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US Drillers Add Oil and Gas Rigs for First Time in Five Weeks, Baker Hughes Says

Sept 13 (Reuters) – U.S. energy firms this week added oil and natural gas rigs for the first time in five weeks in the biggest weekly rise in a year, energy services firm Baker Hughes (BKR.O) said in its closely followed report on Friday. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future …

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The Spirit of Fracking Comes to U.S. Lithium Mining

By Liam Denning Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy. A former banker, he edited the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote the Financial Times’s Lex column.   “Fracking” is an expletive in environmental circles. Yet the spirit of shale is creeping into a business with transformational potential for …

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U.S. Locks in Steep China Tariff Hikes, Many to Start Sept. 27

Summary USTR maintains tariffs of 100% on Chinese EVs, 50% on semiconductors, 25% on batteries, steel USTR doubles tariffs on Chinese face masks, surgical gloves syringes US adds China tariff exclusions on five machinery categories White House adviser says tariffs counteract ‘unfair’ China EV cost advantage Sept 13 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Friday …

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1PointFive’s South Texas Direct Air Capture Hub Awarded U.S. Department of Energy Funding

HOUSTON, Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 1PointFive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental, announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) will provide up to $500 million to support the development of the South Texas Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hub. The award is a milestone in furthering commercial-scale …

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