How Monday’s Total Solar Eclipse Affects U.S. Grid Operators

(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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Texas Natgas Prices Back in Negative Territory on Low Demand, Pipe Maintenance

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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COMMENTARY: Kindergarten Revisited: Bully Wannabes Now Call Others Bullies – Irina Slav on Energy

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 …

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UAE Flips Own Script with $4 Bln Oil Pipeline Deal

(Reuters Breakingviews) – Abu Dhabi is flipping the script. In recent years, the United Arab Emirates’ leading light has blazed a trail by offloading minority stakes in subsidiaries of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). Wednesday’s acquisition of KKR and BlackRock’s 40% stake in ADNOC’s oil pipelines, by domestic investment fund Lunate, goes in …

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