(Reuters Breakingviews) – The United States has grand plans for carbon markets. Washington’s idea, for an Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) targets one of climate finance’s biggest challenges – the need, to increase clean energy investment in the developing world excluding China sevenfold by the early 2030s, to $1.9 trillion annually. John Kerry, U.S. President Joe Biden’s …
U.S. homes and businesses used a record amount of natural gas on Tuesday as demand for the fuel for heating and power generation soared during an Arctic blast that also cut gas output to near a 13-month low by freezing wells. The severe winter storm dumped snow across a broad part of the nation on …
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Oil production in North Dakota was estimated to have dropped by more than half its typical output because of extreme cold and related operations challenges, the state’s pipeline authority said on Wednesday. The state’s oil output fell by 650,000 to 700,000 barrels per day (bpd), according to the North Dakota Pipeline Authority. In October, the …
OPEC may need to cut production further to keep oil prices at current levels in the face of stuttering demand growth and high U.S. output, the CEO of commodities trader Mercuria Energy Group said on Wednesday. U.S. crude production will climb to record levels over the next two years, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) …
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Global prices of gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are expected to remain relatively weak in 2024, with demand subdued due to high storage levels in Europe and Asia and a mild Northern Hemisphere winter, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Wednesday. “Wood Mackenzie has been forecasting lower 2024 prices for much of last year, especially compared …
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HOUSTON — VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY; LSE: EGY) (“VAALCO” or the “Company”) today provided an operational and financial update with production and sales volumes for the fourth quarter and full year of 2023 as well as its increased cash and cash equivalents balance as of December 31, 2023. Highlights and Key Items: Continued solid …
Summary Auchincloss was interim CEO Says he will continue BP’s strategy Shares have underperformed rivals since Looney’s departure (Reuters) – BP interim boss Murray Auchincloss was named permanent CEO on Wednesday, pledging to stick with energy transition plans as the board seeks to steady the company which was rocked by the sudden resignation of Bernard Looney …
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Summary Nasser says Red Sea attacks may cause tanker shortage Global oil demand to grow by 1.5 mln bpd in 2024 Oil stocks getting depleted as demand grows OPEC’s spare capacity main source to meet demand DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Global oil markets will cope with Red Sea disruptions in the short run, …
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(Reuters) – Environmental campaigners are criticizing Canada’s energy regulator for approving a “variance” request on a section of the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project, calling new conditions around material procurement accompanying the approval too lenient. Last week the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) agreed to Trans Mountain’s request for a variance that will enable the Canadian-government-owned pipeline to …
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Bloomberg The electric power grid in Texas, which collapsed dramatically in a 2021 winter storm, is being tested once again as the state endures an Arctic blast. Demand for electricity has broken wintertime records as the state’s population continues to grow amid a rapid change in its energy mix, with wind and solar displacing fossil fuels. That’s been stoking …
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