Utility stocks are attracting more and more attention amid this latest market meltdown. As a group they’ve reduced leverage and cut risk. The best way to find long-term wealth builders, however, is to zero in on company-level numbers.
After overpaying for XTO Energy in 2010, ExxonMobil Corp (NYSE: XOM) is an early in two of the hottest emerging shale oil plays.
Although the group has been out of favor, some offshore contract drillers offer an attractive combination of defensive qualities and exposure to long-term growth trends. The key is identifying names that have exposure to the business lines that offer the most upside.
Royal Dutch Shell’s (NYSE: RDS.A) most recent downstream LNG venture will serve a market where there’s no shortage of natural gas: North America.
Why has the price of gasoline continued to increase despite the decline in the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil? Pundits have come up with dozens of conspiracy theories to explain this anomaly. Here’s the truth.
The ability to ride out and recover from a major storm is a function of good management, healthy regulatory relations and adequate access to capital.
The shale gas revolution also has dramatically changed the fortunes of two related industries, one brimming with promise in the early 2000s and the other forlorn.
During their conference calls to discuss second-quarter results, producers discussed a handful of emerging shale oil plays which they hope could become the next Bakken or the next Eagle Ford.
Robust drilling activity in North America continues to drive earnings for oil-services companies, but second-quarter results suggest that demand in international markets has finally turned the corner.
Forget the Middle East. Investors looking for long-term oil and gas production growth should focus on Africa.
