Plan to Throttle Foreign Fossil Fuel Finance Collapses at OECD, Bloomberg Reports

(Reuters) – A plan discussed by wealthy nations to throttle tens of billions of dollars in public support for oil and gas projects has broken down without agreement, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. The European Union, UK, the United States and other countries had sought the deal to limit export-credit agency finance for global fossil-fuel …

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Battalion Oil Corporation Announces Termination of Merger Agreement with Fury Resources, Inc. and Provides Operations Update

Houston, Texas, Dec. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Battalion Oil Corporation (NYSE American: BATL) (“Battalion” or the “Company”) announced today that it has terminated the previously disclosed Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”) with Fury Resources, Inc. (“Buyer” or “Fury”). As of this morning, Fury was not able meet the obligations …

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Microsoft Deal Signals Booming Demand From Data centers to Power AI – The Deals of 2024

By Reuters (Reuters) – U.S. utilities are finally signing concrete supply deals with data-center operators as the artificial-intelligence wave sparks a surge in power demand, paving the way for higher profits in the coming quarters. Data centers are expected to account for 8% of the power generated in the U.S. by 2030, compared with 3% in …

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Oil Prices Stable on Monday as Data Offsets Surplus Concerns

Summary • Renewed hope on rate cuts after a benign inflation reading • Market surplus to drag down oil prices in 2025 (Reuters) – Oil prices stabilised on Monday after losses last week as lower-than-expected U.S. inflation data offset investors’ concerns about a supply surplus next year. Brent crude futures were down by 17 cents, …

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Natural Gas Exporter Venture Global Files for IPO

Founders will continue to control company after the listing Arlington-based firm is one of the US’s biggest LNG suppliers Venture Global Inc., one of the biggest suppliers of liquefied natural gas in the US, filed for what could be one of the largest initial public offerings of 2025. The company won’t make public the proposed …

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Trump’s Demand for EU to Buy More US Oil and Gas Has No Easy Response

Ramping up purchases faces numerous practical constraints, not least the country’s limited supply. There’s no quick fix for incoming President Donald Trump’s demand that European nations buy more American oil and gas. He insisted that the European Union make “large-scale purchases” of US hydrocarbons to “make up their tremendous deficit with the United States” or face “TARIFFS …

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