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U.S. Considers Selling Northeast Gasoline Reserve in 2024 in Draft Bill

The United States may sell its 1 million barrel Northeast gasoline reserve in fiscal year 2024, according to the draft text of a funding bill released on Sunday. The reserve, first established in 2014 after Superstorm Sandy left motorists in the northeastern United States without fuel, is located in New York Harbor, New York, Boston, …

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U.S. Natgas Prices Jump 6% to 3-week High as Output Drops

U.S. natural gas futures jumped about 6% to a three-week high on Monday as producers cut output after prices collapsed to a 3-1/2-year low in recent weeks. Front-month gas futures for April delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 11.7 cents, or 6.4%, to $1.952 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) at 1:05 p.m. …

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EU Wants Fossil Fuel Sector to Help Pay to Combat Climate Change, Draft Shows

The European Union is set to call for the fossil fuel industry to help pay for fighting climate change in poorer countries under a United Nations target, a draft document shows, as nations prepare for talks this year on a global finance goal. This year’s U.N. climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November, are the …

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U.S. Natgas Producers Cut Spending, Output to Cope with Low Prices

U.S. natural gas producers are curbing their output and spending on drilling activity as an oversupplied market has brought the prices of the commodity down to multi-decade lows. In recent months, gas prices have dropped on near-record output and low heating demand from a mild winter, leaving ample amounts of gas in storage. Below is …

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Hydrogen Wildcatters Still Need to Find Their First Gusher

By David Fickling David Fickling is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy and commodities. Previously, he worked for Bloomberg News, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. Think of an iconic image of the petroleum age, and you may well be picturing a fountain of crude spouting hundreds of feet into the air, scattering …

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Qatar’s Gas Push Has a Hidden Motive – Murdering Coal

The nation is seeking to exploit the energy transition by boosting LNG production. By Javier Blas Javier Blas is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy and commodities. He is coauthor of “The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources.” The energy transition will eventually be a zero-sum game — for …

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Kerry Bows Out as Man Asked to Repair U.S. Climate Reputation

It was the day before Joe Biden’s inauguration as US president, and the man who would become one of his top diplomats was already plotting how to return the US to an international fight against climate change it had ceded four years earlier. With Covid-19 still raging, John Kerry huddled in a Maryland backyard with at least …

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OPEC+ Will Soon Confront a Tougher Oil-Market Test

Producers may need to stick with output curbs for the entire year, and the cooperation of all is far from guaranteed. OPEC+ may have put a floor under crude prices by extending oil supply cuts for another quarter, but the group will soon face a more grueling test. Saudi Arabia and its partners agreed Sunday to keep …

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TC Energy to Sell Portland Natural Gas Transmission System for $1.14 Bln

Reuters March 4 (Reuters) – TC Energy  said on Monday it has agreed to sell Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) to BlackRock  for $1.14 billion as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce debt and fund investments. CEO Francois Poirier had said in 2022 the company planned to raise more than C$5 billion ($3.69 billion) through 2023. The …

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U.S. Funding Bill Blocks China From Buying Oil From Strategic Petroleum Reserve

(Reuters) – A measure in the U.S. funding legislation unveiled by congressional leaders on Sunday would block China from buying oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The desire for a hard line on China is one of the few truly bipartisan sentiments in the deeply divided U.S. Congress, and lawmakers have introduced dozens of bills …

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