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U.S. Finalizes Big Reforms to Federal Oil and Gas Drilling

(Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday finalized a range of reforms designed to boost returns and address environmental harms from oil and gas drilling on public lands. The new rules follow years of criticism from green and taxpayer groups that federal oil and gas development was not benefiting the public. Many of the …

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Exxon Mobil Raised Package of CEO Woods to $36.9 Mln in 2023

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil  Chief Executive Darren Woods received $36.9 million in total compensation for 2023, up nearly 3% from a year earlier, the oil major said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. And in proxy filing ahead of its May 29 annual meeting of shareholders, Exxon recommended its investors vote against all proposals submitted by …

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Diamondback Sells $5.5 Billion of Bonds for Endeavor Deal

The five-part offering includes a $1 billion, 40-year tranche M&A-related financing is helping fuel record high-grade sales Diamondback Energy Inc. borrowed $5.5 billion in the US investment-grade market to partly help fund its $26 billion takeover of Endeavor Energy Resources LP, joining other blue-chip companies capitalizing on robust investor demand to bring acquisition-related debt deals. Diamondback sold the bonds …

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Shell at Disadvantage to U.S.-Listed Rivals, says Former CEO

Shell’s former CEO, Ben van Beurden, said on Tuesday that European oil and gas companies will find it increasingly difficult to compete with U.S.-listed rivals. There are “a deeper pool of investors and capital in New York and the attitude is more positive towards oil and gas companies,” van Beurden, who stepped down in 2021, …

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BP Expects Rise in First-Quarter Upstream Energy Output

(Reuters) – BP  said on Tuesday it expects first-quarter upstream production of both oil and gas as well as low-carbon energy to be higher than the previous three months. The London-listed oil major also expects strong results in oil and gas trading, along with a $100 million-$200 million boost from improved oil refining margins. Lower …

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Mexico to Cut at Least 330,000 Bpd of Crude Exports in May, Sources Say

Mexico’s state energy company, Pemex, is planning to cut at least 330,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude exports in May, leaving customers in the United States, Europe and Asia with a third less supply, two sources said. The plan follows the withdrawal of 436,000 bpd of Maya, Isthmus and Olmeca crudes this month, ordered …

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Shell first quarter 2024 update note

The following is an update to the first quarter 2024 outlook and gives an overview of our current expectations for the first quarter. Outlooks presented may vary from the actual first quarter 2024 results and are subject to finalisation of those results, which are scheduled to be published on May 2, 2024. Unless otherwise indicated, …

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U.S. Oil and Gas Output was Severely Hit by Winter Storm: John Kemp

U.S. oil production dropped sharply at the start of the year as exceptionally cold weather for ten days in the middle of January caused widespread freeze offs at oil wells. Nationwide crude and condensates output was down by almost 24 million barrels or 0.8 million barrels per day (b/d) in January 2024 compared with December …

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U.S. Natural Gas Demand for LNG Falls as Cheniere Reduces Output

There was a significant decline on Tuesday in the amount of U.S. natural gas being liquefied for export with a drop in demand from Cheniere Energy’s Corpus Christi plant in Texas and its Sabine Pass operation in Louisiana, according to data from financial firm LSEG. Cheniere is the largest U.S. producer and the world’s second …

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Oil Bosses Rip Biden Policies Even as U.S. Production Soars

Executives remain steadfast in their criticism even as many fossil-fuel companies thrive. The anonymous comments from shale-oil executives in the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ quarterly energy survey are rarely complimentary to President Joe Biden and his policies. The remarks in last week’s edition, however, were particularly notable given the apparent state of the market. The US …

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