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Baker Hughes Expects North America Oilfield Spend to Decline in 2024

Baker Hughes Expects North America Oilfield Spend to Decline in 2024 (Reuters) – U.S. oilfield technology firm Baker Hughes said on Wednesday it expects spending on drilling and well completion in North America to fall in 2024 as commodity prices remain volatile. Shale producers have looked to reduce drilling to counter weak prices. Many U.S. …

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Not So Fast! As Demand for Fast Deliveries Surges, the Industry Struggles on EV Transition

The cost of electric trucks and complications of charger installation hamper progress. The appetite for speedy package delivery is skyrocketing around the planet. Americans do more than 15% of their shopping online, with digital purchases of groceries, shoes, pet food and other goods quadrupling over the past decade to $1 trillion a year. Global e-commerce is expected …

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Biden Power Plant and EV Plans Hit a New Obstacle: Vulnerable Democrats

Moves could appeal to cost-sensitive voters in tight contests Pause on LNG export permits could stoke fresh outcry Vulnerable Democrats in swing states are increasingly sounding the alarm about Biden environmental policies that risk turning off cost-conscious moderate voters they need to win at the ballot box. The warnings pose an election year challenge for US President Joe …

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Chevron Says California Plays a Risky Game With Climate and Gasoline

Golden State drivers paid highest gas premium in last quarter Refinery renewable fuel conversions reduce overall supply Chevron Corp. warns its home state of California’s climate policies are a “dangerous game” that risk causing gasoline price spikes and shortages. The premium California drivers pay for gasoline over the national average is likely to rise significantly if …

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Baker Hughes Achieves New Hydrogen Milestones to Accelerate Transition to Hydrogen Economy

New hydrogen testing facility at Florence, Italy, manufacturing site unveiled as part of the company’s strategy to further support the deployment of hydrogen-ready technologies, such as the optimized NovaLT™16 turbine delivered to Air Products’ Net-Zero Hydrogen Energy Complex in Edmonton Progress follows delivery of advanced hydrogen compression technologies for NEOM green hydrogen company in Saudi Arabia, …

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U.S. Oil Refiners’ Weekly Capacity Seen Down 322,000 Bpd – IIR

U.S. oil refiners are expected to have about 1.6 million barrels per day (bpd) of capacity offline for the week ending Feb. 2, decreasing available refining capacity by 322,000 bpd, research company IIR Energy said on Monday. Offline capacity is expected to fall to 1.5 million bpd in the week ending Feb. 9, IIR added. …

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Deal in the Works? EnCap Eyes $5 billion Sale of Shale Producer Grayson Mill

Private equity firm EnCap Investments is exploring a sale of Grayson Mill Energy that could value the Bakken shale-focused oil and gas producer at around $5 billion, inclusive of debt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. EnCap has tapped investment bank Jefferies Financial Group to run a sale of Grayson Mill, the sources …

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IT’S OFFICIAL: Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline to Start Up in Second Quarter

Trans Mountain Corp will begin line fill in February on its long-delayed Canadian oil pipeline expansion and expects it to be in service in the second quarter, a company executive said on Wednesday. The C$30.9-billion ($23.05 billion) expansion will nearly triple the flow of crude on Trans Mountain from Alberta to Canada’s Pacific Coast but …

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U.S. Clean Electricity Momentum Stalls Slightly in 2023

(Reuters) – Clean electricity generation in the United States hit new highs in 2023 but expanded by its smallest margin in more than a decade, due to below-normal wind speeds and a drop in hydro power output due to drought, data from think tank Ember shows. U.S. clean generation grew by just 0.4% last year, …

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Valero Energy’s Quarterly Profit Falls on Lower Fuel Prices

Reuters (Reuters) – Valero Energy reported a fall in quarterly profit on Thursday as a slowdown in fuel demand hurt prices, kicking off earnings for U.S. refiners on a dour note. Weaker economic activity and an increase in global refining capacity last year pulled back refining profits from record heights touched in 2022, when disruptions to …

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