Ernest Scheyder
Recent Stories By Ernest Scheyder:
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SandRidge rebuffs Icahn, boosting ruckus over shale firm's fateJanuary 23, 2018
(Reuters) - U.S. shale oil producer SandRidge Energy Inc rejected demands from activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday to replace two of its board members and amend its bylaws, saying any changes...
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SandRidge meets with investor Icahn to quell rising tensionsJanuary 18, 2018
HOUSTON (Reuters) - SandRidge Energy Inc met with activist investor Carl Icahn on Wednesday over his demands for a board shake-up and other governance changes, part of a bid by the U.S. shale oil...
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Hess cutting hundreds of workers as it battles activist investorJanuary 16, 2018
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Hess Corp is cutting roughly 13 percent of its workforce and streamlining operations as it battles an activist hedge fund shareholder pushing for the U.S. oil and gas producer to...
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Icahn demands shake-up at U.S. shale producer SandRidge EnergyJanuary 9, 2018
(Reuters) - SandRidge Energy Inc's biggest shareholder, Carl Icahn, called on Tuesday for the replacement of two directors and the removal of a poison pill barring individual shareholders from...
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U.S. offers drillers nearly all offshore waters, but focus is on eastern Gulf January 8, 2018
HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration has proposed opening up nearly all of America's offshore waters to oil and gas drilling, but the industry says it is mainly...
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Exclusive: Exxon eyes Egypt's offshore oil and gas - sourcesDecember 4, 2017
LONDON/VIENNA (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil is considering a foray into Egypt offshore oil and gas, seeking to replicate rivals' success in the country and boost its reserves, officials and industry...
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OPEC, Russia head for oil cut extension but wary of overheating marketNovember 29, 2017
VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC and Russia look set to prolong oil supply cuts until the end of 2018 this week while signaling that they may review the deal when they meet again in June if the market...
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OPEC, non-OPEC ministers recommend 9-month oil cut extensionNovember 29, 2017
"That's one of the recommendations," Kuwait's Oil Minister Essam al-Marzouq told reporters when asked whether the committee had agreed on a nine-month extension.An OPEC source also confirmed that the...
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Extending OPEC+ deal should curb oil price volatility: RIA cites Russian deputy PMNovember 29, 2017
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak met his Saudi counterpart Khalid al-Falih earlier on Wednesday, one day before a full OPEC meeting in Vienna to discuss oil prices, the Russian energy ministry...
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Russia's Novak meets Saudi's Falih ahead of OPEC oil price talksNovember 29, 2017
(Reporting by Anton Kolodyazhnyy; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Jack Stubbs)
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Pressured for profit, oil majors bet big on shale technologyNovember 28, 2017
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Shale oil engineer Oscar Portillo spends his days drilling as many as five wells at once - without ever setting foot on a rig.Part of a team working to cut the cost of drilling a...
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Exxon Mobil CEO makes first big changes to refiningNovember 27, 2017
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Darren Woods is reorganizing the company's refining operations, part of a push to boost profits amid volatile oil and natural gas prices, the...