mark

Why Texas Is Banning Banks Over Their ESG Policies

Bloomberg Texas passed two laws in 2021 that restrict government contracts with companies that take what state officials regard as punitive stances toward the fossil fuels and firearm industries. They’re among the many new laws pushed by Republicans in states across the US to oppose ESG investing and financing, which they’ve made into a culture …

Why Texas Is Banning Banks Over Their ESG Policies Read More »

Enbridge Misses Fourth-Quarter Profit Estimates on Lower Mainline Tolls

(Reuters) – Pipeline operator Enbridge  missed fourth-quarter profit estimates on Friday, hurt by lower tolls related to its Mainline crude pipeline system and a decrease in earnings from the company’s gas segment. Enbridge reached a toll agreement for Mainline with oil shippers last year, which was lower than the previous one, after scrapping earlier plans for …

Enbridge Misses Fourth-Quarter Profit Estimates on Lower Mainline Tolls Read More »

Oil Heads For Weekly Gain as Middle East Conflict Rages Unabated

Summary Israeli forces intensify strikes on Rafah city Russia exports more crude in Feb after refinery attacks US sanctions firms, tanker over Russia price cap violation (Reuters) – Oil prices were on track for over 5% gains week-on-week on Friday, amid persistent tensions in the Middle East after Israel rejected a ceasefire offer from Hamas. …

Oil Heads For Weekly Gain as Middle East Conflict Rages Unabated Read More »

Oil Investors are Adrift in Red Sea Rip Currents

(The authors are Reuters Breakingviews columnists. The opinions expressed are their own.) By George Hay and Yawen Chen LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East aren’t registering with the oil market. Two years ago this month, the price of a barrel of Brent crude rocketed 30% to $120 in the …

Oil Investors are Adrift in Red Sea Rip Currents Read More »

Barclays to Adopt Fresh Curbs on Oil and Gas financing

Barclays, Britain’s biggest lender to the oil and gas industry, told Reuters it will stop direct financing of new oil and gas fields and restrict lending more broadly to energy companies expanding fossil fuel production. The move, part of its Transition Finance Framework (TFF), published on Friday, follows intense pressure from campaigners over its energy …

Barclays to Adopt Fresh Curbs on Oil and Gas financing Read More »

BP Sees Progress on Restoring Indiana Refinery Operations

BP Plc is acting to restore its 435,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery to normal operations following a full shutdown because of a Feb. 1 plant-wide power outage, a company spokesperson said on Thursday. “BP is making progress on the work to restore the refinery to normal operations,” company spokesperson Christina Audisho said in an …

BP Sees Progress on Restoring Indiana Refinery Operations Read More »

Enbridge Appeals to Vacate an Order That Would Shut Down its Pipeline

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for the energy company Enbridge tried to persuade a federal appellate court Thursday to vacate an order that would shut down part of a pipeline running through a Wisconsin tribal reservation. The company contends that U.S. District Judge William Conley improperly ordered Enbridge to shut down a 12 mile (19 km) …

Enbridge Appeals to Vacate an Order That Would Shut Down its Pipeline Read More »

Shale Producer Devon Energy in Bid to Acquire Enerplus – Sources

U.S. oil and gas producer Devon Energy has approached Enerplus, a peer with a market value of C$3.9 billion ($2.9 billion), with an acquisition offer, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Such a combination would continue the dealmaking spree seen in the North American oil patch in recent months, which has included many …

Shale Producer Devon Energy in Bid to Acquire Enerplus – Sources Read More »

LNG Export Review Should Weigh Impact on Green Hydrogen Market, U.S. Official Says

A review of U.S. LNG that the Energy Department will conduct during a pause on new permits should weigh the impact of gas exports on the development of the emerging green hydrogen market, an administration official told Reuters on Wednesday. The DOE’s review will look at the economic and environmental impacts of projects seeking approval …

LNG Export Review Should Weigh Impact on Green Hydrogen Market, U.S. Official Says Read More »

Saudi Arabia to Hire Goldman, Citi, HSBC for Aramco Share Sale – Bloomberg News

Saudi Arabia is set to hire Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and HSBC Holdings Plc for a secondary share sale in Saudi Aramco, a deal that would raise about $20 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The state oil company is also in talks with other banks as …

Saudi Arabia to Hire Goldman, Citi, HSBC for Aramco Share Sale – Bloomberg News Read More »