California Issues Emergency Watch for Power Grid Amid Heat Wave

California’s main power grid operator issued an emergency watch notice for Tuesday evening as residents cranked up air conditioning during a heat wave.Energy use could outstrip available supplies and result in possible electricity shortages, the California Independent System Operator warned in a statement posted to its website. The grid operator was encouraging market participants to offer …

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Engineering and System Integration – Adding Value to the Pipeline Industry

Pipelines are an essential transportation hub for delivering energy to homes, businesses, industrial plants, and other entities, across North America. For example, Canada and the U.S. are home to more than 144,840 km (90,000 miles) of crude oil pipelines, along with more than 140 refineries that can process around 20 million barrels of oil every day. …

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Range Announces Second Quarter 2023 Results

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION (NYSE: RRC) today announced its second quarter 2023 financial results. Second Quarter 2023 Highlights – Cash flow from operating activities of $127 million Cash flow from operations, before working capital changes, of $187 million Capital spending was $175 million, approximately 30% of the 2023 budget Production …

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U.S. Oil M&A Jumps as Private Equity Unloads Shale Assets

U.S. oil and gas deals rebounded in the second quarter as private equity firms shed shale portfolio investments and publicly traded oil firms grabbed smaller rivals. U.S. oil exploration and production deals last quarter soared to $24 billion – nearly three times that of the first quarter, energy analytics firm Enverus disclosed on Tuesday. There …

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Indonesia’s big gas projects to proceed after global majors sell stakes

Shell and Chevron’s agreements to sell stakes in major Indonesian gas projects to Pertamina, Petronas and Eni will unleash development at the fields, enabling the country to boost its flagging output, the buyers said. Indonesia has seen declining oil and gas production in recent years due to depleting reserves, and as major new projects face delays due to oil …

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US Gasoline Demand Signals – ENERGYminute

Courtesy of Wikipedia.org Courtesy of ENERGYminute See more articles and infographics from ENERGYminute HERE Gasoline market indicators, much like that cutie across the bar, are giving confusing and conflicting signs. What happened: Reuters recently published a study of just how decidedly undecided the US gasoline demand forecast is for the remainder of the year. A mixed bag of signals, …

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Analysis: Bumpy road ahead for US gasoline demand and energy transition

Summary Difficulties in forecasting the rate of gasoline demand decline Fuel efficiency at record high, EV sales ticking up Customers buying gas-guzzling SUVs at a record pace Refiners likely to shift to petchem markets, exports Midwest refining could shrink as domestic demand wanes July 24 (Reuters) – While U.S. gasoline demand is unlikely to rescale …

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U.S. distillate stocks fail to make summer recovery amid refinery outages

(Reuters) – U.S. diesel, heating oil and jet fuel stockpiles have failed to recover from the 10-year lows hit last year when high prices caused the Biden administration to consider a ban on fuel exports, leaving the markets vulnerable to supply shocks when demand picks up toward the end of the summer. Though diesel prices …

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