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August 26, 2021
Endangered desert fish would get millions of dollars in federal funding, while oil companies would face new fees and a ban on most offshore drilling under a plan floated by House Democrats.
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August 24, 2021
Oil prices in New York gained for a second session, building on the biggest one-day gain in nine months, amid glimmers of optimism among bulls that the delta coronavirus variant’s hit to demand may be passing.
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August 23, 2021
The U.S. is holding its largest sale of oil from strategic reserves this year at a time when the outlook for fuel demand is darkening amid the resurgent Covid-19 virus.
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August 23, 2021
The U.S. crude benchmark climbed nearly 5% on Monday and the global benchmark Brent also advanced, rallying along with equities and other commodities. In addition to more positive sentiment in financial markets, China has made progress in containing the fast-spreading delta variant, bringing local cases down to zero.
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August 20, 2021
Europe’s oil stocks may not be the most obvious picks in an ESG-conscious world, but some investors can’t get enough of them.
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August 19, 2021
Oil tumbled again, dropping to the lowest level since May as the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it was set to start tapering asset purchases within months, hurting commodities and lifting the dollar.
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August 17, 2021
Oil fell for a fourth day, marking its longest run of losses since March, pressured by a rising dollar and economic data illustrating the U.S. recovery’s uneven path.
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August 16, 2021
Oil sank for a third consecutive day as Chinese economic data disappointed and the spread of the delta coronavirus variant hurt prospects for global demand.
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August 16, 2021
Woodside Petroleum is in advanced talks to buy BHP Group’s petroleum division for about A$20 billion ($14.7 billion), the Australian Financial Review reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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August 13, 2021
Skyrocketing carbon prices and a “code red” warning about the threat posed by climate change are giving fresh momentum to a technology that captures and removes greenhouse gas emissions so they can be buried.
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August 13, 2021
Pemex fought tooth and nail to wrest control of the country’s biggest private oil find from the companies that discovered it. Now it has found itself without the cash to actually develop the field.
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August 12, 2021
The $3.5 trillion budget framework the Senate narrowly passed sets the stage for a deluge of spending on electric vehicles, renewable power and clean energy initiatives meant to help combat climate change and wean the U.S. off fossil fuels.
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August 12, 2021
Oil steadied after a two-day advance as investors bet the global demand recovery will remain intact despite the latest wave of Covid-19 that’s led to tighter restrictions on movement in many countries.
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August 11, 2021
The Biden administration called on OPEC countries and U.S. regulators to do more to ensure a stable energy supply, with a specific focus on retail gasoline prices that the President pledged to keep affordable.
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August 10, 2021
The world’s largest oil companies are bidding up prices for renewable energy projects, squeezing profits from wind and solar farms just as climate planning focuses more on green energy sources.
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August 10, 2021
America's shale producers are continuing to the line on production, boosting investor returns and are now attracting the lowest bond yields they’ve ever seen. Instead of using cheap credit to boom once again, they’re using it to retire costlier debt.
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August 09, 2021
A coalition of energy companies, along with state and local partners, plans to spend $844 million on roads, education, workforce development, housing, broadband and health care in the region, according to the Permian Strategic Partnership, which assembled the group.
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August 09, 2021
Much of the progressives' anxiety around the $1T infrastructure bill has coalesced around support for carbon capture. Last month, hundreds of climate groups wrote an open letter calling on Biden to reject carbon capture as a “dangerous distraction” to eliminating fossil fuels entirely.
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August 09, 2021
“Oil is seeing a continued loss of momentum, with sentiment taking a knock,” said Ole Hansen, head of commodities research at Saxo Bank A/S. “Most importantly, worries about the short-term demand outlook as governments respond to a surging delta variant” are weighing on the market.
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August 06, 2021
While there are several one-off factors that have pushed gas prices higher, such as supply disruptions, the global economic rebound and a lull in new LNG export plants, there is a growing consensus that the world is facing a structural shift, driven by the energy transition.
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August 06, 2021
Shale drillers are showing so much financial self-discipline that next year’s oil-production forecasts may be in peril, according to Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
