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U.S. Natgas End-of-Season Storage to Reach 7-Year High in March

U.S. natural gas storage is on track to end the November-March winter withdrawal season at 2.050 trillion cubic feet (tcf) on March 31, the highest since 2017, according to analysts’ estimates. That compares with 1.850 tcf of gas in storage at the end of the winter withdrawal season in 2023, 2.063 tcf at the end …

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U.S. Permit Reviews, Red Tape Provoke Energy Conference Debates

U.S. energy permitting delays and the need for streamlined new project reviews dominated conversations among oil and gas executives and lawmakers in meeting rooms and hallways at the CERAWeek energy conference this week. The fossil fuel industry historically has objected to red tape that slows or raises development costs. But the topic has moved higher …

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EQT CEO Warns Lack of Gas Storage Will Trigger Price Gyrations

Toby Rice says prices could eventually swing as high as $8 ‘This is the world we live in unless we get serious,’ he said The chief of the largest US producer of natural gas has warned that a lack of pipelines and storage facilities will trigger dramatic price swings in the years ahead, causing them …

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Big Oil Executives Push Back Against Calls for Fast Energy Transition

Top oil executives took to the stage of a major energy conference on Monday to vocally oppose calls for a quick move away from fossil fuels, saying society would pay a steep cost to replace oil and gas. Big oil companies including BP and Equinor have written down renewable energy projects and others have been forced to …

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CERAWEEK: Saudi Aramco CEO Argues for “Re-set” of Energy Transition Timetables

(Reuters) – The head of the world’s largest energy company on Monday urged for a “re-set” of plans to quickly replace fossil fuels with renewable energies, calling current energy transition timetables a fantasy. Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser in remarks at a Houston energy conference called for recognition that demand for oil and gas is …

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CERAWEEK 2024: Oil Mergers, Clean Fuels vie for Attention at Houston Energy Conference

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Top oil executives and ministers descend on Houston this week for one of the world’s biggest energy conferences emboldened by blockbuster mergers, stable oil prices and less pressure for a large-scale move to clean fuels. Global oil prices have remained in a range between $75 and $85 per barrel, a level fueling …

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U.S. Natgas Prices Head for Weekly Fall on Mild Weather Outlook

U.S. natural gas futures fell more than 3% on Friday and were poised for a second straight weekly fall, pressured by forecasts for mild weather leading to lower gas demand for heating. Front-month gas futures for April delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 5.4 cents, or 3.1%, to $1.69 per million British thermal …

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Strained Texas Power Grid Is Poised to Lose a Big Gas Plant

The Texas power grid is poised to lose a big natural gas-fired power plant, potentially straining a system that’s already grappling with an exodus of fossil fuel generation. CPS Energy plans to “indefinitely suspend operations” of three units of the V.H. Braunig facility totaling 859-megawatts by March 31, 2025, according to a notice posted by the Electric …

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AI Promises Faster Oil Drilling and Even More U.S. Crude Supply

Companies use AI to run drill rigs and predict broken pumps Technology could slash costs and squeeze more oil from wells From a dark Houston control room, Rafael Guedes watched on a monitor as a robot took charge of a drilling rig in a North Dakota oil field, locking out the human operator. Glowing red …

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U.S. Natgas Prices Climb on Bigger-Than-Expected Storage Withdrawal

U.S. natural gas futures extended gains on Thursday, having hit their lowest level in over two weeks earlier in the session, after a weekly report showed a bigger-than-expected storage withdrawal last week. Front-month gas futures for April delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 2.4 cents, or 1.5%, to $1.682 per million British thermal …

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