
YPF's shale growth, record refining and stronger cash flow support its outlook, while LNG and capital demands keep execution in focus.
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YPF's shale growth, record refining and stronger cash flow support its outlook, while LNG and capital demands keep execution in focus.

The London Company, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its “The London Company Income Equity Strategy”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. U.S. equities rebounded in Q2, with the Russell 3000 rising 15.4% and the S&P 500 achieving its best quarter since 2020, driven by AI infrastructure spending […]

Some of the market’s best dividend stocks come from an industry that can be surprisingly dependable for income investors: energy. Oil and natural gas prices can swing sharply from one year to the next, yet energy stocks have never been forced to cut their dividend payments. ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) both […]

The 105-4X exploration well is located in the Lower Congo Basin.

Data center developers are turning to bespoke natural-gas power plants, a development that promises to dramatically increase carbon emissions and make it harder for US technology companies to meet their lofty climate goals.

📈 Follow our live markets data and coverage. If there’s any business for which changing course really is like turning around a supertanker, it’s Big Oil. At the beginning of this year, the Western world’s five large, integrated energy companies were talking about things like “structural cost efficiencies,” “consistent delivery” and “superior shareholder returns, despite declining oil prices.”
Chevron said on Monday that it had made an oil and gas condensate discovery at the 105-4X exploration well in Block 0, offshore Angola.

Chevron continues to find new sources of oil and gas.

Production growth is slowing, with the EIA expecting output to rise just 200,000 bpd in 2026.
Energy stocks were higher late Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index rising 1.1% and t

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) reports a new oil and gas condensate discovery at the 105-4X well in Angola's Block 0 as part of its Sub-Saharan Africa exploration program. The find marks a fresh addition to Chevron's resource base in a region the company has identified as important for long term production sustainability. The Block 0 discovery supports Chevron's broader goal of maintaining its operational footprint in Sub-Saharan Africa through continued exploration activity. This discovery is one...
Energy stocks were higher Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index rising 0.7% and the St

APA has jumped nearly 100% over the last year, while Woodside Energy Group ADR is up by 32% year to date.

Chevron's new offshore Angola discovery could tie into existing Block 0 infrastructure, adding fresh momentum to the country's oil industry.

Both oil majors posted major profit increases for the second quarter.
Chevron found more than 90 meters of high-quality net pay near existing infrastructure that could accelerate development and control costs.

With the Strait of Hormuz still choked off and Trump now threatening to bomb a U.S. ally mediating the peace talks, the Iran war is about to test exactly how much further Big Oil's windfall can stretch before the whole situation unravels.

Par Pacific's Hawaii Renewables hits key milestones, with flexible SAF and renewable diesel production offering a potential long-term growth engine.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), through its subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CABGOC), has confirmed an oil and gas condensate discovery at the 105-4X exploration well in Angola’s offshore Block 0. Drilled in the Lower Congo Basin, the well encountered an oil and gas condensate column measuring more than 600 metres, or 2,000 feet, within the primary Pinda reservoir.

Brazil's Petrobras beat Q2 estimates as record production, stronger exports and higher Brent pricing lifted earnings, revenues and cash flow.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index drops, but the Nasdaq rises as memory-chip stocks Micron and Sandisk rally sharply.

The Wall Street Journal published a report today, Monday, August 17, 2026, titled “Iran’s Secret Plan to Escalate the War,” the same day the 60-day US-Iran memorandum of understanding signed in June expires with no follow-on deal in sight. For investors, the question is narrower: if the ceasefire framework is dead and the Strait of ... Here’s What “Iran’s Secret Plan To Escalate The War” Means For Oil Stocks
As passage of oil through the Strait of Hormuz remains shrouded in uncertainty, the world's largest oil companies are stocking up their cash reserves, according to The Kobeissi Letter.

The Dow Jones (^DJI) is made up of 30 of the most established and influential companies in the market. But even blue-chip stocks can struggle - some are dealing with slowing growth, outdated business models, or increasing competition.
A tie-up between two of America’s biggest refiners would have reshaped the industry, but antitrust concerns and operational complexity ultimately derailed the deal.

GLNG's second-quarter 2026 earnings and revenues improve year over year.
A Pennsylvania caller pitched Jim Cramer a midstream stock his son had been tracking, citing a dividend streak that stretches back 37 consecutive quarters without a single cut or flat payment. Cramer had a verdict, but the caller's own portfolio buried a complication nobody addressed on air.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index falls Friday after surprise retail sales data. AI chip giant Applied Materials dives on earnings.

Chevron has delivered a strong 154.0% return over the past five years, yet both a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) intrinsic value estimate and market multiples currently point to the stock trading at a discount to those valuation checks. Over the last 5 years Chevron has returned 154.0%, which puts fresh focus on whether the current price still leaves room compared with its intrinsic value estimate. Chevron's growing role in powering AI data centers through projects like its long term Microsoft...
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