ConocoPhillips Completes $9.5B Shell Deal
The assets include around 225,000 net acres and producing properties located entirely in Texas.
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The assets include around 225,000 net acres and producing properties located entirely in Texas.
Investegate announcements from Royal Dutch Shell plc, Shell completes sale of its Permian business to ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips has reported third-quarter 2021 earnings of $2.4 billion compared with a third-quarter 2020 loss of $0.5 billion. Excluding special items, third-quarter 2021 adjusted earnings were $2.4 billion compared with a third-quarter 2020 adjusted loss of $0.3 billion.
Despite analysts’ dire predictions about Covid-19’s short-term/long-term effects on the industry, demand and oil prices recovered significantly in second-and-third-quarter 2021. Even with consistently higher oil prices, U.S. operators showed uncharacteristic restraint, focusing on debt reduction and shrinking the DUC backlog rather than new drilling.
Despite analysts’ dire predictions about Covid-19’s short-term/long-term effects on the industry, demand and oil prices recovered significantly in second-and-third-quarter 2021. Even with consistently higher oil prices, U.S. operators showed uncharacteristic restraint, focusing on debt reduction and shrinking the DUC backlog rather than new drilling.