Noble Energy Inc

Along with its 4Q15 earnings, Murphy Oil announced the divestiture of its Montney midstream assets located in Canada. The transaction includes the sale of existing infrastructure capable of processing up to 320 million cubic feet per day.

An increase in US power generation numbers is expected for the week ended October 30, 2015.

On July 18, 2017, Cabot Oil & Gas’s (COG) short interest ratio was ~4.7%. At the beginning of the year, its short interest ratio was 4.2%.

Cabot Oil and Gas’s (COG) current implied volatility is ~36.4%, ~3% lower than its 15-day average of 37.4%.

Among the 23 analysts tracking Noble Energy (NBL), 29% recommended a “hold,” 68% recommended a “buy,” and 3% recommended a “sell.”

Year-over-year, NBL stock has risen ~22.7%, while crude oil prices have surged 46.5% in the same period.

In its November Short-Term Energy Outlook (or STEO) report, the EIA forecast that US crude oil production in 2017 would average 9.2 million barrels per day.

Chesapeake Energy’s (CHK) implied volatility as of October 30, 2017, was ~58%—9% higher than its 15-day average of ~53%.

Chesapeake Energy stock (CHK) has fallen for most of this year. It picked up slightly in April but wasn’t able to hold those levels.

Approximately 53% of the analysts rate Noble Energy (NBL) as a “buy” and 32.3% rate it as a “hold.” The average broker target price is $47.47.

A peer group comparison shows that Cabot’s forward EV-to-EBITDA multiple of ~10.1x is higher than that of its peers.

Rice Energy’s (RICE) 4Q16 revenue rose ~109.0% YoY (year-over-year).

Approximately 67.0% of the analysts rate Noble Energy (NBL) as a “buy” and 33.0% rate it as a “hold.” The average broker target price is $46.88.

For 4Q16, analysts have an average earnings estimate of -$0.10 per share for Noble Energy (NBL). The low estimate stands at ~-$0.22 per share.

In December 2010, Noble Energy (NBL) announced a major natural gas discovery at Leviathan, off the shore of Israel.

Noble Energy (NBL) is expected to release its 3Q16 earnings results on November 2, 2016. What can investors expect?

Approximately 63% of analysts rate Noble Energy (NBL) a “buy,” and 34% rate it a “hold.” The remaining ~3% rate it a “sell.”

Anadarko Petroleum’s (APC) 2016 capex (capital expenditures) budget is $2.6 billion–$2.8 billion, a 50% reduction from $5.4 billion in 2015.

For EQT (EQT), Moody’s has provided a Baa3 rating. Standard & Poor’s has given it a BBB credit rating, and Fitch has given it a BBB- rating.

The EIA estimates the global crude oil supply and demand gap to average 1 MMbpd in 2016 and 0.2 MMbpd in 2017. It reported that global consumption should grow 1.2 MMbpd in 2016 and 1.5 MMbpd in 2017.

EQT has been reporting negative free cash flows since 2Q13. In 3Q15, EQT’s free cash flow was -$334 million.

Noble Energy reported negative but improving free cash flows in 2015.

Currently, ~67% of Wall Street analysts rate EOG as a “buy” and ~31% of analysts rate it as a “hold.” Only ~2% rate the stock a “sell.”

The Reserve Replacement Cost metric gives us the cost incurred by an upstream company by considering the per-barrel-of-oil equivalent of a new reserve.