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Fire at Massive Battery Plant in California Forces Evacuations

As of late Thursday, a few dozen people were at a temporary evacuation centre This image from video shows flames rising after a major fire erupted Thursday afternoon at the Moss Landing Power Plant, located about about 124 kilometres south of San Francisco, Thursday, Jan.16, 2025. Photo by KSBW via AP MOSS LANDING, Calif. — …

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IMF Lowers 2025 Saudi Arabia Growth Forecast on Extended Oil Production Cuts

(Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund has lowered its 2025 GDP growth projection for Saudi Arabia to 3.3%, mainly due to extended oil production cuts, it said on Friday in the latest update to its global outlook. It also trimmed its 2024 growth estimate for the Gulf state to 1.4%. In its October Regional Economic …

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U.S. Hydrogen Industry May Turn to Gas, Carbon Capture Under Trump

Green investments stalled due to policy uncertainty, says BNEF 377,000 tons of blue hydrogen capacity may be online by 2025 The US hydrogen economy will likely rely on natural gas and carbon capture technologies rather than green energy in Donald Trump’s second term, according to BloombergNEF. Billions of dollars of investment have stalled in 2024 waiting for the Biden …

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SLB Boosts Dividend and Buybacks After Q4 Beat Expectations

Summary Q4 adjusted profit 92 cents per share vs forecast 90 cents Q4 revenue $9.28 billion vs forecast $9.18 billion Shares up more than 2% in premarket trade (Reuters) – SLB (SLB.N), opens new tab raised its quarterly dividend and accelerated share repurchases on Friday after the oilfield services provider posted better than expected fourth-quarter …

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US Needs More Electricity to Win AI Race, Says Trump Energy Czar

Doug Burgum tapped to lead Interior Department, energy council Former governor made his fortune in accounting software By Jennifer A Dlouhy The US risks forfeiting a global competition to dominate artificial intelligence if it doesn’t build more reliable, always-on electricity to supply the industry, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department warned Thursday. …

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US Interior Nominee Says Permitting Reform Needed to Speed Energy Projects

(Reuters) – U.S. Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing on Thursday that permitting reform is needed to speed energy projects, particularly to boost power production. “We’ve got to get to work in permitting reform and speeding permitting right now,” he said. “Electricity is at the brink. Our grid is at …

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US NatGas End-of-Season Storage to Slide to Three-Year Low in March

(Reuters) – U.S. natural gas storage is on track to end the November-March winter withdrawal season at a three-year low of 1.811 trillion cubic feet (tcf) on March 31, 2025, according to analysts’ estimates. That compares with an eight-year high of 2.306 tcf of gas in storage at the end of the winter withdrawal season …

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Colonial Pipeline’s Main US Gasoline Artery Likely Shut Until Friday

By Shariq Khan Colonial crews still searching for source of suspected gasoline leak in Georgia Line 1 outage duration on par with Colonial shutdown in 2021 due to cyberattack Market impact limited by high stockpiles, refinery output NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Colonial Pipeline’s main U.S. gasoline artery is expected to remain shut through …

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Oilfield Services Provider Flowco Raises $427 mln in US IPO

(Reuters) – Flowco Holdings has raised $427.2 million after pricing its U.S. initial public offering above its targeted range, the oilfield services provider said on Wednesday. Flowco priced its offering of 17.8 million shares at $24 each. The company had marketed to list its shares in the range of $21 and $23. Strong equity markets, …

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

(Reuters) – U.S. crude stocks fell while gasoline and distillate inventories rose last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday. Crude inventories fell by 2 million barrels to 412.7 million barrels in the week ending Jan. 10, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a 992,000-barrel draw. Crude …

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