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CVX and HAL are nearing Venezuela oil deals that could unlock billions in investment as the United States pushes to rebuild production.

On this episode of Stock Movers: - PG&E (PGE) are extending their downward move as California legislators introduced a bill that would update the state's wildfire response without shifting liability away from publicly traded utilities. At least three research firms, including BMO Capital Markets and Wells Fargo, downgraded the stock. - Chevron (CVX) and ExxonMobil (XOM) shares are rising along with the price of oil. Washington and Tehran exchanged strikes for the first time in about a month, with US Central Command targeting rocket launchers preparing to send mines into the Strait of Hormuz. In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that it had attacked US air bases in Jordan. - Nvidia (NVDA) shares are rising after the leader in AI chips dropped 4.6% Friday. It's the only stock rising in the Mag 7 on Monday.

Stocks slipped in early trading as traders saw an increased probability of a September rate hike and the US and Iran exchanged fire over the weekend, dampening sentiment near the end of an ebullient earnings season.

The US has entered perhaps the biggest oil (CL=F, BZ=F) deal on record, buying up a large portion of Venezuelan oil production rights. Yahoo Finance Breaking Business News Reporter Jake Conley breaks down the details.

Shares of Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) are climbing in Monday morning trading after the United States and Iran resumed military strikes over the weekend, with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz still constrained. Chevron stock is up 3% to $207.80; Exxon Mobil stock is rising 3% to $161.31. The energy complex is repricing […]

Oil prices jumped Monday morning after Tehran claimed a supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz caught fire after hitting mines and the U.S. and Iran traded attacks for the first time in weeks. Dow Jones futures fell modestly, though oil stocks rallied, including Chevron. The oil major has the pole position in Venezuela, which reportedly made progress toward a deal with the U.S. to develop and share the wealth from the country's massive oil resources.

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Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index drops while oil prices jump Monday after the U.S. and Iran exchange new strikes.

Venezuela sits on the world's largest proven oil reserves and ships barrels to U.S. refiners without crossing a single conflict-prone waterway, yet a former Chevron executive who knows the country's fields firsthand says the real obstacle has nothing to do with geography or sanctions.

Intel stock is rising but software names such as ServiceNow trade lower. Energy stocks are jumping as oil prices rises after U.S. strikes against Iran.

↘️ PG&E (PCG): Shares of the California utility sank 8% premarket after lawmakers over the weekend introduced wildfire legislation that left out Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to block insurance companies from suing utilities for wildfire-related claims.

Investing.com -- U.S.-listed energy stocks climbed in premarket trading Monday, tracking a more than 2% jump in oil prices after American forces struck an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran retaliated.

Shares were mixed in Europe and Asia and U.S. futures declined Monday on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve may raise interest rates soon. Oil prices surged more than 3% after U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz, marking their first military action in a month. U.S. benchmark crude oil was trading 3.8% higher at $86.58 per barrel.

Artificial intelligence can't live without electricity, and a broad group of companies are lining up to provide the needed power.

U.S. shale producers are increasingly using advanced chemical surfactants to release more oil from tight rock and boost recovery from existing wells.

Chevron has underperformed the broader energy sector over the past year, although analysts remain moderately optimistic about the stock’s outlook.

GE Vernova boasts a fortress balance sheet and surging margins, while Vistra trades at half the valuation multiple, but carries higher debt.

This oil giant should continue its march toward joining the Dividend Kings.

Investing.com -- The Pentagon plans to take a 35% passive stake in a private company holding Venezuelan oil rights, marking an unusual expansion of the U.S. government’s role from facilitating energy investment to directly owning an interest in an oil venture, the Wall Street Journal reported exclusively.

Investing.com -- U.S. President Donald Trump’s oil agreement with Venezuela is drawing criticism from both hard-line supporters of the country’s government and opposition forces, putting acting President Delcy Rodríguez under growing political pressure, Bloomberg reported.

If you look at the traditional measure of dividend safety, the payout ratio, you may get the wrong impression.

Despite ExxonMobil’s underperformance relative to the energy sector over the past year, Wall Street analysts remain moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

The federal government will control 55% of the company's effective output via equity ownership and oil production.

Oil markets have spent 2026 wrestling with supply disruptions, Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdowns to multi-decade lows, and stubborn pump prices that refuse to cooperate with political calendars. That makes President Trump’s new energy agreement with Venezuela genuinely good news for long-term American energy security. It hands U.S. interests majority control of more than 65 billion […]

Chevron is getting in on the AI boom with its recent long-term energy agreement with Microsoft.

Sunoco LP isn't the biggest kid on the midstream block, but its dividend growth has the potential to be substantial.

A Wall Street Journal report on August 28 revealed that Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) is among the American energy companies that are nearing deals to invest billions of dollars in Venezuela’s oil fields. The oil and gas major already has three joint ventures with the state-owned PDVSA and is currently the only big US company still […]

President Donald Trump is set to meet with US oil refining executives as he confronts persistently high gasoline prices stoked by the war in Iran.

Investing.com -- The U.S. Department of Defense is negotiating a major partnership with energy investor Alejandro Betancourt to secure a direct stake in Venezuelan crude reserves, Bloomberg reported Friday. The discussions center on as many as 17 oil fields across Venezuela’s primary basins, reflecting Washington’s aggressive push to consolidate influence over the nation’s energy infrastructure. Under one framework being evaluated, the U.S. could secure a 100-year lease over assets that include

Management's own scorecard still leads with dollars, but the return measure that used to sit beside it was absent again, and that changes what a holder is actually betting on.