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OPEC Cuts 2024, 2025 Global Oil Demand Growth View Again

(Reuters) – OPEC on Monday cut its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2024 reflecting data received so far this year and also lowered its projection for next year, marking the producer group’s third consecutive downward revision. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in a monthly report said world oil demand will rise …

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Elon Musk Unveils $30,000 Tesla Cybercab with 2026 Production, but Details Lacking

Bloomberg News Elon Musk Showcases Tesla’s Autonomous ‘Robocab’ and ‘Robovan’ as Company Pivots to Robotics Elon Musk’s unveiling of self-driving taxi prototypes let down some Tesla Inc. investors, with many expecting more particulars on how the carmaker can possibly pull off his latest robocar predictions. Tesla might currently be riding the failures of the Cybertruck, but the company’s …

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US court Puts on Hold Permits for Kinder Morgan Unit to Build Tennessee Pipeline

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday put on hold approvals and permits necessary to allow a Kinder Morgan  subsidiary to construct a 32-mile gas pipeline in Tennessee, at the urging of environmental groups. The proposed Cumberland Project, set to be constructed by Kinder Morgan’s Tennessee Gas Pipeline, could transport about 245,000 dekatherms per day …

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Double-Punch Storms Thrust Climate Into the US Presidential Race

The strikes by Hurricanes Helene and Milton have made dealing with climate disasters a major issue in the contest’s final weeks. Back-to-back, catastrophic strikes by Helene and Milton in the southeastern US are reshaping the presidential race, putting climate disasters front and center in the final stretch of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President …

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Companies Are Dropping Carbon Offsets, But Still Buying the Worst Ones

Purchases of carbon offsets last year fell for the first time since 2016, according to an analysis of 260,000 publicly available transactions. (Corrects the percentage decrease in demand for offsets in the 2nd paragraph of a story originally published on Nov. 27, 2023, and related figures in the first two charts.) Carbon offsets once looked primed …

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Exxon Secures Over 271,000 Acres in Texas waters for Offshore CO2 Capture

Exxon Mobil said on Thursday it has acquired state leases for over 271,000 acres in Texas state waters for an offshore carbon dioxide (CO2) capture operation. The lease with the Texas General Land Office follows Exxon’s 2021 bid for federal land off the Texas coast for CO2 capture, and its emergence as a high bidder on …

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Surge in US Ethanol Exports Offsets Thriving Production

By Karen Braun NAPERVILLE, Illinois, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Despite a jump in production, U.S. ethanol stocks dropped significantly last week, partly owing to a sharp rebound in gasoline demand, which neared three-year highs. But record exports have been the factor keeping U.S. ethanol supplies in check over the last several months, even as output of …

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GM Hints at Cheaper Electric Truck With 350-Mile Range

The Detroit-based automaker is working to secure a supply of lithium iron phosphate batteries General Motors Co. hinted that it’s developing a lower-cost electric pickup truck that could boast a 350-mile range. The Detroit-based automaker is working to secure a supply of lithium iron phosphate batteries in North America, said Kurt Kelty, GM’s vice president …

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US Gasoline Demand Rose by the Most in a Single Week Since 2001, EIA Data Shows

(Reuters) – U.S. gasoline demand rose by more than 1.1 million barrels per day in the week ended Oct. 4, the sharpest weekly increase since February 2001, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed on Wednesday. Product supplied of gasoline, EIA’s measure of demand, hit 9.7 million barrels last week for the first time …

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US Crude Stocks Rise, Gasoline and Distillate Inventories Fall, EIA Says

(Reuters) – U.S. crude stocks rose as refining activity slipped last week, while gasoline and distillate inventories fell, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories rose by 5.8 million barrels to 422.7 million barrels in the week ended October 4, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a …

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