Oil giant, BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) has awarded a $60 million (36 million pounds) call-off contract to British energy services company Wood Group Kenny (:WGK) for this year under the 2007 Global Agreement. BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) net profit margin is 2.70% and weekly performance is 0.71%. On last trading day company shares ended up $50.81. Analysts mean target price for the company is $51.52. BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 2.98%.
Shell Chemicals, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A), said it continues to move forward with a proposed ethane cracker facility in western Pennsylvania, but it once again stopped short of saying that it has finalized its plans or committed to the 300-acre site. According to dispatches from the news media at the American Chemistry Council’s annual meeting in Colorado, Executive Vice President of Shell Chemicals Graham van’t Hoff said the company has filed for an air quality permit with the state, signed 10 third-party construction contracts and has contracted ethane shipments for the facility. He added, however, that the construction bidding process has not started and a final decision to go forward with the facility has not been made, according to news reports. Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) shares advanced 0.48% in last trading session and ended the day on $79.35. Gross Margin is 12.90% and its return on assets is 3.30 %. Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A) quarterly performance is 6.12%.
On May 28, Shares of Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) have received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the eleven ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Stock Ratings Network reports. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $66.40. Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) shares moved up 1.10% in last trading session and was closed at $63.16, while trading in range of $ 62.44 – $ 63.32. Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) year to date (YTD) performance is -1.60%.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC)’s agreement to pay $5.15 billion for pollution cleanup across the U.S. was approved over objections from people who said their contamination-related illnesses won’t be properly compensated. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) ended the last trading day at $102.33. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.20% and price to cash ratio as 8.72. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) showed a negative weekly performance of -0.52%.
Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) announced it has been ranked No. 1 among the greenest U.S. energy producers according to the just-released “2014 Newsweek (magazine) Green Rankings” of the largest 500 companies in the world (http://www.newsweek.com/green/americas-greenest-companies-2014). Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) net profit margin is 17.10% and weekly performance is 2.21%. On last trading day company shares ended up $93.32. Analysts mean target price for the company is $98.81. Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 6.67%.