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Price: $155.53, Change: $-5.69, Percent Change: -3.53%
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Price: $155.53, Change: $-5.69, Percent Change: -3.53%
Devon Energy (DVN) reported Q1 earnings Tuesday with oil production averaging 387,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, accounting for 46% of total production and reaching the top end of guidance.Total production averaged 833,000 boe/d for the quarter ended March 31, in line with guidance.The upstream energy firm brought 110 operated wells online during the quarter, driven by a concentrated development program in the Delaware Basin.The company expects Q2 oil production between 389,000 barrels per day and 395,000 b/d, while total production is projected between 851,000 boe/d and 868,000 boe/d.Devon targets total capital spending of $875 million to $925 million in Q2.The company is advancing its business optimization plan, targeting $1 billion in pre-tax cash flow improvements, driven by higher production and lower costs, Devon added.Devon said it is expanding commercial opportunities with two long-term natural gas marketing agreements, including a 10-year deal to supply 50 million cubic feet per day to LNG export markets starting in 2028.The firm also signed a separate seven-year agreement to deliver 65 MMcf/d for in-basin power generation starting the same year.Devon is progressing its merger with Coterra Energy (CTRA), which is expected to create a combined company with over 1.6 million boe/d of production.
The US said offensive operations against Iran have ended, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, even as another cargo vessel was targeted by strikes in the Strait of Hormuz."Operation Epic Fury is concluded," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, adding that we have "achieved the objectives of that operation."A British monitoring group reported a cargo ship was struck by an "unknown projectile," while the US said "more than 1,550 commercial vessels" remain stranded in the Persian Gulf, the report said.Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called renewed talks "impossible," saying US demands amount to "an equation that is impossible," according to Bloomberg.
DPM Metals (ASX:DPM) reported Wednesday first quarter adjusted earnings of $0.76 per basic share, up from $0.32 a year earlier.Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of $0.76.Revenue for the three months ended March 31 was $310.4 million, compared with $144.1 million a year earlier.Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $312.4 million.The company expects to process 2.9 million to 3.1 million tonnes of ore, produce 305,000 to 365,000 ounces of gold equivalent in concentrates, and achieve an all-in sustaining cost of $1,300 to $1,450 per gold equivalent ounce sold in 2026.The board declared a second quarter dividend of $0.04 per share, unchanged from the prior corresponding period, payable July 15 to shareholders on record as of June 30.