First Quarter

Devon Energy Corp. CEO Rick Muncrief said it’s time for his peers to get their act together and stop expanding oil and gas production until demand outpaces supply. Speaking with investors during a first quarter conference call on Wednesday, Muncrief took the pulpit to preach to fellow exploration and production (E&P) companies. Mirroring comments by…

Diamondback Energy Inc. CEO Travis Stice said until there’s a “clear signal” to increase oil output, there are no plans to expand volumes this year in the Permian Basin. Stice and his management team discussed first quarter performance and the outlook for the oil and gas market during a conference call. The CEO pointed to…

Chevron Corp. has regiggered its global natural gas and oil portfolio over the past year, with the priority today going to the “highest value investments,” CFO Pierre Breber said Friday.Breber shared some insight into first quarter performance and the outlook ahead during a conference call. He explained how the San Ramon, CA-based energy major has…

Houston-based NOV Inc. faced challenging conditions for its rig equipment and technology in the first quarter, but as activity in North America and overseas improves, business should improve going forward, CEO Clay Williams said Wednesday. Williams, who held court to discuss the first quarter during an hour-long conference call, said the latest results reflected the…

Continental Resources Inc. said Tuesday it is on track to meet or exceed its 2021 full-year oil and natural gas production guidance. The Oklahoma City-based exploration and production (E&P) company also indicated that it has lowered its total debt by 10% since the end of 2020. In an update ahead of its 1Q2021 earnings call…

Royal Dutch Shell plc said its Integrated Gas trading results for 1Q2021 fell “significantly below average,” in part because 80% of last year’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) term sales were oil-price linked, with a lag of up to six months. In a preview of quarterly results issued on Wednesday, the energy major said Upstream and…

Houston-based ConocoPhillips said Wednesday its commodity prices climbed, and oil and gas production was more than 29% higher in the first quarter than the final three months of last year as energy demand rose. In an interim update as the first quarter drew to a close, the world’s largest independent said production in 1Q2021 averaged…

U.S. oil and natural gas producers overall defied the odds and held the line on capital spending during the first three months of this year, but prices still are squeezed as oil, natural gas and liquids production topped expectations.

Appalachian pure-play EQT Corp. on Thursday increased 2019 guidance by 10 Bcfe, even after dropping three rigs during the first quarter to drill fewer wells this year, all at no expense as the company remains focused on improving results in the face of a shareholder revolt.