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Exxon scales back shale ambitions to focus on lower costs, dividend preservation

Exxon Mobil Corp is lowering its ambitions for oil and gas output, as it focuses on cutting costs and preserving dividends to win back investors that have soured on the company after years of overspending

Oil up as OPEC+ considers rollover rather than raising output

Oil prices rose, boosted by expectations that OPEC+ producers might decide against increasing output when they meet this week, while signs of progress in the coronavirus vaccine rollout in the United States gave further support

Oil jumps on vaccine optimism, US stimulus

Oil prices rose more than $1, supported by optimism over COVID-19 vaccinations, a U.S. stimulus package and growing factory activity in Europe despite restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus

Oil drops on dollar strength and OPEC+ supply expectations

Oil prices fell as bond price rout led to gains in the U.S. dollar while crude supply is expected to rise in response to prices climbing above pre-pandemic levels

Barclays lifts 2021 oil price outlook on tighter U.S. supply view

The bank increased its 2021 Brent crude oil price outlook by $7 to $62 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude price estimate by $6 to $58 a barrel

OPEC, US oil firms expect subdued shale rebound even as crude prices rise

OPEC this month cut its 2021 forecast for U.S. tight crude, another term for shale, and expects production to decline by 140,000 barrels per day to 7.16 million bpd

Oil extends losses as Texas prepares to ramp up output

Oil prices fell from recent highs for a second day on Friday as Texas energy firms began to prepare for restarting oil and gas fields shuttered by freezing weather

Oil in longest rally in two years as vaccines boost demand hopes

Oil rose, extending its rally for a ninth day, its longest winning streak in two years, supported by producer supply cuts and hopes vaccine rollouts will drive a recovery in demand

OPEC Jan oil output rises for 7th month, Nigeria limits gain

The 13-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is pumping 25.75 million barrels per day in January, the survey found, up 160,000 bpd from December and a further increase from a three-decade low reached in June

Biden poised to halt fossil fuel leasing on federal land

US President Joe Biden announced new bans on oil and gas drilling on federal lands as part of a raft of actions that take aim at climate change, according to reports and a White House memo