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SEC Climate Rule: The Devil’s in the Lack of Details

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure rules requires companies to report a lot of information — from greenhouse-gas emissions to potential weather impacts that could have a material business impact. But the devil’s in the lack of details.

U.S. Natgas Prices up 2% to Four-Month High Ahead of Federal Storage Report

U.S. natural gas futures climbed about 2% to a four-month high on Thursday on expectations utilities injected less gas into storage than usual for this time of year for a fourth week in a row. Analysts forecast U.S. utilities added 85 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas into storage during the week ended May 17. …

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Hess-Chevron Merger Vote Appears Ripe for Narrow Approval

Hess Corp CEO John Hess has until Tuesday to quell a rebellion by shareholders over his handling of what could turn out to be one of the largest mergers in oil industry history: a proposed $53 billion sale of the oil producer to Chevron Corp. Hess, 70, has spent the past month visiting or calling …

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The ‘Necessary Evil’ of Four-mile Laterals

While extended length lateral wells can lead to massive profits, the risk might not always be worth it. At Hart Energy’s SUPER DUG, Diamondback Energy, SLB, NOV and others weighed the risk and rewards of drilling three- and four-mile laterals.