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Once Soaring EV Stocks Now Face a Bleak Future

Almost all electric vehicle stocks that listed in the past five years are now trading lower Bloomberg News Gone are the days of starry stock market debuts that sent valuations of electric-vehicle makers soaring. Now, floating an EV stock is only for the brave. A torrent of bad news for the sector this week confirms how far …

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Power Loss Forces BP to Shut Biggest U.S. Midwest Refinery

(Reuters) – BP  was purging its 435,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery of hydrocarbons on Thursday after a transformer failure caused a plant-wide power outage and forced an evacuation of all but the most essential workers, said people familiar with plant operations. It is not yet clear how long it will take BP to restart the …

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Exxon Says Investors to Withdraw Climate Proposal from Annual Shareholder Meeting

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp said in a court filing on Thursday activist investors were withdrawing a climate proposal the oil giant sought to block from being voted on during a shareholder meeting in May. Exxon filed a complaint in a Texas court earlier this month seeking to prevent activist investment firm Arjuna Capital and …

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Chevron Beats Q4 Estimates, But Annual Profits Fall Nearly 40%

(Reuters) – Chevron Corp  on Friday beat analysts’ earnings estimates and increased dividends on higher oil and gas production, after a year of sharply lower profits on missteps and charges. Shares in the pre-trading market rose a fraction after the company beat analysts’ consensus forecast by 24 cents with adjusted earnings of $3.45 per share in …

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Exxon Beats Estimates, Ends 2023 With a $36 Billion Profit

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil  on Friday posted a better-than-expected $36 billion profit for 2023, lifted by fuels trading and higher oil and gas production. Oil majors are expected to report 2023 profits down by about a third from record levels in 2022, as oil and gas prices retreated from the peaks that followed Russia’s invasion of …

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Hydrogen Fuel Cells: The Future of Transportation? – ENERGYminute

By Aaron Foyer Courtesy of ENERGYminute See more articles and infographics from ENERGYminute HERE Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are powered by combining hydrogen and oxygen to create electricity. The nascent technology could eventually compete with electric vehicles to replace the internal combustion engine. The science: A catalyst separates hydrogen into protons and electrons, which split …

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U.S. Official to Testify at Senate Hearing Looking into Biden’s LNG Pause

A top U.S. Energy Department official will testify at Feb. 8 Senate Energy Committee hearing looking into President Joe Biden’s pause on new approvals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, the Energy Department said on Thursday. Biden paused the approvals last week so his administration can look into the environmental and economic impacts of the …

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U.S. Energy Department Official to Testify at Senate Hearing Looking into Biden’s LNG Pause

A top U.S. Energy Department official will testify at Feb. 8 Senate Energy Committee hearing looking into President Joe Biden’s pause on new approvals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, the Energy Department said on Thursday. Biden paused the approvals last week so his administration can look into the environmental and economic impacts of the …

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U.S. Natgas Prices Hold Near 9-Month Low on Mild Weather Forecasts

U.S. natural gas futures on Thursday held near a nine-month low on forecasts for the weather to remain warmer than normal through at least the middle of February, keeping heating demand for the fuel low. That lack of price movement occurred despite a bullish drop in output so far this week and forecasts for more …

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Rising U.S. Oil Production Frustrates OPEC+ Cuts: John Kemp

U.S. oil and gas drilling has slowed in response to the fall in prices over the last 18 months, but that has not yet translated into slower production, keeping prices under pressure. Exploration and production firms have continued to increase output despite drilling fewer wells, by concentrating on the best sites, accelerating drilling times and …

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