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Shell’s Bet on Gas Boom Takes Shape with String of Deals

(Reuters) – Shell has replaced liquefied natural gas (LNG) volume it lost after exiting Russia in 2022 with a string of deals that underpin CEO Wael Sawan’s bet on growing demand for the fuel as he reduces the focus on renewable energy. The new projects in the United Arab Emirates and Trinidad and Tobago and the acquisition …

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Diamondback Reports Second-Quarter Average Realized Natgas Price of 10 Cents Per Mcf

U.S. oil and gas producer Diamondback Energy’s average unhedged realized price for natural gas was 10 cents per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) in the second quarter, the company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. Natural gas prices have fallen in the reported quarter, hurt by a lower demand forecast, high output and excess inventories, …

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US Natgas Prices Fall 2% to Two-Month Low on Big Storage Build, Rising Output

U.S. natural gas futures fell about 2% to a two-month low on Thursday on a bigger-than-expected weekly storage build as output rose and the amount of gas flowing to liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants dropped after Freeport LNG in Texas shut early this week for Hurricane Beryl. Front-month gas futures for August delivery on …

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Polling Shows Likely Voters Nationally and in Battleground States Solidly Oppose Biden-Harris Gas-Car ban and Consider the Issue ‘Important’ for 2024

Washington, D.C., July 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New polling conducted nationally and across eight presidential and senate battleground states shows strong opposition among likely voters to government policies designed to ban new gas-powered vehicles and, further, that supermajorities of likely voters say this policy issue will be important to them when deciding which elected officials to …

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Oil Investors Regain Poise After Post-OPEC Swoon – John Kemp

(Reuters) – Portfolio investors had reverted to a broadly neutral position in petroleum last week after heavy selling triggered by the OPEC+ meeting at the start of June waned and buying took over. Hedge funds and other money managers purchased the equivalent of 56 million barrels in the six most important futures and options and …

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Global Lithium Sector Eyes Argentina’s Salt Flats on Tech Test Run

(Reuters) – In a dusty plain in northern Argentina’s mountains, black tubes stretching two stories high fill a massive tank with salty brine sucked from deep below ground. The brine contains lithium, a silvery white metal essential for making electric vehicle batteries and in high demand as the world shifts to green energy. French miner …

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Honeywell to Buy Air Products’ LNG business for $1.81 Billion

By Reuters (Reuters) – Industrial giant Honeywell  said on Wednesday it would buy Air Products’ liquefied natural-gas process technology and equipment business for $1.81 billion in cash. The deal would help Honeywell add LNG technologies such as heat exchangers and cryogenic equipment to its portfolio and marks the industrial conglomerate’s fourth acquisition this year. Since taking charge …

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Record U.S. Summer Heat, Hurricanes Could Roil Fuel Prices as Oil Refiners Sweat

(Reuters) – A double whammy of record heat and hurricanes should test U.S. refiners’ resilience in coming weeks, raising the risk of extremely volatile fuel prices in the middle of the peak travel season, analysts said. The Atlantic hurricane season from June through November is an annual threat for U.S. refineries. Half of the country’s …

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Exxon Signals Q2 Below Market Consensus, Excluding Pioneer Buy

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp on Monday signaled that lower refining margins across the industry and lower natural gas prices will reduce profits in the second quarter. A snapshot of operating factors affecting the quarter suggests earnings per share between $1.50 and $2.40, or about $8.3 billion, which is 17% below market consensus. The preview excludes …

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Judge Who Voided Elon Musk’s Pay to Rule on US$7B in Legal Fees

The lawyers who challenged the pay plan argue that their unusual request to be compensated in stock rather than cash benefits Tesla Bloomberg News The judge who voided Elon Musk’s record-setting Tesla Inc. pay package must now make another momentous decision — whether the lawyers who took the case to trial should be paid what may be the …

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