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Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejection on environmental grounds stop Woodside’s Browse project?

Woodside's A$30 billion Browse gas project faces rejection due to environmental concerns, challenging Australia's biggest oil and gas company.

German Galushchenko, Minister of Energy of Ukraine speaks at the Recovery Forum of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024 in Berlin, Germany, June 11, 2024.  REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/ File Photo
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Russian gas transit route via Ukraine is functioning, minister says

Sudzha gas transit station, which delivers Russian gas to Europe, is still operational despite reports of hostilities, says Ukrainian minister.

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Gazprom logo installed on the roof of building in Saint Petersburg, Russia February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov/File Photo
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What happens if Russian gas transit via Ukraine stops?

Heavy fighting near the Russian town of Sudzha, where Russian gas flows into Ukraine, has raised concerns over a sudden stop to transit...

FILE PHOTO: A Marathon Oil well site is seen in Texas, U.S., May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Hiller/ File Photo
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Marathon Oil misses profit estimates on weak natural gas prices

Marathon Oil missed Q2 profit estimates due to falling natural gas prices, with shares dropping 1.7% after the announcement.

FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks and gas-chilling units are seen at Freeport LNG, the second largest exporter of U.S. liquified natural gas, near Freeport, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2023. Reuters/Arathy Somasekhar/File Photo
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US natural gas producers eye more output cuts as prices sink

Major producers are preparing to curtail natural gas production after prices sank nearly 40% over the past two months.

FILE PHOTO: A view of a gas production plant is seen in 't Zand in Groningen February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Kooren/File Photo
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Gas shocks play greater role in euro zone inflation, ECB paper says

Natural gas price shocks stemming from Russian invasion of Ukraine contributed to inflation across Europe, bank research shows.

FILE - Work continues at a shale gas well drilling site in St. Mary's, Pa., March 12, 2020. Facing the need to win Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris has sworn off any prior assertion that she opposed fracking. But that hasn't stopped Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump from wielding her now-abandoned position as to win over working-class voters in the key battleground state where the industry means jobs. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
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Harris once wanted to ban fracking, Trump reminds voters

In the battleground state of Pennsylvania, Kamala Harris' fracking record is attacked as Donald Trump cites her abandoned position calling for a ban.

FILE PHOTO: Australia's Woodside Energy Group's exhibition booth is seen at the World Gas Conference 2022 in Daegu, South Korea May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Tan/File Photo
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No decision yet on $21bn gas project, Australian state regulator says

Woodside Energy's Browse gas project in doubt after newspaper leaked regulatory comments, with official recommendations due next year.

FILE PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks during a joint press conference with Japan Prime Minister Kishida Fumio (not seen) following their bilateral meeting at the Prime minister residence office on June 19, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. David Mareuil/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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New Zealand scraps clean, green policies to boost economy

Centre-right New Zealand coalition set to reverse fossil fuel exploration ban and agricultural emissions policy, with campaigners fearing for 2030 climate targets.

Enbridge Inc. saw its second-quarter profit hit $1.84 billion, where it roughly also sat a year ago. An Enbridge worker loads pipe just west of Morden, Man., on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Enbridge makes progress on utility purchases; raises earnings forecast

Enbridge raises 2024 earnings forecast after acquiring U.S. gas utilities, aiming to become North America's largest gas utility.

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