This Week in History: The Soviet ‘seductive bear’, Amazon’s Chernobyl, and the fall of a golfing icon Explore how major events between 16 and 22 February were captured on The Independent’s front pages The Independent UK · Feb 16
Big Oil embraces exploration outside of the Americas again as Chevron enters Libya American Big Oil is returning to countries in the Middle East, Africa, and beyond to find new sources of oil and gas. Fortune · Feb 11
Europe lost out on 3.8mn tonnes of Kazakh oil after Black Sea attacks Kazakhstan’s oil exports fell after Ukrainian drone attacks and stormy weather hampered operations at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s marine terminal in Novorossyisk. Its major oil field Tengiz also suffered an outage in January. Euronews · Feb 11
The Trump Administration touts approvals for deepwater oil-exporting hubs in the Gulf of Mexico, but no one seems willing to build them The Texas GulfLink project was just licensed to build an oil-shipping hub 30 miles into the U.S. Gulf, but demand for such projects has tumbled. Fortune · Feb 10
Energy Is Leading in 2026—But Are the Oil Majors Cracking? Energy is leading the market this year as investors seek safety. Despite mixed earnings, efficiency cuts and high demand keep the sector's outlook hot. MarketBeat · Feb 9
Chevron Earnings Hint at New Highs—Is CVX Ready to Run? Chevron earnings showed record production, strong cash flow, and a higher dividend. See why CVX stock could rally to new highs in 2026 MarketBeat · Feb 1
Chevron Hikes Its Dividend - But It's Less Than Expected - Is CVX Stock Fully Valued? Chevron Corp raised its dividend per share by 4%, slightly lower than our expectation of a 5% hike. CVX stock has risen 20% since mid-December. It could be fully valued, so how should shareholders play it? Barchart · Feb 1
Exxon and Chevron decline new spending in Venezuela while taking a wait-and-see approach for the years ahead Exxon Mobil maintains long-term interest in Venezuela despite Trump’s threat to keep the company out, while Chevron aims to hike its Venezuelan volumes without any additional capital influx. Fortune · Jan 30
‘Your boss ran to his podiatrist’: Duckworth hits back at JD Vance’s ‘Forrest Gump’ jibe US Senator Tammy Duckworth, a decorated war veteran who lost both her legs in combat, has fired back sharply at Vice President JD Vance after he mocked her conduct during a Senate hearing, triggering outrage across Democratic circles and on social media. The Times of India · Jan 29
Do Wall Street Analysts Like Chevron Stock? Chevron has lagged the S&P 500 over the past year, yet analysts remain cautiously bullish on the company’s longer-term outlook. Barchart · Jan 28
Option Volatility And Earnings Report For January 26 - 30 It’s the biggest week of the quarter for earnings this week with plenty of big names set to report. This week we have Tesla, Microsoft, Apple, Meta Platforms, UnitedHealth Group, Exxon Mobil, Visa, Mastercard, Chevron and Caterpillar all reporting in what shapes as a busy and pivotal week for stocks. Barchart · Jan 26
Earnings, Tariffs and Other Key Things to Watch this Week Markets face one of the most consequential weeks of 2026 with an extraordinary convergence of events including Wednesday's Federal Reserve meeting at 2:00pm, multiple speeches by President Trump on Tuesday and Wednesday, and a blockbuster earnings lineup featuring mega-cap technology giants. Barchart · Jan 25
Michigan Is Suing Oil Companies For 'Suppressing' EVs The State of Michigan alleges in a lawsuit that BP, Chevron, Exxon and other oil giants have been a 'cartel' that's 'suppressed innovation' around EVs. InsideEVs · Jan 25
U.S. oil producers increasingly ‘slighted’ by Trump’s international focus on crude in Venezuela, Greenland, and beyond Trump’s fixation on hiking oil volumes from OPEC and Venezuela to lower prices at the pump is leaving U.S. oil producers annoyed with weak domestic pricing and drilling activity. Fortune · Jan 23
Radio France Internationale · Jan 22 Half of 2024 global emissions produced by just 32 fossil fuel firms, study finds Thirty-two companies in the fossil fuel sector are responsible for half of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report published on Wednesday – including Chevron and Exxon in the United States and BP in the United Kingdom, as well as state-owned companies in countries including Saudi Arabia, Russia and…
Euronews · Jan 22 ‘Wrong side of history’: Report ties top polluters to countries blocking fossil fuel phaseout Many state-owned fossil fuel firms that emitted the highest levels of pollution in 2024 went on to block a phaseout roadmap at COP30.
Latin Times · Jan 20 GOP Senator Bought Oil, Defense Stocks Days Before U.S. Operation Targeting Maduro: Report Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin disclosed purchasing shares in Chevron Corporation and RTX Corporation days before the United States carried out a high-profile operation targeting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
Euronews · Jan 20 The barrel and the bargain: Who should control Venezuela's oil after Maduro? Output can rise with capital and access — but Venezuela’s oil story has never been just technical. Sovereignty, revenue flows, and who controls where the crude goes are just as important.
MarketBeat · Jan 19 3 “Forever Stocks” to Hold When the Market Won’t Sit Still Chevron, Colgate-Palmolive, and Merck highlight how dividends, durable businesses, and long-term growth drivers can support a buy-and-hold investment strategy
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19 Bill Gates charity trust’s holdings in fossil fuel firms rise despite divestment claims Trust had $254m invested in companies such as Chevron, BP and Shell in 2024, a nine-year record, analysis shows
The Independent UK · Jan 18 Stellan Skarsgård slams Trump’s ‘absurd’ Greenland threats: ‘It’s a little man who got megalomania’ Trump threatened to impose tariffs on European countries that oppose his plans to annex Greenland
Reason · Jan 14 Federal Officer Removal in Plaquemines Parish Justice Barrett is thinking about Chief Judge Pryor's holding that Mark Meadows could not remove the Georgia criminal prosecution to federal court.
The Conversation · Jan 13 Why unlocking Venezuelan oil won’t mean much for US energy prices In the wake of U.S. forces’ arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, U.S. President Donald Trump has said the U.S. is taking over Venezuelan oil production.
The Conversation · Jan 12 Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing U.S. President Donald Trump has ignited a contentious debate over who has the right to control Venezuela’s vast oil reserves.
International Business Times UK · Jan 11 Marco Rubio Becomes a Meme After Donald Trump Hinted at His Possible New Role Fans have created hilarious memes of Marco Rubio and have dubbed him 'overworked' because of Donald Trump.