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Corporate week in brief: shareholder distributions make a come back
Report summary
Lead story: more than US$10 billion to be returned to share holders – which players are the ones to watch? Macro: Brent falls 10% to hit 2018 low; Henry Hub also retreats; oil and gas equities battered by market correction. Companies: Euro Majors deliver positive Q4 results; Hess and Anadarko set for double digit growth; deleveraging a top priority for Tullow; the Majors unveil stellar 2017 reserve replacement; ONGC signs strategically important DRO in the UAE; 2018 budgets up 8% - what are the latest announcements? Exploration: Eni opens up "Zohr like" play offshore Cyprus. M&A: Pioneer puts non-Permian assets on the market; Chesapeake sells part of its Oklahoma position for US$500 million; California Resources stikes midstream JV.
Table of contents
- Macro: oil prices, oil and gas shares
- Lead story: rising shareholder distributions
- Companies: Q4 results; Majors' reserve replacement, ONGC, 2018 budgets
- Exploration: Eni, Total
- M&A: Pioneer, Chesapeake, California Resources
- Published last week
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- Asian NOCs production growth (indexed to 2017)
- Year-on-year change in 2018 E&P budgets
- Data dashboard
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