Marathon Oil shares up 7.45% and ConocoPhillips shares down 3.56% after deal announcement for ConocoPhillips to acquire Marathon Oil for $22.5 billion in all-stock transaction.
Energy Transfer LP to acquire WTG Midstream Holdings LLC for $3.25 billion in a deal that is expected to boost natural gas infrastructure in Permian Basin.
Petrobras' new chief executive officer Magda Chambriard reportedly stated that a basin in Brazil's Equatorial Margin was a matter of "national interest." On Friday, Petrobras appointed Magda Chambriard as a member of the Board of Directors and elected her as the company's new CEO. She replaced prior CEO Jean Paul Prattes, who had resigned amid a dispute over dividend payments.