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Trump Administration Aims to Cancel Oil Reserve Sales, Support Small Nuclear Power

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Monday he was planning to work with Congress on cancelling previously mandated sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as one way to address low stockpiles. Congress has mandated some 100 million barrels in sales from the reserve, the world’s largest emergency stockpile of crude oil, with a 7 …

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Soaring US Power Demand a Big Challenge, US Energy Secretary Says

(Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Monday that soaring U.S. power demand growth “is a train wreck waiting to happen,” and requires big investments and regulatory changes to meet. He added, in comments to the CERAWeek conference in Houston, that the administration of President Donald Trump intends to reverse what he called …

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US Energy Secretary Pleased with OPEC Actions So Far

(Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Monday that he was pleased with OPEC actions and had no specific requests of the Saudi Arabia-led oil producers group. He said he was happy OPEC was returning barrels to the marketplace and said that more energy was good for the globe. Wright, speaking to reporters …

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Baker Hughes Says Oil Producers Unlikely to Increase Spending This Year

(Reuters) – U.S. oil and gas producers are unlikely to increase spending this year and output increases will primarily come from improved efficiencies rather than new drilling, Baker Hughes Chief Executive Lorenzo Simonelli said on Monday. The outlook comes as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has repeatedly exhorted the industry to “Drill, baby, drill,” to …

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Whitecap Resources and Veren to Combine in a $15 Billion Transaction to Create a Leading Canadian Light Oil and Condensate Producer

CALGARY, AB, March 10, 2025 /CNW/ – Whitecap Resources Inc. (“Whitecap”) (TSX: WCP) and Veren Inc. (“Veren”) (TSX: VRN) (NYSE: VRN) are pleased to announce a strategic combination to create a leading light oil and condensate producer with concentrated assets in the Alberta Montney and Duvernay. The combined company will be the largest Alberta Montney and Duvernay landholder, a prominent light oil producer in Saskatchewan and …

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Tesla Erases US$700 Billion ‘Trump Bump’ as Sales Slide

The rapid decline in Tesla’s shares has pushed them into what chart-followers call an oversold zone A slide in Tesla Inc. on Friday is capping off a round trip of epic proportions in the company’s shares. Expectations that the electric-vehicle maker would benefit from chief executive Elon Musk’s close relationship with President Donald Trump made …

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US Energy Chief to Seek $20 Billion to Refill Oil Reserve, Bloomberg Reports

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright plans to seek up to $20 billion to accomplish President Donald Trump’s goal of refilling the nation’s depleted oil reserve to its maximum capacity, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. Wright told Bloomberg News in an interview that the initiative would restore holdings “just close to the top” to maintain efficient …

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Russia Says OPEC+ May Reverse Oil Output After April, Kazakhstan Pledges Cuts

Summary • OPEC+ has decided to hike output from April • Novak: OPEC+ may reverse the hike decision after April • Kazakhstan says it will cut oil production in next months • CPC exports to be reduced as well (Reuters) – Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday that the OPEC+ group agreed …

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COMMENTARY: AI Applications in Upstream Oil and Natural Gas – Part 2 – Yogi Schulz

By Yogi Schulz Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is sweeping through the oil and natural gas industry. It’s out of control, like the Wild West. AI output is showing up in reports and presentations. The Apple App Store and Google Play offer many free AI apps of varying quality. Every AI software vendor provides access to …

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Russia Launches Major Ukraine Missile Attack After US Cuts Off Military Aid – Energy Sector Targeted

Summary Russia launches 67 missiles, almost 200 drones at Ukraine Air assault comes as US cuts aid, intelligence sharing Zelenskiy to visit Saudi Arabia before US-Ukraine talks (Reuters) – Russian forces damaged Ukrainian energy and gas infrastructure overnight in their first major missile attack since the U.S. paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine, piling pressure on …

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