U.S. Piles Pressure on Iraq to Resume Kurdish Oil Exports, Sources Say

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is piling pressure on Iraq to allow Kurdish oil exports to restart or face sanctions alongside Iran, eight sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. An advisor to the Iraqi prime minister denied in a statement there had been a threat of sanctions or pressure on the government …

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Oil Prices Steady as Traders Await Progress on Push for Ukraine Peace Deal

• Iraq-Turkey pipeline expected to resume exports soon • War in Ukraine remains in focus • Russian oil supply will remain curbed by OPEC+ policy (Reuters) – Oil prices steadied on Monday as investors awaited clarity on talks to end the war in Ukraine and weighed up the prospect of a resumption in crude exports …

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US Energy Council Chief Says Power Plants to Produce 15% More Electricity

(Reuters) – U.S. Interior Secretary and co-chair of a new White House energy council Doug Burgum on Friday called for every U.S. power plant to produce 10-15% more electricity to meet the growing energy needs to expand artificial intelligence across the United States. “Winning the AI arms race doesn’t just take software developers. It takes …

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Shell to Grow Working Interest in the Ursa Platform in Gulf of America

HOUSTON, Feb. 21, 2025 /CNW/ — Shell Offshore Inc. and Shell Pipeline Company (SPLC), subsidiaries of Shell plc (Shell), have signed an agreement to increase their stake in the Ursa platform in the Gulf of America. This will increase Shell’s working interest (WI) in its operated Ursa platform, pipeline, and associated fields from 45.3884% to a maximum of 61.35%, …

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