Bob Campbell

1 day ago | oaoa.com | Bob Campbell

Occidental Petroleum’s first quarter of 2025 was characterized by debt reduction and market-motivated cost cutting balanced with strong production and encouraging global developments. President-CEO Vicki Hollub said in her company’s earnings call report that growth in the second half of the year will primarily be driven by the completion of turnarounds in the Middle East as well as a variety of activities planned in the Gulf of America.

2 days ago | oaoa.com | Bob Campbell

Concentrating on lowering costs in the first quarter, the Apache Corp. was also encouraged by its second discovery, the Sockeye 2, in the Brookian Play on the North Slope of Alaska. That’s according to CEO John Christmann, who said during his company’s first quarter earnings call report that production remained strong in the Permian Basin.

4 days ago | oaoa.com | Bob Campbell

One of the key figures in Jesus Christ’s crucifixion was High Priest Joseph ben Caiaphas, who declared that Jesus had blasphemously claimed to be the Son of God and asked what should be done with him, to which a majority of the Sanhedrin answered, “He is worthy of death.” Historians say Caiaphas (14 B.C.-46 A.D.) was 44 years old when Jesus was brought before him and that he served another four or five years till 36 or 37 A.D. when the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, with whom he had a close...

5 days ago | oaoa.com | Bob Campbell

Like most of the other major oil companies, ConocoPhillips is undismayed by the recent oil price drop related to President Trump’s tariffs and it is enhancing capital efficiency and cutting costs with a $5-billion reduction in capital spending and a $200-million lowering of its operating costs. In his company’s first quarter earnings call report, Chairman-CEO Ryan Lance said the current environment is clearly marked by uncertainty and volatility.

5 days ago | oaoa.com | Bob Campbell

FILE - An ilmenite open pit mine is seen in a canyon in the central region of Kirovohrad, Ukraine, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) The United States and Ukraine have signed a historic agreement for the development of Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, which leaders on both sides say will be mutually beneficial in critical ways. Odessa oilman Kirk Edwards and Waco economist Ray Perryman add that American dependency on Chinese-controlled resources will be decreased.