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The fallout for Venture Global Inc., in the wake of a troubled initial public offering, accelerated amid a market selloff that sapped $12 billion from its valuation on debut. Shares of the liquefied natural gas exporter tumbled 17% on Monday, bringing its losses to 20% from its $25 apiece offer price last week. The company’s …
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Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman held talks on Monday with his Iraqi and Libyan counterparts, Hayan Abdel-Ghani and Khalifa Abdulsadek, in Riyadh on efforts to support the stability of global energy markets, the Saudi state news agency (SPA) reported. OPEC+, which groups the de facto Saudi-led Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and …
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Lyondell Basell Industries began shuttering its 263,776 barrel-per-day (bpd) Houston refinery on Monday for permanent closure, said people familiar with plant operations.The shutdown of the refinery is expected to be completed by early February as the refinery has only a few days of supply of crude oil on hand, the sources said.
Donald Trump made liberal use of emergency powers during his first stint as US president and is employing the same playbook this time around. Just hours after being sworn into office for a second term, he declared that the domestic energy landscape and situation at the border with Mexico constitute national emergencies. By designating something …
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The U.S. energy regulator has reinstated the certificate for Williams Companies’ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) on Friday, the company said on Monday, which would allow the expansion of the project. Last year, a U.S. appeals court said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) should have better assessed the risk of significant greenhouse gas emissions, …
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration has forecast higher wholesale power prices for 2025 across the country’s regional markets, except Texas and the Northwest. Wholesale power prices could average $40 per megawatt hour (MWh) this year, rising 7% over 2024, the EIA said in a report on Monday. It forecast the average price of electricity for …
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U.S. natural gas futures fell about 7% on Monday on forecasts for much warmer-than-normal weather over the next two weeks than previously expected that should keep heating demand low. Front-month gas futures for February delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 26 cents, or 6.5%, to $3.767 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) at …
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German chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for more oil and gas exports, saying it was “good for Europe and Germany,” German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Sunday. Scholz said in the interview the move would help in the transition phase towards climate neutrality, which would last until around the middle of …
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Obscure laws to be marshaled to build pipelines, power plants ‘God Squad’ to weigh projects that threaten endangered species President Donald Trump’s declaration of an energy emergency opens the door to wield sweeping Cold War-era powers and little-known authorities to fast track pipelines, expand power grids and save struggling coal plants. By invoking the country’s national and …
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Diversified Energy Company Plc agreed to acquire Texas-based energy producer Maverick Natural Resources to expand its scale as US President Donald Trump makes higher oil production a key priority. Alabama-based Diversified signed a definitive agreement to acquire Maverick, which is in the portfolio of energy and infrastructure investor EIG, for about $1.28 billion, including the assumption of debt, with payment …
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