Anadarko Petroleum News

Back in May, while watching oil prices recover to just under $60 a barrel, I urged my Foolish friends to consider playing Brazil's deepwater boom even before watching oil prices increase further over the coming months With that in mind, let's check in on Brazil and take stock of the goings on of late.

The sheer size and number of Marcellus Shale drill sites and their truck traffic are altering Pa.

Marathon Oil said Thursday it expects 2009 production growth of 6% over the year-ago period as the energy company joins others in ramping up efforts to find more oil and gas while ratcheting down investment in the moribund refining and marketing business.

Hurricane Ida weakened to 80 mile-per-hour winds on Monday as it nears the Gulf Coast with an expected landfall tonight, according to reports.

By Kirsten Korosec Tullow Oil , the tiny-but-mighty UK-based company, has sold super-major Royal Dutch Shell on the potential of fields offshore French Guiana, aA territory onA South America's northern coast.

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Anadarko Petroleum Corp. is prepared to invest $100 million in Colorado's Wattenberg oil and gas field next year - provided the state can trim the time it takes to issue permits, said James Hackett, Anadarko's chief executive officer.

The Woodlands building housing Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 's headquarters has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building certification by the U.S. Green Building Council .

SEATTLE & PORTLAND, Ore.-- --Environmental and energy law firm Marten Law PLLC announces the opening of its Portland, Oregon office.

"The bigger they are, the harder they fall." It's the worst nightmare of every investor in today's market -- buying a rocket stock just before it takes a nosedive.

In late May, I decided it was time to take note of Talisman Energy . Unlike Venoco -- a West Coast oil player that promptly rocketed higher following my positive call -- Talisman's share price hasn't moved much since I took a shine to the Canadian E&P. The company's third-quarter report shows the business to be coming along just fine.

Mariner Energy, Inc. today reported third quarter 2009 financial and operating results.

Norwegian oil company Statoil ASA agreed last month to sell part of its interests in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, a company spokesman said Thursday.

Elsewhere today, I looked at a new rig productivity index that attempts to quantify how much more efficient our domestic onshore exploration and production companies have become.

Two of the energy sector's biggest natural gas players reported tumbling third-quarter earnings after the market close on Monday, but shares were moving in opposite directions during premarket trading on Tuesday.

Third-quarter results fell sharply at Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Chesapeake Energy Corp., hit by weaker oil and natural gas prices and a raft of one-time charges, the two independent energy companies reported Monday.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said Monday its profit plunged during the third quarter, but that sales volume will jump this year even though spending has declined.

In this Aug. 25, 2009 file photo, crew members with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. work on a drilling platform on a farm near Mead, Colo.

Still, oil at $80 a barrel is not making everyone happy. Crew members with Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday's session are Ford Motor Co., Consolidated Edison Inc., Anadarko Petroleum Corp.