With oil, gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) still running the global energy show as the crown jewels within the ebbs and flows in the worldwide energy demand, the European and U.S. oil majors – the UK’s duo Shell and BP, France’s TotalEnergies, and Italy’s Eni alongside U.S.-based trio: ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips – have collected a staggering $31.65 billion in combined profit during the second quarter of 2024. BP, Shell, Eni, ExxonMobil, and Conoco Phillips are among the lucky ones, which beat analysts’ expectations. However, TotalEnergies and Chevron got the shorter end of the stick with their financial performance falling below forecasts.
ConocoPhillips has maintained that its $22.5 billion acquisition of Marathon Oil Corp. can be completed by the fourth quarter (Q4) despite facing an extended anti-trust review by the United States competition regulator.
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has approved a development plan allowing just three well pads for ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil project in Alaska, reduced from the originally proposed five-pad project.