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UK Antitrust Watchdog Says SLB-ChampionX Deal Could Lessen Competition

Britain’s competition regulator said on Thursday that oilfield services company SLB’s proposed $8 billion deal to buy smaller rival ChampionX could result in a substantial lessening of competition within the UK. The deal would be referred for an in-depth probe unless SLB and ChampionX offer remedial measures, UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said, adding …

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US Crude Stockpiles Fall as Refining Continues to Rise, EIA Says

(Reuters) – U.S. crude oil inventories fell last week as refiners continued to ramp up production, while gasoline and distillate stockpiles also dropped, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories fell by 3.3 million barrels to 433.6 million barrels in the week ended March 21, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ expectations in …

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Shell CEO Says Pursuing Major Deal Risks Being a Distraction

Shell CEO Wael Sawan says the company will continue to look for potential acquisitions, but warns of the risks of pursuing a major deal. Summary by Bloomberg AI Sawan expects smaller-scale, bolt-on acquisitions centered around upstream production, and says the company is always looking at dealmaking prospects in Europe and beyond. Summary by Bloomberg AI …

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Mizuho Cuts EOG Resources to ‘Neutral’ on Inventory, Margin Worries

Mizuho cuts EOG Resources to “neutral” from “outperform”, PT by $8 to $140, still a 9.2% upside to last close Says a key concerns is depth and quality of EOG’s remaining shale inventory, esp in oil-focused basins like Delaware, Eagle Ford Adds cash margins per barrel seems to be declining due to higher cash taxes, …

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US Army Corps to Narrow List of Emergency Energy Projects by Next Week

(Reuters) – The Army Corps of Engineers will complete as soon as next week its revised list of energy projects that could be fast-tracked under President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national energy emergency, a U.S. Army Corps official told Reuters. The Army Corps, a federal engineering service with permitting authority over projects involving wetlands …

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Alberta’s Massive Oil and Gas Reserves Keep Growing – Here’s Why

Q&A with Mike Verney, executive vice-president, McDaniel & Associates By Deborah Jaremko Follow CEC on Linkedin  CEC Linkedin Follow CEC on Facebook CEC Facebook Follow CEC on Twitter CEC Twitter New analysis commissioned by the Alberta Energy Regulator has increased the province’s natural gas reserves by 440 per cent, bumping Canada into the global top 10. Alberta’s oil reserves …

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STUDY: AI, Like Previous Technological Innovations, Will Likely Create More Opportunities For Workers Than it Destroys – Fraser Institute

By Steven Globerman What the History of Technological Change Tells Us About the Likely Economic Consequences of Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an emerging General Purpose Technology (GPT). That is, it is an innovation that can be used for many activities across different industries and sectors and can be expected to have a major …

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North Dakota Oil Regulator Expects Lower Oil Prices This Year Amid Trump Tariff Uncertainty

By Georgina Mccartney HOUSTON, March 21 (Reuters) – Oil prices will likely slip this year, the director of North Dakota’s state oil regulator predicted, amid uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on neighboring Canada and Mexico. North Dakota is the third-largest oil producing state in the U.S. U.S. crude futures have been trading below …

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COMMENTARY: The Shocking Truth About Activist Actions – Irina Slav

By Irina Slav In 2016, several environmentalist organisations ignited a massive protest against a pipeline project in North Dakota. Some 100,000 people descended on a tiny town in the state, overran it and left it with a bill of $38 million for policing the protests and cleanup. Because they’re environmentalists, you see, and when environmentalists litter, it …

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OPEC+ Issues New Plan for Oil Cuts to Compensate for Overproduction

By Alex Lawler and Ahmad Ghaddar New schedule for 7 members to make compensation output cuts Plan represents monthly cuts of between 189,000 and 435,000 bpd Cuts scheduled to last until June 2026 LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) – OPEC+ on Thursday issued a new schedule for seven member nations to make further oil output cuts …

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