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Halliburton Warns of Softer North America Activity Even as Quarterly Profit Beats Estimates

(Reuters) – Halliburton on Wednesday warned of softer activity in North America this year even as the oilfield giant beat analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter profit helped by higher demand for drilling and pressure pumping services in the North Sea and Asia. The tepid outlook echoed that of rival Schlumberger, who flagged a flat 2025 revenue …

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Tariff Threat Unleashes Flood of Canadian Oil Heading to U.S.

Suppliers rush to push out as much oil as possible as it’s more valuable now than in the future Bloomberg News A flood of Canadian oil is heading south to the United States to beat President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs. Enbridge Inc.’s Mainline, the largest oil export pipeline from Canada to the U.S., will cut the volumes of …

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US LNG Projects Boosted by Trump’s Export Permit Restart

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has ended the moratorium on new liquefied natural gas export permits imposed by his predecessor Joe Biden in January 2024. Trump targeted the LNG industry with an executive order on the first day, part of a series of planned policy moves to encourage more U.S. energy production. Biden paused …

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Trump’s Return to the White House: Market Winners and Losers

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the White House has been met with both relief and disappointment across world markets as investors try to work out what the next four years will bring. “The approach will be chaotic, unpredictable, spur of the moment and driven by Trump himself,” said Russel Matthews, senior portfolio …

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Infinity Natural Eyes Up to $1.2 bln Valuation as Energy IPOs Gain Momentum

(Reuters) – Infinity Natural Resources is targeting a valuation of up to $1.24 billion in its initial public offering, joining a bunch of energy industry companies that have rushed to list their shares in recent months. The company, which first filed its IPO paperwork in October, said on Tuesday it is aiming to raise up …

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US Energy Mergers May Slow in 2025 as Deal Sizes Shrink, says Enverus

(Reuters) – The pace of U.S. upstream public-to-public mergers could slow in 2025 from their recent average of five per year along with a fall in deal sizes, according to a report from energy analytics firm Enverus that was released on Tuesday. The consolidation trend in the U.S. energy sector, which triggered deals amounting to …

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Extreme Cold and Record Snowfall to Test Texas Power Grid

Deep freeze threatens transportation and energy across the US Electric grids brace for surging demand as temperatures drop A cold blast gripping the US South threatens to bring record-breaking snowfall to New Orleans and Houston and a deep freeze that endangers oil and natural gas output and electrical grids. Snow and sleet began falling Monday …

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Oil Falls as Traders Digest Trump Tariff Reprieve, Stronger Dollar

Summary • Trump says he is considering 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada from February • President declares sweeping plan to maximise US oil production • U.S. will “probably” stop buying Venezuelan oil, Trump says (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Tuesday as investors assessed U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to apply new tariffs later …

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Trump’s Energy Actions on His First Day

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump issued a flurry of orders within hours of his inauguration on Monday intended to boost the nation’s already record-high oil and gas production and unwind former President Joe Biden’s climate agenda. Here are some of the actions Trump took on his first day: ENERGY EMERGENCY Trump declared a national …

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Trump Says He Will Stop Leasing Federal Land for Wind Farms

Trump has long criticized turbines as bird-killing eyesores President Donald Trump ordered a broad assault on US offshore wind development Monday, including a freeze in permitting the massive renewable power projects despite warnings from developers it imperiled jobs from coast to coast. Trump also ruled out the sale of new wind leases across all of the nation’s …

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