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Oil Prices Stabilize Ahead of Fed Interest Rate Decision

Summary Offline capacity in Gulf of Mexico still supports prices Markets await decision on Fed rate cut Poor August data stokes China demand worries (Reuters) – Oil prices stabilized on Monday as ongoing disruption to U.S. Gulf oil infrastructure balanced persistent demand concerns after a fresh round of Chinese data while investors await news on …

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Opinion: Alberta is Still the Biggest Net Contributor to the Federation

Despite Ottawa’s campaign against oil and gas, Alberta’s net payments to the federal government are five times those of B.C. and Ontario Tegan Hill and Spencer Gudewill , Special to Financial Post     Alberta’s provincial flag in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press files According to a recent poll by the Angus Reid Institute, nearly half of …

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Oil Eases on Resuming U.S. Output After Storm, Rising Rig Count

Summary Brent and WTI both set for weekly gains US offshore oil industry reawakens after Francine shut-ins US oil and gas rig count rises by most in a year Benchmarks hit multi-year lows this week on demand fears (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Friday as U.S. Gulf of Mexico crude production resumed following Hurricane …

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Judge Blocks New Drilling Permits for Wyoming Oil Development Project

 A federal judge on Friday blocked new oil drilling permits from being granted for a 5,000-well oil and gas development project in Wyoming that was approved in the waning days of Republican former President Donald Trump’s administration. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, D.C., agreed with two environmental groups that the U.S. Bureau of …

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U.S. Offshore Oil Industry Reawakens After Francine Shut-Ins

U.S. Gulf of Mexico energy firms on Friday were lumbering back from hurricane disruptions as offshore oil and gas producers ramped up operations after halving the key energy region’s output, ports reopened, and onshore terminals accepted oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers. Hurricane Francine shut in up to 42% of the region’s offshore oil …

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