ConocoPhillips News

The oil and gas major had been looking to find buyers or partners for 50 per cent of its mostly undeveloped oil sands holdings as part of its quest to pocket between $8-billion and $10-billion by selling assets around the world.

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Texans help explain the 3.3 percent growth of leisure and hospitality wage jobs over the past year, say hospitality executives.

The most prolific oil company in the state is permitting a 24-well drilling pad, an access road and a gravel mine, as well as associated pipelines and power lines, at the oil field in the southwest corner of its Kuparuk River unit.

The explosive growth of oil and gas production in the U.S. is enough to pique the interest of any investor.

The U.S. Energy Department conditionally approved the Freeport LNG project in Texas to export natural gas to countries that don't have free-trade agreements with the U.S. The development, which is partly owned by ConocoPhillips , Dow Chemical Co.

The new 2013 Fortune 500 is out, and Texas companies - many of them oil and gas-related - took 52 spots on the prestigious ranked-by-revenue list.

Texans help explain the 3.3 percent growth of leisure and hospitality wage jobs over the past year, say hospitality executives.

Workers tend to a well head during a hydraulic fracturing operation at a gas well outside Rifle, in western Colorado.

"As a company we recognize the impact that humans are having on the environment and that CO2 is having an impact on what's happening in the climate," Lance said, adding that ConocoPhillips is committed to reducing its carbon footprint.

ConocoPhillips announced in March that it would suspend new drilling in the San Juan Basin because of the price of natural gas.

The first Phillips 66 Marketing Conference & Trade Show will bring together Phillips 66 Lubricants, Phillips 66 Motor Fuels Marketing and Phillips 66 Aviation for the first time ever.

ConocoPhillips announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 14th, ARN reports.

These days, the trend of spinning off operations and becoming focused on a few specific parts of the business is perceived to offer more value for all stakeholders involved.

ConocoPhillips Chief Executive Ryan Lance told shareholders at the company's annual meeting Tuesday that the company's long-awaited production growth rebound will begin by the end of this year.

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Far East Energy Corp . said Monday it has appointed Jennifer Whitley as CFO to succeed Bruce Huff , who told the company on May 7 he was resigning for medical reasons.

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Contributed photo From left, U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa District Representative Mark Gonzales, ConocoPhillips representatives Keith Kucher and Randy Black, County Judge Barbara Shaw and Karnes City Fire Chief Charlie Malik pose together for a photo during the May 2 groundbreaking ceremony in celebration of the beginning of construction of ... (more)