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Russia Calls Gas Sales to Europe ‘Complicated’ as Deal With Ukraine Nears End

Russia-Ukraine gas transit deal expires at end of year Ukraine has refused to extend the agreement Russia willing to continue delivering gas via Ukraine Slovakia says loss of supplies from east would drive up prices MOSCOW, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday the situation with European countries that buy its gas through a …

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Plan to Throttle Foreign Fossil Fuel Finance Collapses at OECD, Bloomberg Reports

(Reuters) – A plan discussed by wealthy nations to throttle tens of billions of dollars in public support for oil and gas projects has broken down without agreement, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. The European Union, UK, the United States and other countries had sought the deal to limit export-credit agency finance for global fossil-fuel …

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Trump’s Demand for EU to Buy More US Oil and Gas Has No Easy Response

Ramping up purchases faces numerous practical constraints, not least the country’s limited supply. There’s no quick fix for incoming President Donald Trump’s demand that European nations buy more American oil and gas. He insisted that the European Union make “large-scale purchases” of US hydrocarbons to “make up their tremendous deficit with the United States” or face “TARIFFS …

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US Drillers Keep Oil and Natgas Rigs Unchanged for Second Week – Baker Hughes

(Reuters) – U.S. energy firms this week kept the number of oil and natural gas rigs unchanged for the second week in a row, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday. The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, remained at 589 in the week …

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US Natgas Prices Jump 5% to 23-Month High on Cold Forecasts, Rising LNG Feedgas

U.S. natural gas futures jumped about 5% to a 23-month high on Friday on early forecasts for much colder weather in mid-January that could freeze oil and gas wells and lift spot prices by reducing output as in past years. Also supporting prices was an increase in the amount of gas flowing to liquefied natural …

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U.S. Oil Sector Pushes Trump to Spare it from Tariffs, Regulation

Oil companies see Trump as a staunch ally, but some of his proposals threaten their profits Bloomberg News Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign town hall at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center & Fairgrounds, Oct. 14, 2024, in Oaks, Pa. Photo by AP Photo/Alex Brandon Oil industry heavyweights are lobbying U.S. President-elect …

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Trump Wants the EU to Buy More US Oil and Gas or Face Tariffs

Summary Trump says EU has tremendous trade deficit with the US Europe is already buying large chunk of US oil and gas US already exporting all energy it doesn’t consume at home EU says ready to discuss trade ties, including energy Dec 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that the European Union may …

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US Issues Fresh Sanctions Related to Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

(Reuters) – The United States issued fresh sanctions on Wednesday on several Russia-based entities over their involvement in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the State Department said, including new measures against the operator of the project. The U.S. State Department said in a statement that it was re-imposing sanctions on a number of entities …

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AI’s Energy Hunger Fuels Geothermal Startups but Natgas Rivalry Clouds Future

(Reuters) – Geothermal energy startups are on the upswing with Big Tech companies looking to feed their power-intensive AI data centers, but long-term investments remain uncertain as oil majors double down on natural gas. Meta  and Alphabet’s  Google are among the tech companies partnering with startups proposing to produce geothermal electricity, to power their data centers. Large …

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Biden Administration Releases LNG Export Study, Urging Caution on New Permits

(Reuters) – The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden released a long-awaited study on the economic and environmental impacts of liquefied natural gas exports on Tuesday, saying the results underscored the need for a cautious approach to new permits. Biden in January had paused the Department of Energy’s approvals of U.S. LNG exports to big …

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