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U.S. Crude Inventories Seen Down Last Week, Products Likely Rose

U.S. crude stockpiles were expected to have fallen last week, while distillate and gasoline inventories likely rose, an extended Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. Seven analysts polled by Reuters estimated on average that crude inventories fell by about 2.7 million barrels in the week to Dec. 22. The poll was conducted ahead of reports from …

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U.S. Natgas Prices Trade Below Three-Week Peak Ahead of Storage Report

 U.S. natural gas futures traded below the previous session’s three-week high on Thursday as investors awaited a weekly storage report due later in the day. Front-month gas futures for February delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange were trading around $2.53 per million British thermal units as of 10:08 a.m. EST. Prices rose as much …

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Sinopec Forecasts China’s Coal Consumption to Peak Around 2025

(Reuters) – China Petrochemical Corp, or Sinopec, expects coal consumption to peak around 2025 at 4.37 billion metric tons, the state energy group said in an outlook released on Thursday. Non-fossil energy supply, led by solar and wind, will likely exceed the equivalence of 3 billion metric tons of standard coal by 2045 to become …

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Colombia Allows Indigenous, Minority Groups to Partner with Companies on Renewables

(Reuters) – Colombia will allow Indigenous, rural and other minority communities to form renewable energy generator and commercialization projects and develop joint ventures with private companies or the public sector, the energy ministry said. Leftist President Gustavo Petro has pledged to turn Colombia away from production of oil and coal, and toward renewables like solar …

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Energy Transfer Accused of Boxing Out Louisiana Pipeline Rivals

Gas pipeline developer calls Energy Transfer anti-competitive Soon-to-be governor weighs in on Louisiana gas pipeline battle By Rachel Adams-Heard and Elizabeth Elkin A natural gas pipeline developer is accusing Energy Transfer LP of “anticompetitive” behavior after the company denied three projects from crossing its pipelines in Louisiana, sparking a legal battle affecting more than than $2 billion of energy infrastructure. …

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Big Oil Enters 2024 Strengthened by U.S. Industry Consolidation

(Reuters) – The oil and gas industry went on a $250 billion buying spree in 2023, taking advantage of companies’ high stock prices to secure lower-cost reserves and prepare for the next upheaval in an industry likely to undergo more consolidation. A surge in oil demand as world economies shook off the pandemic downturn has …

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Iran Threatens Mediterranean Closure over Gaza, Without Saying How

Reuters  An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said the Mediterranean Sea could be closed if the United States and its allies continued to commit “crimes” in Gaza, Iranian media reported on Saturday, without explaining how that would happen. Iran backs Hamas against Israel and it accuses the United States of backing what it calls Israeli crimes …

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