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Devon Energy Announces Strategic Acquisition in the Williston Basin and Expands Share-Repurchase Authorization by 67 Percent to $5 Billion

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) announced today it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the Williston Basin business of Grayson Mill Energy in a transaction valued at $5 billion, consisting of $3.25 billion of cash and $1.75 billion of stock to the sellers. The transaction …

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More Than 300,000 Homes Without Power in Texas Due to Hurricane Beryl

(Reuters) – Over 300,000 homes and businesses in Texas were without power on Monday as Category 1 hurricane Beryl made landfall, according to data from PowerOutage.us. Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, but was forecast to weaken later on Monday and Tuesday as it moves inland. CenterPoint Energy, which supplies nearly 2.6 million customers, …

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Texas Energy Industry Braces for Beryl as Storm Makes Landfall

HOUSTON, July 8 (Reuters) – The Texas energy industry braced for Hurricane Beryl’s impact on Monday, with threats from the powerful storm forcing the closure of key oil and gas shipping ports, slowing refining and prompting the evacuation of some production sites. Beryl, which made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, packing maximum sustained winds of 80 …

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Tropical Storm Beryl to Have Little Impact on U.S. Offshore Oil Output

Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to have little impact on U.S. offshore oil and gas production, energy companies said on Friday while evacuating personnel from some facilities out of caution. Beryl was downgraded from a hurricane and shifted over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula with maximum sustained winds dipping to 70 mph (113 kph), the U.S. National …

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Energy Traders are Snapping Up Refineries Away From Big Oil

Gaining a foothold in the refining industry gives traders more options when deciding where to send certain oil grades Bloomberg News Commodities traders flush with cash are buying oil refineries that energy majors are increasingly turning their back on. It’s one of the areas where trading houses — who have long coveted the refining and distribution assets …

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U.S. Crude Exports to Europe Hit Two-Year Low in June

(Reuters) – U.S. crude shipments bound for Europe fell to a two-year low in June as European buyers bought cheaper regional and West African oil, traders and analysts told Reuters. Exports of U.S. crude to Europe slowed to 1.45 million barrels per day (bpd) last month, the lowest for any month since July 2022, according …

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Climate Tech’s Dangerous Trek Across the ‘Valley of Death’

Green innovators too advanced for venture capital but not advanced enough for infrastructure investors are falling through the cracks — and time is running out. An employee in front of a steel furnace at BlueScope Steel Ltd. Port Kembla steelworks in Australia. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg By Alastair Marsh Accelerating climate change is forcing humanity to reimagine …

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