...significant boost.The companies profiting range from independent drillers to large international oil companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, which increasingly see the U.S. as one of the most promising places to drill. ExxonMobil agreed last month to...
...generous annual dividend yield of 8.9 percent, compared with 2.8 percent for Exxon Mobil and 6.5 percent for Royal Dutch Shell.The company's shrinking stock price has magnified the yield.Some investors aren't waiting around."We've...
...able to infiltrate tiny pores in the reservoir and gather important information. Major oil companies, including Royal Dutch Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips and Marathon, are funding the research at Rice University. Scientists at Rice say they hope...
Oil giants Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday added to the industry's worst midyear showing in years, stung by slumping global energy demand that threatens to...
...wind-farm developer Navitas Energy Inc. in 2002, signed a $300 million deal last summer to make 132 wind turbines for Royal Dutch Shell PLC's wind development arm. General Electric Co. and FPL Group Inc., major American players, still dominate...
...barrels a day, and by 130,000 barrels a day in the third quarter. With oil prices retreating in recent weeks, Royal Dutch Shell PLC's chief executive on Monday said Britain's government should lower taxes on domestic oil producers in order...
...Calif., is the latest major oil company to make a big acquisition in natural gas, following Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell. Atlas is a big player in the Marcellus shale of Western Pennsylvania and elsewhere.Mexico company buys Sara Lee's...
...refineries are owned by Valero Energy Corp., Total S.A. and Motiva Enterprises LLC, a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Saudi Refining Inc.; Exxon Mobil Corp. has a refinery in Beaumont. Exxon Mobil said there was no significant...
...Refineries in the projected path of the hurricane were shuttered by Friday, including facilities operated by BP PLC, Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Exxon Mobil Corp. Nineteen of Texas' 26 refineries, with a combined daily capacity of nearly 5 million...
...potentially long-term loss of natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico. Katrina caused significant damage to Royal Dutch Shell PLC's Mars platform, which produces around 250,000 barrels a day of crude oil and 365 million cubic feet of...
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