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Oil Prices Steady as Market Awaits Interest Rate Cues

PCE price index expected to be released at 1330 GMT U.S. crude stockpiles build for fifth straight week Market eyes potential extension to OPEC+ supply cuts LONDON, Feb 29 (Reuters) – Oil prices were little changed Thursday as investors kept their powder dry ahead of U.S. data expected to offer further clues on the outlook …

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Oil Falls on Fed Rate Cut Caution and Stocks Build

Summary Federal Reserve appears in no rush to cut interest rates U.S. crude inventories rise OPEC+ to consider extending supply curbs (Reuters) – Oil prices pulled back on Wednesday as the prospect of delays to U.S. interest rate cuts and a jump in U.S. crude stocks that trounced expectations offset a boost from a potential …

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A MUST WATCH: How Much Energy Will the World Need? – Let’s Compare Political “Dream” to Energy “Reality” – Mark Mills

Are we heading toward an all-renewable energy future, spearheaded by wind and solar? Or are those energy sources wholly inadequate for the task? Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of The Cloud Revolution, compares the energy dream to the energy reality.    

Oil and Gas Upstream M&A Deal Value Hits Highest Q1 Levels Since 2017

An ongoing consolidation in the U.S. shale industry has driven up global M&A deal value in the oil and gas exploration sector to its highest first-quarter level in seven years, industry experts said. Deals worth more than $55 billion have been announced in the first two months of 2024, according to analytics firm Enverus, as …

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Oil and Gas Upstream M&A Deal Value Hits Highest Q1 Levels Since 2017

An ongoing consolidation in the U.S. shale industry has driven up global M&A deal value in the oil and gas exploration sector to its highest first-quarter level in seven years, industry experts said. Deals worth more than $55 billion have been announced in the first two months of 2024, according to analytics firm Enverus, as …

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Commentary: Buffett Could Simply Say He’s Betting Oil Prices Go Up

Praising Occidental’s voluminous production and contribution to energy security simply reminds investors of the industry’s decade of excess. By Liam Denning Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy. A former banker, he edited the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote the Financial Times’s Lex column. Not to say Warren Buffett’s …

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Russia Bans Gasoline Exports for 6 Months From March 1

Summary Russia to ban gasoline exports from March 1 PM Mishustin has approved the ban Gasoline prices are sensitive ahead of election MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday ordered a six-month ban on gasoline exports from March 1 to keep prices stable amid rising demand from consumers and farmers and to allow for …

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Oil Prices Steady as Investors Weigh up Gaza Ceasefire Signals

(Reuters) – Oil prices were largely stable on Tuesday, as investors weighed up signals of a Gaza ceasefire against the reality on the ground in the Middle East. Brent crude futures fell 10 cents, or 0.12%, to $82.43 a barrel by 0923 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures (WTI) were down 7 cents, …

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U.S. Takes Lead as Top Supplier to Europe for Crude, Diesel and LNG

By Deep Kaushik Vakil LONDON, Feb 26 – The United States has taken the top spot as Europe’s supplier of crude oil, diesel, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in recent months, capitalising on reduced imports from east of Suez caused by shipping disruptions in the Red Sea. “The U.S. is in top position on basically …

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Platts Says Adding Midland to Brent Has Gone Well, No Need for More

(Reuters) – Commodities pricing agency Platts said on Monday its addition of U.S. WTI Midland crude into the global Brent oil benchmark has gone well, and it won’t be necessary to add any further crudes for the time being. Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, added Midland to its dated Brent price assessment in …

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