectations Friday, but its profit fell from the year-ago period as its refineries and international gas business faced headwinds. Here is what Chevron reported for the first quarter compared with what … Read more

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday

My top 10 things to watch Friday, April 26 Wall Street holds onto gains as rising bond yields take a breather Friday. New inflation data comes in a little hot for the second day in a row. The market, however, takes it in stride after U.S. stocks were hit hard Thursday on the GDP signaling … Read more

Exxon (XOM) Q1 2024 earnings report

An Exxon gas station is seen on October 06, 2023 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Exxon Mobil on Friday reported first-quarter earnings that missed expectations as the industry came under pressure from eroding refining margins and collapsing natural gas prices. Exxon’s stock was down less than … Read more

Earnings from Tesla, Merck and Big Tech

CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer Rob Kim | NBCUniversal CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday noted that major quarterly results from players like Verizon, Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet will be coming next week, but he zeroed in on the importance of the Personal Consumption Expenditures index because it is the real gauge of inflation. Cramer said the … Read more

Big oil is racing to scale up carbon capture to slash emissions

A standard drilling rig that Chevron will be drilling its first onshore test well for the 14,000-acre Bayou Bend CCUS project is photographed on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 in Winnie area. It is expected to have the capacity to store more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in underground geologic structures. Yi-Chin Lee … Read more

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday

My top 10 things to watch Thursday, April 4 The Dow bounces back Wednesday after a three-session losing streak. As of Wednesday’s close, the 30-stock average is on pace for its worst weekly loss since October. Is activist investor Nelson Peltz done with Club name Disney ? Does it matter to the stock? Disney shares … Read more

Big Oil’s green-bashing at Texas energy conference stokes backlash

Saudi Aramco President & CEO Amin Nasser speaks during the CERAWeek oil summit in Houston, Texas, on March 18, 2024. Mark Felix | Afp | Getty Images Top oil executives have been sharply criticized for pushing back against the viability of the clean energy transition at a U.S. conference, with campaigners denouncing an industry claim … Read more

Exxon is not trying to acquire Hess in dispute with Chevron, CEO says

HOUSTON — Exxon is not trying to acquire Hess as the oil major battles with Chevron over lucrative oil assets in Guyana, CEO Darren Woods said Monday. When asked directly, Woods told the CERAWeek by S&P Global energy conference that acquiring Hess is not one of Exxon’s objectives in the dispute with Chevron. Exxon would … Read more

Hess reviews timeline for Chevron deal closing after Exxon escalates Guyana dispute

Mike Wirth, CEO of Chevron and John Hess, CEO of Hess, appear on CNBC to speak about Chevron’s deal to buy Hess Corp for $53 billion all-stock deal, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, October 23, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Hess Corp. is reviewing the timeline for … Read more