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Mexico to Speed up Plans to Double Gas Storage Capacity Amid Trump Supply Fears

Mexico’s government is looking to speed up plans to double its strategic natural gas storage capacity amid concern that U.S. President Donald Trump could use the country’s dependence on U.S. gas as some form of leverage, three sources familiar with the matter said. Mexico, a net importer of natural gas, has just 2.4 days of …

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US Upstream Oil and Gas Dealmaking Hit $105 Billion in 2024, Enverus Says

Dealmaking in the U.S. upstream oil and gas industry hit $105 billion in 2024, the third highest annual total ever, but activity slowed in the second half as buyers found fewer targets to acquire, consultancy Enverus said on Wednesday. Last year’s total deal value fell sharply behind the whopping $192 billion in mergers and acquisitions …

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US Crude Stocks Rise as Refiners Cut Production Amid Winter Storms, EIA Data Shows

U.S. crude stocks rose last week as refinery utilization slipped, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday, as winter storms sweeping the country hit fuelmakers’ operations and boosted distillates demand. Crude inventories rose by 3.5 million barrels to 415.1 million barrels in the week ended Jan. 24, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ expectations …

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Wall Street Braces for Oil Refiners’ Lower Q4 Earnings, Tariff Plans

Summary Valero to kick off Q4 US refiner earnings on Thursday Soft fuel demand continues to weigh on Q4 refining margins US gasoline futures crack spread hit one-year low in December Investors to focus on refiners’ plans to limit impact of Trump’s tariffs (Reuters) – Wall Street is bracing for a sharp decline in U.S. …

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Oil Prices Slip as US Inventories Rise; Tariff Concerns in Focus

Summary • API data shows rise in weekly US crude and gasoline inventories • Trump plans to impose Feb 1 tariffs on Canada and Mexico • Libya reports normal oil loadings after protests • Saudi and other OPEC+ ministers meet next week (Reuters) – Oil prices edged lower Wednesday on a rise in U.S. crude …

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DeepSeek Reveals How Badly Energy Industry Needs AI for Growth

From pipelines to reactors, companies bank on data center boom DeepSeek’s more efficient model threatens growth forecasts Pipeline networks and nuclear startups. Texas landowners and fuel-cell makers. In one brutal blow, DeepSeek has revealed just how many energy-related businesses in the US have been banking on an artificial intelligence boom — and the surge in …

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Why is Trump Threatening to Take Over the Panama Canal?

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to “take back” the Panama Canal, the world’s second busiest interoceanic waterway, spurring concerns that the United States could invade the Central American nation.Trump argues that Panama has broken a pledge of neutrality made when the United States transferred the canal to Panama in 1999, falsely claiming …

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Chevron Partners with Engine No. 1, GE Vernova to Power US Data Centers

Energy major Chevron said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with investment firm Engine No. 1 and GE Vernova to build natural gas-based power plants to run co-located data centers in the U.S. The announcement comes just a week after U.S. President Donald Trump revealed a private sector investment of up to $500 billion …

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POWERING UP! Chevron Plans to Build Gas Plants to Power AI Data Centers

Oil and gas producer partners with GE Vernova, Engine No. 1 Chinese AI company DeepSeek throws power forecasts into doubt A power substation near a data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg Chevron Corp. is launching a partnership to develop natural gas-fired power plants next to data centers, a move that will allow it to …

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LNG WRAP: US Gas Producers Likely to Gain Asian Market Share

Bloomberg News Surplus supply could cap Asian LNG prices a $10/mmbtu PetroVietnam bought cargo for delivery in March; APLNG sold US gas producers could gain Asian market share at the expense of Australian exporters in the long run, as countries running a trade surplus with the US, like Japan and South Korea, are compelled to …

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