An ongoing consolidation in the U.S. shale industry has driven up global M&A deal value in the oil and gas exploration sector to its highest first-quarter level in seven years, industry experts said. Deals worth more than $55 billion have been announced in the first two months of 2024, according to analytics firm Enverus, as …
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Praising Occidental’s voluminous production and contribution to energy security simply reminds investors of the industry’s decade of excess. By Liam Denning Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy. A former banker, he edited the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote the Financial Times’s Lex column. Not to say Warren Buffett’s …
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Six groups join American Petroleum Institute to seek hearing Move comes as Qatar announces plans for major new LNG project Top oil industry lobbying groups set the stage for a potential lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s pause in approving new liquefied natural gas exports. In a petition filed Monday with the Energy Department, the American Petroleum Institute and six other groups …
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Australia’s top producer continues to study projects and M&A US pause on export project approvals is ‘concerning signal’ Woodside Energy Group Ltd., Australia’s top liquefied natural gas exporter, expects consumption of the fuel to rise 50% over the next decade, pushing the supplier to consider further expansions. “We’re seeing signs of that demand growth …
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Summary Russia to ban gasoline exports from March 1 PM Mishustin has approved the ban Gasoline prices are sensitive ahead of election MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday ordered a six-month ban on gasoline exports from March 1 to keep prices stable amid rising demand from consumers and farmers and to allow for …
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(Reuters) – Oil prices were largely stable on Tuesday, as investors weighed up signals of a Gaza ceasefire against the reality on the ground in the Middle East. Brent crude futures fell 10 cents, or 0.12%, to $82.43 a barrel by 0923 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures (WTI) were down 7 cents, …
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ChampionX Corporation (“ChampionX” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CHX) announced today the acquisition of Artificial Lift Performance Limited (“ALP”), a provider of advanced analytics solutions for enhancing oil and gas production performance. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, ALP has extensive expertise in developing artificial lift optimization software designed …
Qatar’s planned expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production could see it control nearly 25% share of the global market by 2030 and squeeze out rival projects including in the United States where President Biden paused new export approvals, market experts say. Qatar, one of the world’s top LNG exporters, plans an 85% expansion in …
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HOUSTON, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA) announced today that the applicable statutory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 expired on Feb. 22, 2024. Assuming both APA and Callon shareholder approvals are obtained, the closing of the acquisition is expected to occur on or about April 1, …
by Deidra Garyk A very important court case went on in Washington, DC over the past few weeks. You may not have heard because there was not much talk about it in the legacy news until the verdict was read. Fortunately, a daily podcast series “Climate Change on Trial” by Unreported Story Society documented it …
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