CNOOC Ltd (NYSE: CEO) is a major Chinese oil company that offers a dividend yield and a profit margin that is more than twice that the average for a member of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (NYSE: SPY). While that is certainly appealing, making CNOOC Ltd very attractive now is that it is trading […]

For those looking for bullish indicators in the energy sector, BP BPC (NYSE: BP) just announced plans to increase oil production by 900,000 barrels a day by 2020. BP PLC is the second largest oil company, Big Oil in every way with operations around the world. Like so many others in the oil and natural […]

Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) is continuing to expand in areas such as Africa and the Arctic, among others, even with the falling price of oil and natural gas. The largest oil and natural gas firm in the world, Royal Dutch Shell is “Big Oil” by every meaning. But its stock price is not as […]

While Big Oil stocks like Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) should reward long term investors, the short term performance has been painful.  That is much the same for the stock markets overall as both the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) have been doing […]

Chevron (NYSE: CVX) is like ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) in that it is a “Big Oil” company that has not spun off units like so many others. As a result, Chevron, again like ExxonMobil, has not fallen in recent stock market action like so many other energy companies. Chevron is down for the last week, month, […]

Even though legislation to approve the Keystone Pipeline failed to break the filibuster in the United States Senate, it was still a victory for Big Oil stocks like Chevron (NYSE: CVX), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A). The narrow defeats shows that there is a more sympathetic Senate on the way for energy […]

BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is the world’s largest natural resources company, rich in holdings such as as coal, copper, natural gas, and others. But BHP Billiton is now transforming itself, seeking to increase oil production to join Big Oil firms such as Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM). To finance that transition, BHP Billiton […]

Big Oil stocks such as BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and others have not fared well in recent market action. ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil and natural gas company, is down for the last quarter and six months of market action.  Chevron has fallen for the last month, quarter, and […]

It has been a rough patch for Big Oil stocks such as BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), in recent market action. ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil and natural gas company, is off for the last quarter and six months of trading (chart below). That is the same for BP […]

BP PLC (NYSE: BP) is a Big Oil stock, the second largest in Europe. Like other oil and natural gas stocks such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), the world’s largest, and Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A), the biggest in Europe, BP PLC has fallen.  BP is down for the last week, month, quarter, six months, and […]