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Exxon’s AI Power Play Aims to Beat Nuclear

By Liam Denning Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy. A former banker, he edited the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote the Financial Times’s Lex column. To most of us, a power plant is a source of electricity. To Exxon Mobil Corp., it’s a machine that converts natural …

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Citigroup Sees Energy Challenges Persisting in 2025, Cuts PT on US Oil Firms

Citigroup cuts price target on U.S.-based oil and gas companies as challenges for the energy sector carry over into 2025 Brokerage sees no scope for OPEC+ to reverse production cuts in 2025, leaving an est. 8 mln barrels per day (mbpd) of global oil market capacity on the sidelines Says “while we expect OPEC+ to …

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Exxon Plans to Cut Almost 400 Pioneer Jobs in Texas by 2026

Cuts will come mainly in Pioneer’s Irving and Midland offices More than 1,900 Pioneer employees were offered Exxon roles Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to lay off 397 employees from Pioneer Natural Resources Co. after purchasing the Permian Basin operator for $63 billion earlier this year. The cuts representing almost 20% of Pioneer’s pre-merger staff will come in seven …

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Who Could Run Trump’s Pro-Drilling Energy Policies?

(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump has promised to overhaul U.S. energy policy, with an aim of maximizing the country’s already record-high oil and gas production by rolling back regulation and speeding up permitting. Who will he choose to run the key departments and agencies to get this work done? Here are some of the names …

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Chevron CEO Under Pressure to Halt Share Slide as Hess Deal Stalls

  Chevron earnings fail to cover dividends, buybacks Delayed Hess deal a drag on the company’s share price Guyana volumes crucial for long-term oil output gains (Reuters) – Five years ago, Chevron CEO Michael Wirth won Wall Street acclaim as the No. 2 U.S. oil company briefly achieved a market value larger than Exxon Mobil’s after he …

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SLB Warns Cautious Oil Explorers Have Slowed Growth in Spending

Company expects to beat goal of $3 billion in investor returns Schlumberger is often a bellwether for oil and gas industry SLB headquarters in Houston.Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg SLB, the world’s biggest oilfield services provider, warned that spending growth by oil explorers has waned in the past few months as customers take a cautious approach amid …

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Diamondback Energy Raises Third-Quarter Production Forecast

(Reuters) – U.S. shale producer Diamondback Energy raised its third-quarter production forecast on Tuesday to reflect its $26 billion acquisition of Endeavor Energy. The Texas-based company completed its acquisition of Endeavor Energy last month, making it the third-largest oil and gas producer in the top U.S. shale region, the Permian Basin, putting it just behind industry giants Exxon …

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Why Fracking Remains a Political Lightning Rod for Controversy

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been thrust back into the public spotlight as Vice President Kamala Harris’ change of position on it comes under scrutiny given her campaign for the White House. The groundbreaking technique for oil and gas extraction that vaulted the US to energy independence has for years been a lightning rod for controversy. …

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COMMENTARY: Oil Market Balances Only Get Worse From Here

Stockpiles have been declining, but a flood of supply will push them back up next year. Despite oil’s recent foray below $70 a barrel, market balances aren’t currently that bad. The problem is, this is as good as things get for quite some time. In its monthly report Thursday, the International Energy Agency said stockpiles contracted in …

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IEA Cuts 2024 Oil Demand Growth Forecast on China Slowdown

Summary IEA’s 2024 demand growth forecast cut by 7.2% Projection for 2025 remains unchanged Oil prices pare gains after report (Reuters) – The International Energy Agency (IEA) has cut its 2024 oil demand growth forecast by 70,000 barrels per day (bpd), or about 7.2%, to 900,000 bpd, it said in its monthly oil market report …

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