Summary EU heavily reliant on Chinese solar panel imports Some European solar manufacturers on brink of collapse Governments, industry split over how to help Europe wants to grow local clean tech manufacturing (Reuters) – Europe’s green energy transition is stuck between a rock and a hard place. A flood of cheap Chinese solar panel imports …
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US lawmakers hold first of two hearings on Biden’s LNG pause (Reuters) – As Republican and some Democratic U.S. lawmakers slam President Joe Biden’s pause on approvals of exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a House subcommittee will hold a hearing on the issue on Tuesday, the first of two in Congress this week. The House Energy, …
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Summary BP profit halves to $14 bln in 2023 Boosts buybacks to $1.75 billion over next 3 months Gas and LNG trading help boost Q4 profit LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) – BP posted forecast-beating earnings of $3 billion for the fourth quarter and boosted share repurchases as its recently appointed CEO vowed to make pragmatic …
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Exxon Mobil has been ordered to explain to a federal judge by Monday why a lawsuit it filed against two shareholder activists should continue after the groups withdrew the climate resolution they had proposed for the energy giant’s annual meeting. In the order issued on Friday, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman told Exxon to file …
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BP Plc was continuing assessments on Monday of production units at its 435,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery following a plant-wide power outage on Thursday, said people familiar with the matter. BP was developing plans and schedules for restarting the refinery, the largest in the U.S. Midwest, once the evaluation of the refinery’s condition is …
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(Reuters) – Rare earth prices have likely bottomed out and are poised to rise later this year on demand from electric vehicles (EVs) and wind power and as dominant producer China is expected to pull back on expanding output quotas, analysts said. Rare earths are a group of 17 elements used in products from lasers …
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Portfolio investors raced to build bullish positions in petroleum at the end of January amid signs the business cycle slowdown is coming to an end and fears about attacks on tankers near southwestern Arabia. Hedge funds and other money managers purchased the equivalent of 97 million barrels in the six most important petroleum futures and …
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U.S. oil refiners are expected to have about 1.9 million barrels per day (bpd) of capacity offline for the week ending Feb. 9, increasing available refining capacity by 110,000 bpd, research company IIR Energy said on Monday. Offline capacity is expected to fall to 1.1 million bpd in the week ending Feb. 16, IIR added. …
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The Biden administration’s decision to halt new natural gas-export licenses is a “mistake” that will slow efforts to reduce climate-damaging emissions, according to Exxon Mobil Corp. “Reducing production of LNG actually harms the world achieving net zero sooner rather than later,” Chief Financial Officer Kathy Mikells said during an interview. “It’s a mistake.” Although natural gas that is liquefied …
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(Reuters) – The spot price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is continuing to meander at low levels amid ample supply from major exporters and signs that winter demand is easing in the top-importing regions of Asia and Europe. The spot price for LNG delivered to north Asia ended at $9.60 per million British thermal units …
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