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Pump jacks of Wintershall DEA are pictured in Emlichheim near the northern German city of Meppen, Germany, March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/ File photo
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Wintershall Dea management board to step down after Harbour Energy deal closed

Wintershall Dea says its current management board will step down after the transfer of its non-Russian oil and gas assets to Britain's Harbour...

FILE PHOTO: The Nikolay Yevgenov, a ship carrying Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), is seen next to the terminal of Spanish gas grid operator Enagas ENAG.MC at the port of Barcelona, Spain, June 4, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo
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Russia does not rule out LNG exports stagnating in next 4 years

Russia's LNG exports could stagnate in the next four years, two Economy Ministry scenarios suggest. Is this a sign that Western sanctions might...

FILE PHOTO: An LNG tanker is guided by tug boats at the Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG export unit in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, U.S., April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Marcy de Luna/File Photo
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Pressure on gas and LNG prices to help switch from coal, says J.P. Morgan

Gas prices to come down as growth in output will boost efforts to transition industries away from coal, says report.

Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2019. Picture taken February 11, 2019.   REUTERS/Nick Oxford/ File photo
FuelNewsOil

New tech helps US shale oil industry start to rebuild well productivity

Simul-fracking and electric pumps allow faster, cheaper and higher-yielding oil extraction as industry faces fall in Texas production.

The sun sets over Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station near Nottingham (Matthew Vincent/PA)
ElectricityFuelNewsTransmission

UK share of power from gas and coal hits hour-long record low of 2.4%

Statistics show burning of fossil fuels makes up a decreasing amount of UK electricity generation as country pursues 100% zero carbon power goals.

BusinessNewsOilTransmission

Trans Mountain expects first ship to load from expanded pipeline in second half of May

The expanded pipeline will carry an extra 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Alberta to Canada's Pacific coast and is set...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland holds a press conference prior to tabling the Federal Budget in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Freeland says the $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in last week's budget is just a start. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
BusinessEconomyElectricityFuelIndigenousInfrastructureNewsPolitics

Canada’s finance minister: $5B just a start for Indigenous loan guarantee program

The $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in Canada's 2024 budget is just a start: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland

Annual plastics production has more than doubled in 20 years to 460 million tonnes, and is on track to triple within four decades (AFP)
EnvironmentManufacturingNewsOilPoliticsUnited Nations

Talks on global plastic treaty begin in Canada

During talks in Kenya in November, a draft agreement leapt from 30 to 70 pages, with oil-producing nations such as Saudi Arabia recording...

FILE PHOTO: A flare burns excess natural gas in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 23, 2019. Picture taken November 23, 2019.  REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File Photo
AnalysisElectricityIndustryNatural GasNews

AI boom to fuel natural gas demand in coming years: analysis

A spike in power usage from artificial intelligence data centers could significantly boost natural gas demand in the second half of the decade:...

A view shows a local oil refinery in Omsk, Russia June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko/File Photo
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Russia cuts crude oil export price forecast to $65 per barrel in 2024-27

The Russian economy ministry has downgraded its forecasts for the country's crude oil export prices for the next three years to $65 per...

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