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Barclays Faces Investor Pressure to Halt Fracking Finance

Church of England is among shareholders pressing UK bank ‘Stop funding this damaging and dangerous fuel’: ShareAction A group of 24 institutional investors with a combined $1.2 trillion of assets wants Barclays Plc to stop financing fracking, and argued a recent pledge by the British bank to restrict financing for companies that focus exclusively on fossil-fuel exploration …

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Midstream Space Is Ripe for More M&A, Energy Transfer Says

Bllomberg Pipeline operator Energy Transfer LP says it intends to fully evaluate opportunities for mergers and acquisitions. Since last year, there has been a wave of acquisitions among US oil and gas producers as they seek to cut costs and line up new well sites. Though most of the deals have been between drillers, the pipeline sector …

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Bear Market for Diesel Spells Fresh Troubles for Oil

(Reuters) – Profit margins for diesel are slumping as new refineries boost supplies and as mild weather in the northern hemisphere and slow economic activity eat into demand, putting oil prices under further downward pressure. The lower refining margins for diesel, one of the world’s key industrial and transport fuels, have already prompted some refiners …

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Canada’s Pipeline Squeeze Set to Return Despite Trans Mountain Start-Pp

(Reuters) – As Canada’s oil industry celebrates the start of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX), some company executives and analysts are already warning that long-term production growth plans will depend on new takeaway capacity becoming available. TMX, which started commercial operations last week after years of delays, will ship an extra 590,0000 barrels per day (bpd) of …

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Oil Rises on U.S. Crude Storage Draw, China Imports Up

Summary U.S. crude stockpiles fall, products post surprise build, EIA says China April oil imports rise 5.45% from a year ago (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Thursday as falling U.S. crude inventories amid rising refinery intake and a rise in Chinese imports last month supported higher demand expectations for the world’s two largest crude …

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Australia Backs Long-Term Gas Exploration Despite 2050 Climate Goals

Australia’s resources minister said on Thursday she backs the long-term exploration of potential natural gas projects, setting up a potential clash with opposition lawmakers and some in the incumbent Labor Party that oppose its use. Australia, one of the world’s largest producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), is committed to reducing its emissions to net …

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Goldman Sachs Sees OPEC+ Unlikely to Raise Production at June Meeting

Goldman Sachs on Wednesday said they no longer expect OPEC+ to announce a partial unwind of voluntary production cuts in June. The bank said inventories have recently surprised to the upside, and as a result, their model now estimates only a 37% chance of a production increase decision in June. “While our interpretation of OPEC+ …

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U.S. Gas Surplus will be Eliminated Before End of Winter 2024/25: John Kemp

U.S. gas inventories are near record highs for this time of year after exceptionally mild temperatures linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon slashed gas and electricity consumption for heating during the winter of 2023/24. But ultra-low prices are maximising gas combustion by power generators and forcing producers to cut back drilling, which should ensure …

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