Summary Oil prices hold near six-month high Strait of Hormuz supply risk in focus Traders and investors bet on rising prices: Saxo Bank (Reuters) – Oil prices traded near six-month highs on Friday, poised for their first weekly gain in three weeks on growing concern over potential conflict after Washington said Tehran will suffer if it …
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Reuters – The U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright gave the International Energy Agency on Thursday a one-year deadline to move away from its net zero climate-focused agenda or risk losing the U.S. as a member. In 2015 the U.S. and nearly 200 other countries signed the Paris Accords, an international pledge to limit global warming …
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By Curtis Williams and Shadia Nasralla US licenses enable Shell’s Dragon gas project progress Dragon project faced delays due to US policy shifts Shell aims to export gas via Atlantic LNG in Trinidad HOUSTON/LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – General licenses for oil and gas exploration in Venezuela issued by the U.S. this month will allow …
A drone view shows a property seized by authorities, where the authorities say they discovered a sophisticated tunnel used for large‑scale fuel theft from Mexico’s state energy company Pemex and for storing drugs, in Sayula, Mexico, February 18, 2026. REUTERS/Luis Cortes TEPETITLAN, Mexico, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Mexican authorities raided a tunnel used to steal …
(Reuters) – Here are key facts about international oil companies in Venezuela, a country with vast oil reserves but dilapidated energy infrastructure. In the 2000s, then President Hugo Chávez expropriated assets from several foreign oil companies, strengthening state-owned PDVSA’s control over the country’s oilfields. After capturing President Nicolas Maduro in January, the United States eased …
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(Reuters) – U.S. product supplied of distillate fuel oil, a measure of demand for diesel and heating oil, rose in the previous week to 4.75 million barrels per day (bpd), the highest since January 2022, data from the Energy Information Administration showed on Thursday. Product supplied of distillate fuels rose about 304,000 bpd in the …
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By Julian Hast EQT Corp. stands to pocket $1 billion in February alone as the natural gas producer reaps the benefits of its fortuitous position ahead of one of the steepest price rallies in the history of the US gas market last month. The second-largest US gas producer by volume entered 2026 almost entirely unhedged, …
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By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Naureen S Malik US President Donald Trump’s plan for Japan to build a massive gas power plant in Ohio promises a flood of electricity in a region desperate for it. It also heralds risks for others eager to meet the demand — but without the same political support. The prospect …
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By Grant Smith and Nayla Razzouk The conflicting positions of US President Donald Trump and major European governments came to the fore at a meeting of the west’s most important energy forecaster. For the first time in nine years, the International Energy Agency — created by developed nations in the 1970s to oversee energy security …
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Investment firms, including KKR & Co. and Energy Impact Partners, are scouting for possible acquisitions. By Coco Liu and Brian Kahn qw(g}0ld37k}ipd0dgh0fd5m_media_dl_1.png BloombergNEF Clean-energy dealmaking is showing signs of a comeback in the United States after last year’s sharp contraction. One of the first notable transactions that may occur is BlackRock Inc.’s Global Infrastructure Partners …
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