A federal appeals court has for the second time rejected a challenge by property owners to the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s use of eminent domain, finding that a federal law bars the case despite a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made it easier to sue federal agencies. In a unanimous, unsigned opinion on Tuesday, a …
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Reuters Feb 13 (Reuters) – Chesapeake Energy has entered a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) export deal with Delfin LNG and global energy trader Gunvor Group, the U.S. natural gas producer said on Tuesday. Chesapeake, which has agreed to acquire smaller rival Southwestern Energy in a $7.4 deal billion, will buy about 0.5 million tonnes (mtpa) …
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Tim Tarpley On March 25, 2022, President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stood together and pledged to work together to lay the framework for a significant increase in U.S. liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to be imported into the European Union. This decision was vital in helping the European Union’s economies and …
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A new, natural gas-fired power plant is planned for central Texas that will bolster the Lone Star State’s electricity grid while threatening to slow any transition away from fossil fuels. Sandow Lakes Energy Company LLC will construct a 1.2-gigawatt facility about 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of the capital Austin, on the site of a former Alcoa Corp. aluminum smelter. …
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The tech sector’s weight in the S&P 500 is roughly eight times that of energy, a gap wider than at the height of the dot-com bubble. 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 …
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CEO Meg O’Neill focused on LNG in Australia, North America She is not averse to Middle East deals, including with Aramco Woodside Energy Group Ltd. remains open to acquisitions following a failed attempt to merge with Santos Ltd., as it looks to grow the liquefied natural gas business. “We will keep the door open to a …
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Bloomberg Drilling for deals The oil and gas sector has been one of the few in which you haven’t had to drill too deep for good M&A news during the global deals slump. Whether you’re looking over three, six or 12-month periods, year-on-year increases in the values of transactions involving oil and gas companies look …
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Investors are not very interested in growing output, CFO says Combined company will operate fewer rigs but more efficiently Diamondback Energy Inc. will borrow a page from the shale-consolidation playbook by cutting drilling rigs after its acquisition of rival Endeavor Energy Resources LP, a move that will help satisfy investors who prefer payouts over production growth. The explorers, …
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(Reuters) – Carbon capture is not a solution for the energy transition and political leaders need to provide real, non-greenwashed, commitments to encourage investment, Andrew Forrest, executive chairman of Fortescue Metals, said on Tuesday. Speaking at the 50th anniversary meeting of the International Energy Agency, Australian billionaire Forrest said the investment community needs a level-playing …
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(Reuters) – For years, Endeavor Energy founder Autry Stephens’ refusal to entertain acquisition offers for one of the most lucrative producers in the U.S. oil patch vexed some of his peers. “It’s not for sale, it hasn’t been for sale, it’s probably not going to ever sell,” Pioneer Natural Resources’ former CEO Scott Sheffield, a contemporary …
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