OPEC oil output rises by 90,000 bpd in February, survey finds (Reuters) – The following table shows crude output by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in millions of barrels per day (bpd) in February and January, according to a Reuters survey published on Thursday. OPEC and allies, together known as OPEC+, announced …
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said it will exclude existing natural gas power plants from its proposed carbon regulations that it plans to finalize in April, narrowing the scope of the initial proposal that would have required stringent controls on those facilities. The electric sector had questioned whether the EPA had authority to …
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HOUSTON, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) announced today that Rob L. White has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2024, and that Zach Dailey, Vice President, Internal Audit, will succeed Mr. White as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, effective May 1, 2024. …
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Oil from Canada supplies more than 23% of U.S. refinery feedstock, helping bolster North American energy security By Ven Venkatachalam Aerial view of an oil refinery in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images photo Introduction The refining industry¹ in the United States is one of the world’s largest, with capacity to process 18 million barrels of …
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U.S. natural gas futures edged lower on Thursday ahead of a storage report that is likely to show a smaller-than-normal withdrawal, further adding to the excess supplies that drove prices on a path for their fourth consecutive monthly decline. Front-month gas futures for April delivery lost 1% to $1.869 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) …
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Automakers now have one fewer competitor to worry about in a crowded and uncertain arena Bloomberg News The sudden demise of Apple Inc.’s electric-vehicle program is a bleak sign for the car market. It’s also a welcome boon for automakers themselves. Apple Pulls Plug on Electric Car Plans Apple Inc. is canceling a decade-long effort to build an …
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Bloomberg Power provider plans to apply for state loan to build plants Loan would come from $5 billion energy fund approved by voters NRG Energy Inc. plans to apply for as much as $900 million in loans from Texas to build power projects that would run on natural gas, according to its top executive. The loans would cover …
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Cornell University professor Robert Warren Howarth says methane emissions from American LNG supply chains make the fuel as bad or worse for the climate than coal. Bloomberg When the Biden administration paused approval of new liquefied natural gas export licenses in January, the decision was driven by a recognition that the climate impact from the fossil fuel …
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The disruption in the Red Sea has pushed the amount of crude in transit to a six-month high. Oil analysts and executives from across the industry are starting to sound more upbeat than they have for a while at International Energy Week in London. Speakers at events taking place around the main conference painted a picture of …
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Reuters Breakingviews) – The Oracle of Omaha’s crystal ball failed him. Warren Buffett conceded in his latest annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders released over the weekend that he made a “costly mistake” about electricity. The error was thinking that investing huge sums to supply it to American homes and businesses would generate a steady …
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