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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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Trump’s Fossil Fuel Ambitions Rest on Natural Gas

Weak crude prices have eroded the incentive to drill for more oil, but LNG is a different story. A Venture Global Inc. LNG export facility in Louisiana, with founders Mike Sabel and Bob Pender, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. Photographer: Bloomberg By Kevin Crowley Welcome to our …

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