Summary • Biden announced ban on Jan. 6, saying it helps fight climate change • Trump says he will reverse it • Republican-led states joined by trade groups in their lawsuit (Reuters) – A group of Republican-led states filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging a ban announced by outgoing Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden earlier …
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HOUSTON/WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Oilfield service provider SLB (SLB.N), opens new tab on Friday said its current business in Russia still aligns with U.S. sanctions issued this month, but that revenue in the country was declining. The world’s largest oilfield service company is one of the few Western firms to remain in Russia after …
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By Ernest Scheyder Loan increased due to inflation and bigger lithium deposit Rhyolite Ridge to produce 22,000 metric tons of lithium annually Biden administration confident US lithium needs can be met by by 2030s Shares of ioneer gain more than 15% Jan 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy has finalized a $996 million …
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(Reuters) – Oil operators in North Dakota, the third-largest oil producing U.S. state, are operating fewer rigs than last month, the state’s Industrial Commission said on Friday. The rig count has dropped to 31 from 37 in December, said Nathan Anderson, director of the North Dakota Department Of Mineral Resources. Active frac crews remain at …
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(Reuters) – U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a second week in a row to the lowest since December 2021, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, …
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Oil producers are pumping record levels from Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale. Chevron and Shell have backed a new crude pipeline project that aims to boost takeaway capacity—and exports—of Vaca Muerta oil.
Investors are warming up to the sector with an eye on Big Tech demand. By Liam Denning Let it rip.Photographer: Rebecca Droke /AFP New Yorkers bowing their heads into a cutting wind is typically a bullish sign for natural gas prices, and this January is no exception. The rally extends beyond immediate conditions, though, with …
The L.A. wildfires have taken at least 27 lives and destroyed thousands of homes As the smoke clears from devastating Los Angeles wildfires, efforts to clean up the affected areas are being complicated by burnt-out electric and hybrid vehicles and home-battery storage systems. Lithium batteries from Tesla Inc., along with those from other carmakers, have …
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Global energy storage capacity has tripled in recent years, thanks to an industry that barely existed a decade ago. Illustration: Jay Daniel Wright for Bloomberg Businessweek By David R Baker Inside an unmarked stucco building in a Silicon Valley office park, more than 1,000 black metal cabinets, each about the size of a fridge, line …
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As of late Thursday, a few dozen people were at a temporary evacuation centre This image from video shows flames rising after a major fire erupted Thursday afternoon at the Moss Landing Power Plant, located about about 124 kilometres south of San Francisco, Thursday, Jan.16, 2025. Photo by KSBW via AP MOSS LANDING, Calif. — …
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