Anadarko Petroleum News

The U.S. Energy Department's weekly inventory release showed a lower-than-expected drop in natural gas supplies, as warmer-than-normal temperatures across the country have restricted the commodity's requirement for power burn.

By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times What mattered when BP reported its earnings this week wasn't what happened in the just-ended fourth quarter .

Anadarko Petroleum 's stock had its "overweight" rating reaffirmed by analysts at Barclays Capital in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday.

S&P: Rise of shale gas 'bad news for the merchant power business model' - Monday, February 06, 2012 3:05 PM 's fourth-quarter earnings call, the members of the executive board were asked what price it would take for the company to invest more capital in dry gas holdings in the Marcellus and Haynesville shales.

Many exploration and production companies have taken impairment charges during the most recent quarter as they write down the value of natural gas properties.

Noble Energy, Inc. will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, February 9, 2012.A The average estimate of analysts is for profit of $1.10 per share, a rise of 5.8% from the company's actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago.

WALT DISNEY: Credit Suisse reiterates overweight, price target of $45 . ANADARKO PETROLEUM: Jefferies & Co reiterates buy, price target of $99 . KELLOGG: Jefferies & Co reiterates hold, price target of $52 . THE J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY: KeyBanc Capital Markets initiates coverage at buy, price target of $95. YUM BRANDS: Goldman Sachs upgrades to ... (more)

Shares of Western Gas Partners hit a new all-time high on Wednesday. The stock traded as high as $42.91 during mid-day trading and last traded at $42.00. The stock previously closed at $42.18. Separately, analysts at Barclays Capital raised their price target on shares of Western Gas Partners from $41.00 to $44.00 in a research note to investors on ... (more)

One of the remotely operated vehicles is seen near the site of the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, in this frame grab captured from a BP live video feed August 30, 2010.

BP Plc won a court order Wednesday keeping several potentially damaging e-mails out of a scheduled trial to determine responsibility for the 2010 Gulf of Flocks of shoreline birds inhabit Raccoon Island, one of several barrier islands threatened by coastal erosion and oil exploration, southwest of Houma, Louisiana April 20, 2011.

EOG Resources Inc., the fourth quarter's best-performing U.S. shale producer, plans to get a record 75 percent of its North American revenue from higher- profit petroleum liquids this year as natural-gas prices tumble, branching faster into oil than Chesapeake Energy Corp.

Research analysts at RBC Capital increased their price target on shares of Anadarko Petroleum from $100.00 to $103.00 in a report issued on Wednesday.

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The company reported a net loss of $358 million for the quarter, compared with $111 million in net income in fourth-quarter 2010, and a net loss of $2.65 billion for the year, compared with net income of $761 million for full-year 2010.

Another round of "mourning" headline anxieties tied to Greece is shaken off once again in Tuesday's first half.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. led gains among big oil producers on Tuesday, but shares of natural gas and oil service specialists fell back.

Apple Inc. : Apple and China Mobile have confirmed that iPhone 4S users in China are suffering from comparability issues with the use of a China Mobile SIM card, making some users lose signal and others unable to receive calls despite having a full signal, reported The Next Web.

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Fourth Quarter 2011 Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Earnings Conference Call.

Emerson Electric first quarter net slumped 23% to $371 million. Coca-Cola fourth quarter net declined 71% to $1.65 billion.

The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended Dec. 31 , Anadarko Petroleum met expectations on revenues and missed expectations on earnings per share.