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Occidental achieved record production in Q2, 2024, with $1.3 billion in free cash flow before working capital adjustments.

A Colombian judge ordered Brazilian oil giant Petrobras and project partner Ecopetrol to halt drilling operations in the ...

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes said Friday its U.S. rig count was down two rigs to 588, falling for a fifth week out ...

The Federal Reserve (the Fed) has now set the agenda for investors to consider a few trends as the September Fed meeting gets ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is developing a drama series about the Piper Alpha disaster, one of the most catastrophic offshore oil ...

although no charges were brought against operator Occidental Petroleum. Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales meet members of the rescue team after the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster ...

Drilling for new oil and natural gas reserves in Texas ... Diamondback, APA, Devon, Occidental Petroleum and Permian Resources also forecast higher than expected Permian shale producing in the ...

Oil has made headlines during this coronavirus crisis, although not for reasons investors want to see. In addition to issues caused by international events, especially those that impede the safe ...

A service rig crew pulls sucker rods from an oil and gas well as they work ... The companies, which included Chevron, Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Diamondback Energy, spent $234 billion ...

Piper Alpha began production in 1976 around 120 miles north east of Aberdeen, a Scottish city known as one of the oil capitals of Europe. Twelve years after it opened, the rig collapsed following ...