Tag: Fossil fuels
about 2 years ago
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Russia Confounds the West by Recapturing Its Oil Riches

Moscow is raking in more revenue than ever with the help of new buyers, new traders and the world’s seemingly insatia...

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about 2 years ago
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Aramco’s Actions Undercut Its Rosy Predictions

Flush with cash, the world’s largest oil company is predicting demand growth this decade, but its investment plans su...

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about 2 years ago
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Aramco Reports Record Profit, Injecting Saudi Kingdom With Cash

Saudi Arabia’s national oil company said its net income jumped 90% to $48.4 billion in the three months ending in Jun...

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about 2 years ago
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Australia Faces Damaging Domestic Gas Shortfall in 2023, Watchdog Says

Australia faces an economically damaging domestic gas-supply shortfall in 2023 and the government should work with pr...

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about 2 years ago
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Greenpeace takes legal action against UK Government for approving North Sea's Jackdaw gas field

Ministers gave their approval for Shell to develop the field for gas extraction last month, and this week the company...

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about 2 years ago
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APA Group to Sell Orbost Gas Plant to Cooper Energy for Up to A$330 Million

APA Group will sell its Orbost gas processing plant in Australia’s Victoria state to Cooper Energy for as much as US$...

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over 2 years ago
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Wildcat Petroleum obtains permit to drill off coast of Sierra Leone

Petroleum company Wildcat Petroleum has obtained the permit to conduct reconnaissance operations off the coast of Sie...

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over 2 years ago
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Disruption on M25 as Just Stop Oil protesters block service stations

Motorists need to brace for disruption on the M25 as Just Stop Oil protesters have blocked services and graffiti spra...

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over 2 years ago
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From Greenpeace activist to ‘minister of pollution authorization’: The inside story of how Steven...

The invasion of Ukraine has thrown another weighty consideration onto the shoulders of a Liberal cabinet that is acti...

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over 2 years ago
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Russia Permits Payments to Foreign Bondholders, but Only With Rubles

Making debt payments in the ruble, which has lost almost 40% of its value this year, could still leave Russia and its...

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over 2 years ago
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Western Oil Companies Leave Russia to Their State-Run Rivals

The exit has been less costly than the big write-downs imply, but it marks another step in the rise of national oil a...

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over 2 years ago
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WSJ News Exclusive | Russia Scrambles to Maintain Oil Sales, Lifeblood of Economy

Refiners outside the country are balking at buying Russian oil, and banks are refusing to finance shipments of Russia...

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over 2 years ago
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Oil Prices Surge Above $100 a Barrel After Russia Invades Ukraine

Brent crude futures surged above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014, and prices for natural gas, metals and ...

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over 2 years ago
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Shell Woos Financial Investors, Not Green Ones

Energy giant has given financial investors what they were promised, but any green-focused investors aren’t yet so for...

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almost 3 years ago
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Shell Oils the Wheels of Its Energy Transition

The oil-and-gas giant wants to unify its corporate structure in the U.K., raising investor expectations for share buy...

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almost 3 years ago
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China’s Growth Hasn’t Bottomed Yet

Despite some hopeful signs in October data released Monday, China’s economy has yet to turn the corner.

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almost 3 years ago
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Energy Companies Turn to 3-D Printing to Bypass Snarled Supply Chains

Issues including cost and print speeds have constrained the 3-D printing industry, but a rise in global shipping cost...

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almost 3 years ago
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Third Point Doesn’t Have the Answer for Shell

Shell rejected the activist investor’s plan to split its lower-carbon and legacy businesses, arguing that its busines...

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almost 3 years ago
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Europe’s Push to Loosen Russian Influence on Gas Prices Bites Back

A move to ditch oil-linked gas contracts paid off when gas was in ample supply but will cost EU members an estimated ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Saudi Arabia Pledges ‘Net Zero’ Carbon Emissions by 2060

Saudi Arabia pledged to reduce its net carbon emissions to zero by 2060 ahead of a United Nations climate summit, as ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Russia’s New Gas Pipeline to Germany Delivers More Power to Moscow

A cold winter might force European regulators to speed up the approval process for the controversial Nord Stream 2 pi...

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almost 3 years ago
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World's first 'net-zero' coal mine is condemned by the carbon offsetters it hoped to use

The Gold Standard Foundation says a climate emergency is no time to build a new colliery, as public inquiry gets unde...

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about 3 years ago
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Gas Shortage Boosts Russia’s Sway Over Europe’s Energy Markets

Europe is facing a natural-gas shortage just as Russia is completing a controversial pipeline to Germany, increasing ...

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about 3 years ago
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Why Rising Oil Prices Are Unlikely to Kill the Economic Recovery

The recent rise in oil prices has been mostly driven by increased demand rather than supply problems, a situation tha...

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about 3 years ago
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WSJ News Exclusive | Behind OPEC Deadlock, One Petro-State Looks to Non-Oil Future

One of the Mideast’s biggest petrostates wants to pump more, now, so it can invest in diversification before oil dema...

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over 3 years ago
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Oil’s Sunset Years Could Be Profitable for Some

Western oil producers’ transition plans create an opportunity for state-backed peers that are insulated from sharehol...

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over 3 years ago
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Shell, Exxon Decisions Highlight Rethink in Energy Investment

Exxon and Shell’s defeats on climate change echo forces already creating new dynamics in how investors look at fossil...

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over 3 years ago
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Emboldened by Biden, Europeans Harden Line on Russia

As the Kremlin threatens Ukraine and Russia’s main opposition leader’s health deteriorates, some European countries w...

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over 3 years ago
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Oil Majors Face Tough Choices Even With Higher Prices

The recovery in oil prices over the past year has eased financial pressures on big producers, but not strategic ones....

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over 3 years ago
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Oil Giant Aramco’s Shares Remain a Curiosity

While Aramco will likely continue to play its role as the central banker of oil, its stock-market listing is more a c...

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over 3 years ago
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Oil Industry’s Dash for Gas Comes With Risks

There are early signs of a new wave of investment in liquefied natural gas, oil’s cleaner cousin. The industry is tru...

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over 3 years ago
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The Oil Giant With a Head Start in the Energy Transition

The oil industry isn’t for the faint of heart as the world transitions to cleaner energy, but Total seems well set up...

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over 3 years ago
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Russian Arctic Oil Taints BP’s Green Shift

An almost 20% stake in Rosneft is likely to hamper the U.K. company’s efforts to appeal to environmental investors.

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over 3 years ago
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Record Liquefied Natural Gas Prices in Asia Won’t Last

A cold snap and a supply crunch have created a perfect storm for liquefied natural gas prices in Asia, but investors ...

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over 3 years ago
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China’s Top Credit Rater Barred From New Business for Three Months

Chengxin, China’s top credit-rating firm, was banned from rating new bonds for three months, after an investigation f...

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almost 4 years ago
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Oil Giant Aramco’s Strong Stock Is a Mirage

The best-performing big oil stock this year is one roundly rejected by global investors: Saudi Aramco. Most of the cr...

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almost 4 years ago
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The Industrial Giants That Could Get a Lift from Hydrogen

The buzz around hydrogen is making investors look with fresh eyes at the once-staid business of selling industrial ga...

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almost 4 years ago
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Saudi Aramco Can’t Escape a Brutal Oil Market

Oil producers are used to price cycles, but this one has been a doozy and hopes are fading that the worst has passed....

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