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North Dakota Oil Regulator Expects Lower Oil Prices This Year Amid Trump Tariff Uncertainty

By Georgina Mccartney HOUSTON, March 21 (Reuters) – Oil prices will likely slip this year, the director of North Dakota’s state oil regulator predicted, amid uncertainty surrounding U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on neighboring Canada and Mexico. North Dakota is the third-largest oil producing state in the U.S. U.S. crude futures have been trading below …

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Activist Elliott Meets BP Investors to Discuss More Changes, Sources Say

By Sarah Mcfarlane and Shadia Nasralla Elliott, some investors want deeper change at BP, sources say Cost cuts, potential board change among options, sources say BP says it has received ‘widespread support’ from investors March 21(Reuters) – Activist investor Elliott Management has met several large shareholders in BP (BP.L) to try to forge a consensus …

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COMMENTARY: The Shocking Truth About Activist Actions – Irina Slav

By Irina Slav In 2016, several environmentalist organisations ignited a massive protest against a pipeline project in North Dakota. Some 100,000 people descended on a tiny town in the state, overran it and left it with a bill of $38 million for policing the protests and cleanup. Because they’re environmentalists, you see, and when environmentalists litter, it …

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Green Investors Are Finding Bargains in Trump’s Big Oil Era

Renewable power assets have now become a buyers’ market Wind, solar are still key to meet rising electricity demand Private infrastructure investors are snatching up green bargains in what’s emerged as a buyer’s market for wind, solar and battery projects. The moves follow a a slump in clean-energy stocks, as US President Donald Trump’s call for …

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Oil Set For Weekly Gain on Iran Sanctions, OPEC+ Plan to Rein in Overproduction

(Reuters) – Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on Friday, and were set for their second consecutive weekly gains, after fresh U.S. sanctions on Iran and a new OPEC+ plan for seven members to cut output raised bets on tightening supply. Brent crude futures climbed 42 cents, or 0.6%, to $72.40 per barrel by …

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