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Summary Brent, WTI on track to rise more than 4% this week Traders focused on geopolitical tensions U.S. economy added 303,000 jobs last month U.S. drillers cut of oil and gas rigs (Reuters) – The Brent and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil benchmarks rose more than $1 a barrel during trade on Friday as …
The Week Wrap-Up: Oil Prices Climb 4% This Week on Supply Risk Read More »
(Reuters) – Electric grids across the U.S. are anticipating a rapid decline in solar generation during Monday’s total solar eclipse, which will span multiple states. NASA estimates the path of totality – when the sun is fully blocked by the moon – will last from 1:30 pm CDT (1830 GMT) to 2:35 pm CDT in …
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The value of natural gas at the Waha Hub in West Texas turned negative for Friday, marking the third time daily prices in the top U.S. shale basin have closed below zero over the past month. Both power and gas prices have traded at negative levels in spot markets in Texas, California and Arizona in …
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By Irina Slav More From Irina Slav When I was a child, I was extremely shy. This, of course, made me a natural target for bullies at kindergarten. I didn’t have it as bad as others because I tried, and succeeded, to be as invisible as possible but from my current point of view I …
Canadian energy company Enbridge’s Texas Eastern Transmission subsidiary received approval on Thursday from U.S. energy regulators to commence service of a natural gas pipeline associated with its Venice extension project in Louisiana. The Venice extension was designed to supply gas to Venture Global LNG’s Plaquemines liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Louisiana, which is …
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U.S. manufacturers have finally pulled out of the long, shallow slump that started in the middle of 2022, which will support petroleum consumption especially for diesel and other middle distillates in the months ahead. The Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for the manufacturing sector climbed to 50.3 in March (34th percentile for all …
U.S. Manufacturers Emerge From Slump, Set to Boost Fuel Use: Kemp Read More »
U.S. natural gas futures slid about 2% to a one-week low on Thursday on forecasts for milder weather over the next two weeks than previously expected, a smaller output decline so far this month and ample amounts of gas in storage. The price decline came despite a federal report showing an expected bigger-than-usual storage withdrawal …
U.S. Natgas Prices Slip 2% to 1-Week Low on Milder Forecasts Read More »
Bloomberg The Biden administration has dismissed a deal with House Speaker Mike Johnson to tie Ukraine aid to lifting the Biden administration’s pause of new liquefied natural gas export licenses. “The president has been clear that House Republicans should pass the bipartisan national security agreement that already passed the Senate as soon as possible to get Ukraine …
White House Rejects Tying Ukraine Aid to Reversing Natural Gas Policy Read More »
Bloomberg As California’s longtime chief climate regulator, Mary Nichols once championed hydrogen fuel cell cars. Just a few years ago, as the state spent tens of millions of dollars on a planned network of fueling stations dubbed “the hydrogen highway,” Nichols was extolling the 300-mile (480-kilometer) range and quick refueling time of her own hydrogen ride, a …
Few Stations and $200 to Fill Up: Life on California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway’ Read More »
(Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (EPA) Michael Regan on Thursday announced eight organizations that will oversee the spending of $20 billion in grants to fund tens of thousands of clean energy and transportation projects in disadvantaged communities across the United States. The $20 billion, made available through the $27 …
