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Friday, April 30th, 2021
Oil prices posted gains for much of this week but traded down on Friday. A bit of profit-taking after strong gains, combined with concerns about the worsening outlook in India, likely contributed to the move down.
Exxon and Chevron report big boost in profit.
ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) reported $2.7-billion profit in the first quarter, and
Chevron (NYSE: CVX) said it earned $1.4 billion.
Shale CEOs stick with restraint, mostly.
Ovintiv (NYSE: OVV) CEO Doug Suttles told Bloomberg that the industry is maintaining capital discipline. At the same time,
Continental Resources (NYSE: CLR) said that it would ramp up activity in the Bakken this year.
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As the Covid-19 pandemic began to spread last year, I developed an idea. I hypothesized that the pandemic would cause a permanent dent in oil demand. I covered that hypothesis in a couple of articles last year, including Will Covid-19 Hasten The Demise Of Fossil Fuels?
My reasoning was that the large scale move to telework would prove to be very popular, and some companies would simply continue to business that way.
Meetings that required people to fly halfway across the country could easily be done by teleconferencing. Once people were forced to adapt to this, they would embrace the advantages and the potential costs savings. I have participated in many such meetings over the past year, and the convenience vastly trumps the travel required to meet in person.