A Brazilian oil giant is crushing Exxon and Chevron in 2026 while its dividend quietly tells a very different story about where all that record cash is actually going.

Iraq wants to become an even bigger player in the global oil market.

CVE's upstream operations are benefiting from WTI above $85, with higher benchmark prices supporting oil sands production and upstream strength.

Wall Street has issued downbeat forecasts for the stocks in this article. These predictions are rare - financial institutions typically hesitate to say bad things about a company because it can jeopardize their other revenue-generating business lines like M&A advisory.

A fifth consecutive oil-price gain strengthens Chevron's upstream economics after record U.S. production.

Chevron (CVX) has drawn fresh attention after confirming an oil and gas condensate discovery at the 105-4X well in Angola's offshore Block 0. The company is assessing this find as a potential tie-back to existing facilities. See our latest analysis for Chevron. Chevron's Angola discovery lands at a time when momentum in the stock has been firm, with a 30-day share price return of 8.46% and a year to date share price return of 31.98%. The 1-year total shareholder return of 39.58% reflects the...

Brent crude just broke $95 and the August inflation print has not yet landed, which means the window to position ahead of the next dividend cycle is closing fast. Three energy companies are already converting the spike into bigger shareholder checks, and the structural reasons why they can keep doing it through an $80 pullback are worth understanding before prices move again.

Exxon and Chevron just reported the same quarter with two completely different bets on where energy profits come from next. One is selling electrons to Microsoft for the next 20 years while the other doubles down on molecules, and only one of those strategies wins in a world where AI rewires the grid.

Pfizer, Chevron, and AbbVie have already rewarded dividend investors with strong 2026 gains, but the bull case for 2027 pushes well beyond what Wall Street consensus currently projects, and the catalysts behind each target may surprise you.

XOM could benefit from WTI above $80 as low-cost Permian and Guyana production supports its exploration and production earnings.

Sintana Energy Inc (TSX-V:SEI, OTCQB:SEUSF, FRA:3ZX1, AIM:SEI) is expanding its footprint in Namibia's Walvis Basin, striking a deal to acquire a 44% interest in Maravilla Oil and Gas for US$6.5 million, a move that hands the company an indirect 35% stake in a prospective offshore license...

COP's earnings momentum and LNG growth support its outlook, but a premium valuation and execution risks raise the stakes.

Billionaire shale pioneer Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Inc. signed agreements to buy half of an Argentinian shale oil firm owned by Mercuria Energy Group, with the firms promising more than $4 billion of investment to expand production.

Latin America’s two biggest oil companies are betting big on a high-risk effort to unlock a vast trove of crude from rocks that haven’t seen the light of day in 160 million years.

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp. has told Kazakhstan that the nation’s top oil field is already on the cusp of peak output and that its production will slump sharply in the coming decade.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) is one of the largest integrated energy companies in the world. The stock hit an all-time peak earlier this year and has surged by over 35% since the beginning of 2026, supported by high energy prices and strong earnings amid the disruptions in the Middle East. After pulling back over the last […]

Chevron isn't an exciting stock, but it delivers dependable returns.

The energy giant sends Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway $601 million a year. Here’s why this dividend aristocrat is a Wall Street favorite.

A five-year correlation this low is not a statistical curiosity; it is what an earnings stream built on barrels and product margins looks like beside the index.

CVE trades below its industry EV/EBITDA average as strong oil prices and refining performance offset spending, tax and policy risks.

CVX's Namibia partnership with Equinor cuts exploration exposure while retaining operatorship, as the Nabba-1X well looms in 2026.

CVX's Angola discovery adds fresh oil and gas potential, with a possible tie-back to existing facilities and more growth opportunities ahead.

Host Kenny Polcari joins Academy Securities' Peter Tchir and Wall Street Alliance Group's Aadil Zaman to break down the shift toward production for security, how to hedge geopolitical risks using the energy sector, and why the real AI money is moving into phase 2 industrial beneficiaries.

The transaction marks Equinor’s entry into Namibia’s upstream sector, granting access to a drill-ready prospect to be tested in 2026.

Equinor is entering Namibia’s offshore oil sector through a minority stake in a Chevron-operated Orange Basin exploration licence.

Chevron Corporation, through subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company, recently confirmed a major oil and gas condensate discovery at the 105-4X exploration well in Angola’s offshore Block 0, which it is now assessing for potential tie-back to existing nearby infrastructure. This Angola find underscores Chevron’s focus on combining high-impact exploration with infrastructure-led opportunities to support production sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa. We’ll now examine how this Angola discovery,...

With 88% of S&P 500 companies having reported second-quarter results, Energy has delivered the strongest earnings growth of the index’s 11 sectors at 147% year-over-year and the strongest revenue growth at 42.5%.

AI could create nearly $500 billion in value for E&P companies by 2030 through lower costs and higher production.

Energy stocks gained late Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index rising 1.1% and the S

These four low-cost Vanguard dividend and income funds have all earned high praise from Morningstar, and they offer attractive yields.

A quiet energy giant has been running one of the market’s great cash machines, but what did that torrent of money actually buy for its owners.

CVX's Angola discovery adds fresh oil and gas potential, with a possible tie-back to existing facilities and more growth opportunities ahead.

Stock Market Today: The Nasdaq tumbles Tuesday as Treasury yields jump. Nvidia stock, Micron and Sandisk sell off in morning trade.

YPF's shale growth, record refining and stronger cash flow support its outlook, while LNG and capital demands keep execution in focus.

The London Company, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for its “The London Company Income Equity Strategy”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. U.S. equities rebounded in Q2, with the Russell 3000 rising 15.4% and the S&P 500 achieving its best quarter since 2020, driven by AI infrastructure spending […]

Some of the market’s best dividend stocks come from an industry that can be surprisingly dependable for income investors: energy. Oil and natural gas prices can swing sharply from one year to the next, yet energy stocks have never been forced to cut their dividend payments. ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) both […]

The 105-4X exploration well is located in the Lower Congo Basin.

Data center developers are turning to bespoke natural-gas power plants, a development that promises to dramatically increase carbon emissions and make it harder for US technology companies to meet their lofty climate goals.

​📈 Follow our live markets data and coverage. If there’s any business for which changing course really is like turning around a supertanker, it’s Big Oil. At the beginning of this year, the Western world’s five large, integrated energy companies were talking about things like “structural cost efficiencies,” “consistent delivery” and “superior shareholder returns, despite declining oil prices.”

Chevron said on Monday that it had made an oil and gas condensate discovery at the 105-4X exploration well in Block 0, offshore Angola.

Chevron continues to find new sources of oil and gas.

Chevron's operational execution has been strong, but a smaller, high-visibility slice of its roadmap for future growth runs through some of the world's toughest neighborhoods. Here is what that means for the stock.

Production growth is slowing, with the EIA expecting output to rise just 200,000 bpd in 2026.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index drops as memory-chip stocks Micron and Sandisk rally. Trump threatens Oman.

Energy stocks were higher late Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index rising 1.1% and t

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) reports a new oil and gas condensate discovery at the 105-4X well in Angola's Block 0 as part of its Sub-Saharan Africa exploration program. The find marks a fresh addition to Chevron's resource base in a region the company has identified as important for long term production sustainability. The Block 0 discovery supports Chevron's broader goal of maintaining its operational footprint in Sub-Saharan Africa through continued exploration activity. This discovery is one...

Energy stocks were higher Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index rising 0.7% and the St

APA has jumped nearly 100% over the last year, while Woodside Energy Group ADR is up by 32% year to date.

Chevron's new offshore Angola discovery could tie into existing Block 0 infrastructure, adding fresh momentum to the country's oil industry.

With the Strait of Hormuz still choked off and Trump now threatening to bomb a U.S. ally mediating the peace talks, the Iran war is about to test exactly how much further Big Oil's windfall can stretch before the whole situation unravels.