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BP Plc plans to return its 435,000 barrel-per-day Whiting, Indiana refinery, the largest in the U.S. Midwest, to full production in March, said people familiar with plant operations on Wednesday. BP plans to begin restarting the refinery in the last week of February and bring refinery production to full in March, the sources said. A …
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Enhanced Operating Scale to Drive Returns and Free Cash Flow; Combined Acreage Position Totaling 1.3 Million Net Acres and Combined 4Q23 Production of 287,000 Boepd Combined Company has Approximately 10 years of Low-Breakeven Inventory with Significant Opportunity to Enhance Returns through Efficiencies and Expanding Three-Mile Lateral Opportunities Transaction Accretive to Key Metrics While Preserving Low Leverage; …
Oil producers in the Western Hemisphere have captured all the increase in global oil consumption over the last decade, reversing the previous trend towards production becoming concentrated in the Eastern Hemisphere. With consumption growth increasingly focused on the Eastern Hemisphere, the predominant east-to-west flow of crude oil and refined products across the oceans has been reversed, transforming …
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U.S. natural gas futures soared by about 10% on Wednesday after Chesapeake Energy – soon to be the biggest U.S. gas producer after its merger with Southwestern Energy – cut the amount of gas it plans to produce in 2024 due to the recent plunge in gas prices to a 3-1/2-year low. See Chesapeake press …
U.S. Natgas Prices Soar 10% From 3-1/2-year Low as Chesapeake Cuts Output Read More »
(Reuters) – Chesapeake Energy beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday as the U.S. natural gas producer tackled weak commodity prices with lower operating expenses. Chesapeake shares fell about 2% in aftermarket trading as the company forecast a 20% drop in spending on baseline production this year. Its fourth-quarter shareholder returns also fell sharply …
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For nearly a year, U.S. natural gas producers have slammed the brakes on production as prices fall. But relentless output gains including from oil companies that pump gas as an oil byproduct have unleashed record supplies. In the oil versus gas contest, gas producers are losing out. Some are shutting in wells, canceling projects or …
Tumbling U.S. Natural Gas Prices Prove Unstoppable, Hurting Producers Read More »
The premium for prompt U.S. crude futures to the second-month contract more than doubled on Tuesday, hitting a high of $1.71 a barrel – its widest level in roughly four months. The structure, known as backwardation, occurs when the front-month contract is at a premium to later-dated contracts and can indicate tightness in the market. …
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U.S. energy firm Equitrans Midstream delayed the completion date for its Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia to the second quarter of 2024 from the previous estimate of the first quarter. The company also boosted the projected cost to complete the project to around $7.57 billion-$7.63 billion, up from a prior …
Equitrans Delays WV-VA Mountain Valley Natgas Pipe Again, Boosts Cost Read More »
Occidental Petroleum is exploring a sale of Western Midstream Partners, a U.S. natural gas-focused pipeline operator that has a market value of close to $20 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Western Midstream shares rose 10% to $32.12 in afternoon trading in New York on Tuesday. The divestment would help Occidental, …
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Courtesy of imgflp The International Energy Agency (IEA) is doing what anyone approaching 50 does: buying a Harley having an identity crisis. Key stakeholders of the global energy watchdog gathered in France this week to honor the organization’s half-century mark. While many celebrated its recent turn towards green energy and sustainability, not all IEA members are thrilled. …
