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Oil Slips as Weaker IEA Demand Outlook Offsets Rate Cut Hopes

(Reuters) – Oil slipped on Friday as a forecast of slowing demand by the International Energy Agency offset support from geopolitical tensions and hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve might cut interest rates sooner than expected. Weighing on sentiment, the IEA said on Thursday that global oil demand growth was losing momentum and it trimmed its 2024 …

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Second Trump Presidency Would Axe Biden Climate Agenda, Gut Energy Regulators

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has spent years implementing programs to fight climate change by advancing renewable energy and imposing tougher regulations on fossil fuels. Much of that work could go up in smoke if his likely rival Donald Trump beats him at the polls in November, according to Republican policy advisers. Former President Trump, who is on …

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Oil Output in North Dakota Fell in Dec., Despite Record Well Count

North Dakota’s oil production fell by 6,000 barrels per day in December to 1.27 million bpd, even as the number of producing wells climbed to a record high, monthly data from the state’s Industrial Commission showed on Thursday. Oil producers cut back on hydraulic fracturing activity ahead of expected colder weather and the holidays, reducing …

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Energy Transfer, Williams Trade Barbs as Gas Pipeline Spat Heats Up

ET executive calls anticompetitive claims ‘unfounded,’ ‘false’ Williams pushes back Louisiana project to 2025 amid dispute There’s no love lost between Energy Transfer LP and Williams Cos. The two pipeline giants hurled accusations at each other Wednesday and gave details of an ongoing court battle over building natural gas projects in Louisiana. Energy Transfer has been accused of …

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New York Governor Unveils $200 Million Energy Bill Relief Program

Reuters Feb 15 (Reuters) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday that the New York State Public Service Commission has adopted a $200 million energy bill credit program to be managed by large electric and gas utilities on behalf of their customers. Under the plan proposed by the Energy Affordability Policy working group, …

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U.S. Natgas Drillers Cut Spending, Reduce Activity Amid Price Crash

U.S. natural gas producers are slashing spending and reducing drilling activity following a sharp decline in prices, companies said this week during earnings presentations and analyst calls. For months of relatively low gas prices, many producers kept output mostly steady on expectations that demand would rise in 2024 and 2025 when several liquefied natural gas …

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U.S. House Passes Bill to Reverse Biden’s LNG Pause but Still Faces Battle with Democrat-Controlled Senate

A bill to strip the power of President Joe Biden’s administration to freeze approvals of liquefied natural gas exports passed in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, but faces an uphill battle in the Senate. The House approved the bill sponsored by Representative August Pfluger of gas-producing Texas 224-200 on a mostly party-line …

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New York Pension Fund Further Restricts Investments in Exxon, Other Oil Companies

The New York State Common Retirement Fund would restrict its investments in eight integrated oil and gas companies including Exxon Mobil, after a review of the companies’ readiness to transition to a low-carbon economy, New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who oversees retirement assets, said. While various universities and public pension funds have restricted oil and …

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Shale Executives Pledge Not to Grow (Too Much)

U.S. producers blew through forecasts last year, adding the equivalent of another Venezuela to global supplies. As reliably as warm weather returns to West Texas in late February, US shale executives are out on the road this earnings season pledging they’ll keep production growth modest during the next 12 months. The past 12 months offer reason for …

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U.S. House to Vote on Biden’s LNG Political Pause Friday, White House Defends Move

Republican lawmakers opposing President Joe Biden’s pause on LNG export approvals said the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Friday on a bill to take those approvals out of the hands of the Department of Energy. The bill has been in development since before the move last month by Biden, a Democrat, to pause …

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