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Occidental Petroleum is an independent exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Latin America, and the Middle East. At the end of 2023, the company reported net proved reserves of nearly 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Net production averaged 1,234 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2023 at a ratio of roughly 50% oil and natural gas liquids and 50% natural gas.

Williams is an energy infrastructure company in North America. It operates or owns interests in 15,000 miles of interstate gas pipelines, 1,000 miles of natural gas liquids (NGL) transportation pipelines, and more than 10,000 miles of oil and gas gathering pipelines. The company's facilities have a daily gas processing capacity of 6.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas and NGL production capacity of more than 200,000 barrels per day. Williams has acquired Williams Partners LP (WPZ), a diversified energy master limited partnership. The company is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The major indices are slightly higher at midday. Inflation ticked up in October. CPI printed at 2.6%, matching the Argus forecast, up from 2.4% the month before. Core CPI remained at 3.3%. Shelter, which includes rents and other housing-related costs, and food again are the culprits for the overall rise in prices. The market still seems to be pricing in a Fed rate cut in December. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note is flat at 4.43%. Oil is flat at $68 per barrel. Bitcoin continues in rally mode, topping $93,000.

Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world's largest energy services companies, with over 40,000 employees and operations in more than 70 countries. The company helps customers maximize value throughout the lifecycle of the reservoir - from locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and the optimization of production.