Blockbuster Natural-Gas Merger Is Almost Too Perfect

Updated Jan. 11, 2024 12:57 pm ET Chesapeake Energy’s merger with Southwestern Energy would create the…

Exxon Mobil Expects Up to $2.6 Billion in Upstream Impairments

Exxon Mobil is expecting up to $2.6 billion in impairments in the fourth quarter for its…

FTC Investigates Exxon’s $60 Billion Deal for Pioneer

Updated Dec. 5, 2023 5:25 pm ET U.S. antitrust enforcers are investigating Exxon Mobil’s plan to…

American Oil—Good to the Last Drop?

How low can they go? U.S. shale developers have been on a relentless chase to drill…

Biden’s Electric-Vehicle Push Hits a Speed Bump

Mining projects are being delayed after a plunge in prices for metals used in batteries.

Exxon Makes Lithium Play in Long-Term Bet on EV Demand

Updated Nov. 13, 2023 10:02 am ET Exxon Mobil said Monday it is starting to drill…

These Oil Giants Don’t Seem Tempted by Merger Mania

Shell and BP say they aren’t feeling pressure to bulk up after Exxon Mobil and Chevron’s…

Why Exxon and Chevron’s Deals Leave Investors Cold

U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil and Chevron are good at squeezing hydrocarbons out of the ground.…

Chevron and Exxon Might Have Kicked Off an Oil Land Grab

The smell of mergers and acquisitions is in the air following more than $110 billion worth…

EVs Are on a Lithium Roller Coaster

Prices of the key battery metal have fallen by roughly 70% this year, easing battery-cost worries…