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Chevron (NYSE: CVX) boosts buybacks to $1 billion in current quarter reports Bloomberg.

Exxon (NYSE: XOM) Joliet refinery flares after high levels in settler unit reports Bloomberg.

Global Hunter is out with its report today on Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL), raising its PT from $75 to $77. In a note to clients, Global Hunter writes, "Whiting Petroleum reported mixed results as higher costs were offset by higher price realization. Production was in line with our estimate while...

Auriga is maintaining its Sell rating and $13 price target on SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA) based on a newly formed partnership with Total S.A. (NYSE: TOT). Says Auriga, “We maintain our Sell rating and $13 target on shares of SunPower (SPWRA) after the Total (TOT, NR) tender offer was announced...

UPDATE: Chevron (NYSE: CVX) Reports Prelim EPS of $3.09 vs. $3.04 Estimate; Revenues $60.34B vs. 66.62B

CORRECTION: Chevron (NYSE: CVX) Reports Revenues of $60.34B vs. $66.62B Estimate

SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRB) added 40.68% to $22.20 in the pre-market session. Total SA (NYSE: TOT) announced its plans to offer $23.25 for around 60% of the shares of SunPower Corp. Sino Clean Energy Inc (NASDAQ: SCEI) rose 14.98% to $2.84 in the pre-market session. SCEI reported its Q1...

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) and Duncan Energy Partners (NYSE: DEP) today announced the execution of a definitive agreement that would result in a merger whereby DEP would become a wholly-owned subsidiary of EPD's operating partnership through a unit-for-unit exchange. Under the terms...

Deutsche Bank has raised its price target on Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) from $120 to $125 and is reiterating its Buy rating on the stock following a conference call with the company. According to Deutsche Bank, “n upgrading Oxy shortly recently, we fully expected noise around volumes (Libya...

Senator “Herb” Kohl is the senior senator from the state of Wisconsin. He's a democrat. He was first elected to office way back in 1988. Twenty-two years in the senate comes with some important responsibilities. The good senator is on the Appropriations, Judiciary, and Banking Committees. He is...

Sit up and think In a market where natural gas prices are double those in the U.S... ...And prices could rise another 50%... It's wise to be looking for alternative supplies At 6...

Sit up and think In a market where natural gas prices are double those in the U.S... ...And prices could rise another 50%... It's wise to be looking for alternative supplies At 6...

Deutsche Bank has raised the price target on Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) from $120 to $125 and maintains its Buy rating.

US stock futures are mixed this morning as investors are awaiting economic reports and corporate results. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4 points to 12,704.00 and S&P 500 index futures dropped 0.40 point to 1,354.50. Futures on the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.50 point to 2,402.25. On...

Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) is expected to announce a temporary setback in its earnings on Monday, May 2, when the company is due to publish its Q1 earnings report. Analysts are predicting earnings per share will fall by 28.9% to $0.59, from the previous year's level of $0.83. Revenues are...