Royal Dutch / Shell and BP on Tuesday joined peers in reporting higher than expected earnings by making further deep cuts in spending to
cope with an oil price downturn now in its third year.
Not exact matches
The strategy illustrates how companies are
coping with Western Canadian Select bitumen blend
oil prices that have largely failed to keep up
with higher
prices for New York - traded West Texas Intermediate, leading to wider - than - usual differences between the two.
In recent years, investors have had to
cope with plenty of uncertainty: three summers worth of the Greek default crises (2010, 2011, 2012); the US «fiscal cliff» in early 2013 and the government shutdown that October; the Ukraine - Russia conflicts; the collapse in
oil prices; China's slowdown and currency devaluation; and now, Brexit.
Canada still is
coping with «material excess capacity» because of the collapse of
oil prices.
After chopping spending by almost one - third to
cope with a crash in
oil prices and billions in writedowns that sent profits to the weakest since last decade, China's energy giants Continue Reading
Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia's state
oil company, announced management changes and plans to cut workers as it seeks to trim operating costs to
cope with the worst
price slump in a generation.
Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia's state
oil company, announced management changes and plans to cut workers as it seeks to trim operating costs to
cope with the worst
price slump in Continue Reading
The difference, however, is that while foreign companies mostly sold
oil assets, they mainly purchased natural gas assets as an adjustment strategy to
cope with the anticipated decline in
oil prices and even the global
oil industry.
Mexico also continued to make responsible fiscal adjustments by cutting its budget to
cope with the impact of lower
oil prices.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)--
Oil - producing Mideast countries are coping with low global oil prices
Oil - producing Mideast countries are
coping with low global
oil prices
oil prices...
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident and spill in the Gulf of Mexico was a major setback for the offshore hydrocarbons industry; prospects for offshore
oil and gas have also been shaken by the shale revolution and by lower
prices, and must
cope with longer - term uncertainties over demand.