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May 19 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Elliott Investment Management’s next big move at BP is installing board leadership it likes. The U.S. activist, which now holds 5% of the struggling $78 billion oil major, understandably wants a swift replacement for departing Chair Helge Lund. While suitable candidates aren’t exactly abundant, some exist. The sooner a new …
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Utility Vistra said on Thursday it would acquire seven natural gas generation facilities, with a combined capacity of nearly 2,600 megawatt, from Lotus Infrastructure Partners for $1.9 billion, as it looks to meet growing power demand. The deal includes five combined cycle gas turbine facilities and two combustion turbine facilities located across PJM, New England, …
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(Reuters) – Canadian oil and gas producer Strathcona said late Thursday it plans to launch a C$5.93 billion ($4.25 billion) hostile takeover bid for rival MEG Energy, aiming to create one of the country’s largest oil sands companies. The all-cash-and-stock unsolicited offer would combine two of Canada’s largest pure-play thermal oil sands operators, and make Strathcona …
Canadian Oil Producer Strathcona to Launch US$4.25 Bln Hostile Bid for MEG Energy Read More »
Projected searing temperatures across the U.S. and the proliferation of data centers are expected to send electricity consumption to a four-year high this summer, testing the grid and pushing up power prices, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said on Thursday. A shrinking pool of around-the-clock power plants, which are retiring to make way for cleaner …
Hot Weather and High Demand to Pressure US Power Grid This Summer, FERC Says Read More »
By Robert Harvey and Enes Tunagur Hikes 2025 global supply growth forecast by 380,000 bpd Oil demand growth to slow to 650,000 bpd in rest of year Expects lower oil prices to hit US shale oil output growth Revises up 2025 total demand forecast LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) – World oil supply will rise more …
Global Oil Supply to Rise Faster Than Expected After OPEC+ Hike, IEA Says Read More »
A House committee wants to compensate some energy companies if the government derails their projects. By Liam Denning Pick a side. Photographer: Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America The legislating of energy policy in Washington has become so volatile that some folks want to sell insurance against it. Those folks happen to be the politicians in …
By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw About 161 applications await decisions Action will affect market for renewable fuel credits Big Oil, Farm Belt anticipate 2026 biofuel blending requirements NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to rule quickly on dozens of small U.S. refineries’ pending applications for exemptions from biofuel-blending requirements, the …
US EPA to Rule on Backlog of Small Refinery Biofuel Exemption Requests, Zeldin Says Read More »
(Reuters) – The middle section of the U.S. and Canada could have a shortfall of electricity this summer if higher-than-normal forecasted temperatures drive up demand as a changing mix of power supplies increases reliability risks, the organization overseeing the area’s grid said on Wednesday. Electricity demand in the United States and Canada has grown by …
Middle Swath of North America at Risk of Power Shortfalls This Summer, Regulator Says Read More »
By Naureen S Malik Paul Segal Photographer: LS Power LS Power bet on buying and building natural gas power plants at a time when some analysts considered them almost relics, doomed to be sidelined by solar and wind. Now, utilities see gas-fired plants as essential to meeting a surge of electricity demand from new data …
AI Boom Helps Score $12 Billion Deal for Little-Known LS Power Read More »
The proposal would eliminate popular tax credits for electric vehicles and home solar. By Ari Natter and Mark Chediak Workers install solar panels on a home in San Francisco. Photographer: Michaela Vatcheva/Bloomberg House Republicans released their first stab at a bill to extend President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, which would help pay for them by …
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