Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon asked the UK government to reassess oil and gas fields that have been licensed but not yet developed, such as the Cambo development west of Scotland’s Shetland Islands. Green groups say that’s not enough. SourceContinue Reading
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. SourceContinue Reading
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. SourceContinue Reading
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. SourceContinue Reading
In the August Short-Term Energy Outlook, the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts larger than previously expected world petroleum inventory draws in 2021 and larger inventory builds in 2022. SourceContinue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Nigerian unit agreed to pay a community in the West African country more than $110 million to resolve a long-running dispute over an oil spill that occurred more than 50 years ago. SourceContinue Reading
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. SourceContinue Reading
Chesapeake has agreed to acquire Vine, an energy company focused on the development of natural gas properties in the over-pressured stacked Haynesville and Mid-Bossier shale plays in Northwest Louisiana. SourceContinue Reading
Canadian oil production is more than two and half times domestic demand, yet the majority of crude oil demanded in the country arrives via the United States, according to a new analysis by IHS Markit. SourceContinue Reading
Above-average withdrawals of natural gas from storage in the 2020–2021 winter heating season and below-average injections into storage this summer contributed to a forecast of below-average inventories of natural gas in the U.S., along with relatively flat dry natural gas production and high natural gas exports. SourceContinue Reading