The highest-paying dividend stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average right now are Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and Merck (NYSE: MRK), sporting trailing yields of 6.4%, ...

While those at the top of the tree are generating serious cash flow from the Permian and other onshore regions, that is not the case across the board. The Baker Hughes (US:BKR) rig count shows a drop ...