Melius Research's new price target comes amid a major Venezuela oil ramp, new exploration overseas, and despite falling crude oil prices

Energy is the best-performing sector in the S&P 500 this year. Goldman Sachs analysts flag 10 stock picks with further upside ahead.

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) stock slipped 2.2% through 11:15 a.m. ET Tuesday on a double dose of "bad" news. First and most obviously, oil prices are down today, and for a company that makes its money selling oil, that's self-evidently bad news.

Oil majors may be given special access to Venezuela's huge oil reserves. Chevron and Exxon have Gulf Coast refineries that can handle Venezuelan oil. But rebuilding the Venezuelan oil industry will take time and a lot of money. 10 stocks we like better ...

Here's a look at which is the better oil stock to buy right now.

Oil refining companies are in a very sweet spot right now. The reason is pretty straightforward: The cost of their inputs has fallen and demand for their end products has increased, along with the prices they can charge.

The energy sector is the second-best-performing sector behind only Materials, after notching a 20.7% return in the year-to-date, eclipsing the 1.4% gain by the S&P 500

Stock futures fell in premarket trading on Thursday as oil prices rose to a six-month high amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.

Oil prices and the stocks of U.S. companies that produce the commodity initially rose but quickly pulled back after news that the U.S. captured the leader of Venezuela and brought him to New York to face federal charges. Yo-yo oil prices are an indicator ...

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