Bye-Bye Buybacks? Big Oil's Record-Breaking Shareholder Payouts Are Under Threat

Bye-bye buybacks? Big Oil's record-breaking shareholder payouts are under threat

A protracted slump in crude prices has ratcheted up the pressure on Big Oil's commitment to allocate cash to shareholders.

$60 Oil Puts Big Oil’s Record Payouts at Risk

Western energy supermajors are faced with an increasingly difficult challenge: either keep their promise of returning ever-higher shareholder returns or risk spurning investors to save their balance sheets. Record cash has been allocated to shareholders, but with recent double-digit dips in oil prices not reversing, these payouts will be increasingly difficult to maintain. Rystad Energy estimates that the majors will likely need to reduce both i…

Big Oil’s Record-Breaking Shareholder Payouts Face Uncertainty As Oil Prices Slump In 2025

Houston, TX, Could 24, 2025 – Large Oil’s unprecedented shareholder payouts, which reached a staggering $119 … Big Oil’s Record-Breaking Shareholder Payouts Face Uncertainty as Oil Prices Slump in 2025Read more The post Big Oil’s Record-Breaking Shareholder Payouts Face Uncertainty as Oil Prices Slump in 2025 first appeared on Real News Hub.

Large Western oil companies face an increasingly difficult challenge: to fulfil their promise to offer ever greater profitability to shareholders or risk dismissing investors to save their balance sheets. Record amounts of cash have been allocated to shareholders, but since recent double-digit drops in oil prices are not reversed, these payments will become increasingly difficult to maintain. Rystad Energy estimates that large oil companies will…