Occidental Petroleum Production Increase : Good news: Occidental Petroleum (OXY.N) increased its annual oil production forecast by 1%. The company’s second-quarter return fell short. The corporation blamed the failure on falling oil and gas prices and a writedown to halt some activities.
Due to low oil and gas prices, American oil firms have lost much money since 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, and energy prices skyrocketed. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, energy costs skyrocketed, making 2022 a good year.
The average realized oil price for Occidental plummeted 32% to $73.59 per barrel in April, May, and June. Gas dropped 78% to $1.36 per thousand cubic feet. However, production rose 6% to 1.2 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd), above the company’s May expectations.
Occidental boosted its annual output prediction by 1% after a strong second quarter—the increased median of 1.195 million boepd. From 1.195 million boepd, the full-year output range is now 1.19–1.24 million.
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Occidental has also decided that oil exploration in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin is not in its best interests. The corporation concluded that doing so would not benefit it. This decision resulted in property impairment charges—164 million dollars after taxes. As of 2022, Occidental had over 300,000 net acres in the Powder River Basin and intended to operate one drilling rig in 2023, according to its annual report. The report indicates the corporation intended drilling. This point was crucial.
Refinitiv reported Occidental’s second-quarter adjusted earnings at 68 cents per share. Analysts predicted 72 cents per share.
Marathon Oil (MRO.N) and APA Corp (APA.O), the largest US oil producers, posted quarterly earnings higher than experts projected because they produced more oil than planned. Both firms release these figures. Marathon’s full-year oil output is almost 190,000 barrels per day, higher than planned. The corporation also plans to invest $1.9 billion to $2 billion in capital.
Apache’s annual output guideline is 404,000 to 408,000 boepd. The corporation has reduced its yearly research and production projection from $1.9 billion to $1.9 billion. The business believes this adverse change is because Suriname will stop drilling in 2023, and UK North Sea drilling will be delayed.