Tuesday, 4 February 2025

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FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows a crude oil tanker at an oil terminal off Waidiao island in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China January 4, 2023. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo
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Oil prices tick down on worries about Chinese demand

The market is eyeing the slower Chinese economy and whether the US Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates.

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Opinion: Saskatchewan’s new oil and gas high school courses are out of step with global climate action

Opinion: Instead of training high school students for an industry that the world is transitioning away from, we need education on energy alternatives...

Trucks with gas cylinders and a gasoline tank truck are seen next petrol plant of Senkata outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, November 23, 2019. REUTERS/David Mercado/file photo
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Bolivia govt announces natural gas “mega field” in biggest discovery since 2005

Bolivia announces a 1.7 TCF natural gas reserve discovery near La Paz, vital amidst declining production and fuel shortages, marking its largest find...

FILE PHOTO: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures ahead of signing into law a national health bill that aims to provide universal coverage to South Africans, at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa urges green energy to avoid carbon border tax

He said the economy would suffer unless the country reduces its dependency on coal.

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A drone view of the Trans Mountain Burnaby Terminal tank farm as the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project became operational in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada May 1, 2024.   REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo
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Japan, S. Korea refiners join China in buying Canadian TMX oil

The Trans Mountain pipeline, owned by the Canadian government, was expanded in May.

The Alberta government says it will relax rules that make energy companies seeking to buy viable wells from bankruptcy proceedings pay the failed producer's outstanding taxes. Boilers are shown at an oilsands facility near Fort McMurray, Alta., on Wednesday April 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracke
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Alberta to relax rule on buying oil, gas wells if municipal taxes unpaid

Rural municipalities have voiced concern over tax arrears.

A person walks off the MV Sea Change, the first commercial passenger ferry powered by hydrogen fuel cells, Friday, July 12, 2024, in San Francisco. The MV Sea Change will begin offering free rides to the public along the San Francisco waterfront on Friday, July 19. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
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World’s first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it’s free to ride

The world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger ferry, MV Sea Change, will start free operations in San Francisco Bay on July 19, aiming to reduce...

The project is highly contentious, pitting enthusiastic backers in Cumbria and beyond against environmentalists (AFP)
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New UK coal mine plans appear doomed under Starmer government

It has emerged that the new Labour government will not defend the coal mine project's previous approval in court.

The logo of American oil and natural gas exploration and production company ConocoPhillips is seen during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
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ConocoPhillips, Marathon Oil get second US FTC request over $22.5 billion deal

The request for additional information from oil producer ConocoPhillips is likely to slow the closing of the deal.

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