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Diamondback stressed to analysts that the company was focused on increasing returns to investors Diamondback’s CEO: “we increased our return of capital commitment and stated that beginning this...

BP reported billions in profit in 2022, which they used to fund $10 billion in stock buybacks with more planned BP reported profits of $10.8 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022 alone. “Murray A...

ExxonMobil planned to funnel as much as $30 billion back to their Wall Street investors in 2022 Exxon’s CFO said the company was on track to spend $15 billion on dividends and $15 billion on stoc...

Chevron spent more than $5 billion on dividends and buybacks in the past quarter alone Chevron’s CEO boasted the company returned over $5 billion to shareholders for the second quarter in a row. ...

Shell executives repeatedly bragged that the company funneled more profits to their investors than ever before  Shell’s CEO said the company’s earnings were up 65% from the last time the a...

Marathon’s CEO told analysts the company chose to focus on returns to investors over increasing production  Marathon’s CEO boasted “Our cash flow-driven return of capital framework uniqu...

ConocoPhillips expanded its stock buyback authorization after planning to spend $15 billion on dividends and buybacks in 2022 ConocoPhillips CEO boasted of the record oil production and increasing ...

Phillips 66 repeatedly told analysts the company was focused on shoveling money back to investors Phillips 66 CEO: “ We're committed to strong shareholder distributions… During the quarter, we ...

The Hess Corporation said high oil prices were the result of oil companies choosing not to invest in production for the past five years The Hess Corporation blamed oil prices on the fact that “oi...

Valero told analysts the company was benefitting from tight capacity and it did not see the situation changing Valero’s CEO told analysts the company was benefitting from a situation where “glo...

Pioneer Natural Resources boasted of the billions it was shoveling to their investors Pioneer Natural Resources’s CEO told analysts the company had funneled roughly $7.5 billion back to sharehold...

EOG’s President: “So our exploration program isn't focused on adding more…Sustaining and growing the regular dividend remains our highest priority and reflects our confidence in the long-term pe...