LinkedIn: Energy companies among most in demand for job seekers
The social network released its list ranking companies’ with the most engagement from potential employees. More »
Exxon sees profit rise on refining strength
Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson said that the earnings growth was “driven by higher margins and improved operations in the downstream and chemical businesses.” More »
Cheniere’s tentative settlement could restrict stock grants through 2017
Cheniere Energy has reached a pre-settlement pact with investors that will put restraints on pay after CEO Charif Souki’s $142 million annual takehome had outpaced every other U.S. CEO’s last year. More »
Statoil suffers first loss on oil-sands project, crude drop
Statoil ASA, Norway’s biggest energy company, reported its first quarterly loss since listing in 2001 after writing down the value of an oil-sands project in Canada and struggling with plunging crude prices. More »
Total’s Pouyanne sticks to cost-cutting as profit falls
Patrick Pouyanne, who was named to succeed de Margerie last week, plans to “hit the road” to visit contacts in the oil industry and in several resource-rich countries More »
Profits from Occidental spinoff fall in third quarter
Occidental Petroleum Corp. said profit from the California oil producer it’s spinning off to shareholders next month fell in the third quarter as crude prices slid and production costs increased. More »
Total acts swiftly to replace CEO killed in crash
Barely 36 hours after de Margerie’s death, Total’s board chose its new leader at a board meeting Wednesday. More »
New Total CEO will contend with slump in production, oil
Pouyanne will have to see through a round of cost cuts as lower oil prices and weak returns from refining eat into profit at France’s largest company by sales. More »
David Stover moves into top job at Noble Energy
David Stover has been named Noble Energy CEO, under succession plan announced in April. More »
Investor says Swift Energy needs to cut debt
Swift Energy’s debt has ballooned to nearly $1.2 billion and has shareholders nervous. More »
Apache to get third CFO in eight months
Alfonso Leon, the company’s chief financial officer and executive vice president, resigned Tuesday, the Houston-based exploration and production company announced. More »
EOG, Anadarko reach deal with New York to disclose financial risks of fracking
The New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reached an agreement with Houston based energy producers EOG Resources and Anadarko that will require them to disclose the financial risks associated with hydraulic fracturing, his office announced Friday. More »
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