Occidental ("Occidental" or "the Company") (NYSE: OXY) ) today entered into a definitive agreement whereby Occidental will acquire Anadarko Petroleum Corporation ("Anadarko") (NYSE: APC) for $59.00 in cash and 0.2934 shares of Occidental common stock per share of Anadarko common stock, in a transaction valued at $57 billion, including the assumption of Anadarko's debt.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that, under the terms of its previously announced Merger Agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC), it will not make a counterproposal and will allow the four-day match period to expire. Accordingly, Chevron anticipates that Anadarko will terminate the Merger Agreement.

Oilfield services provider Weatherford International Plc, burdened by a heavy debt load and years of losses, said on Friday it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

BHGE - U.S. Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week to 988, with oil rigs down 2 to 805, gas rigs unchanged at 183, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0. Canada Rig Count is up 2 rigs from last week to 63, with oil rigs up 5 to 22 and gas rigs down 3 to 41.

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Occidental Petroleum Corp agreed to sell Anadarko's Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique and South Africa assets to Total SA for $8.8 billion.

BHGE - The worldwide rig count for April 2019 was 2,140, down 73 from the 2,213 counted in March 2019, and up 53 from the 2,087 counted in April 2018.

CCS earnings attributable to shareholders excluding identified items were $5.3 billion, reflecting lower realised chemicals and refining margins, decreased realised oil prices and lower tax credits, partly offset by stronger contributions from trading as well as increased realised LNG and gas prices compared with the first quarter 2018. In addition, there was a negative impact of $43 million related to the implementation of IFRS 16.

The number of drilled but uncompleted wells in seven key oil and natural gas production regions in the United States has increased over the last two years, reaching a high of 8,504 wells in February 2019,

The Government is allowing for the Government Pension Fund Global to be invested in unlisted renewable energy infrastructure under the dedicated environmental mandates. Such investments shall be subject to the same profitability and transparency requirements as the other investments of the Fund, says Siv Jensen, Minister of Finance.

BHGE - U.S. Rig Count is down 1 rig from last week to 990, with oil rigs up 2 to 807, gas rigs down 3 to 183, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0. Canada Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week to 61, with oil rigs down 2 to 17 and gas rigs unchanged at 44.

We changed the name of our company from TransCanada to TC Energy, following the approval of our shareholders at our Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders on May 3, 2019.

TransCanada Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) (TransCanada or the Company) announced net income attributable to common shares for first quarter 2019 of $1.004 billion or $1.09 per share compared to net income of $734 million or $0.83 per share for the same period in 2018.

Profit attributable to the owners of PJSC Gazprom for the year ended December 31, 2018 amounted to RUB 1,456,270 million which is by RUB 741,968 million, or 104 %, more than for the year ended December 31, 2017.

For the first quarter, underlying replacement cost (RC) profit* was $2,358 million, compared with $2,586 million in 2018. Underlying RC profit is after adjusting RC profit* for a net charge for non-operating items* of $252 million and net adverse fair value accounting effects* of $11 million (both on a post-tax basis). RC profit was $2,095 million for the first quarter, compared with $2,389 million in 2018.