Tuesday, 4 February 2025

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FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of the headquarters of Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobas) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes/File Photo
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Brazil’s Petrobras ups gasoline prices 7%, first hike under new CEO

Petrobras in 2023 ditched a more market-based pricing policy in favor of one that gave it more flexibility to smooth out price swings.

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack operates at a well site leased by Devon Energy Production Company near Guthrie, Oklahoma September 15, 2015.    REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
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Devon Energy to buy Grayson Mill’s Williston assets for $5 billion

Private equity firm cashes out on business to add 307,000 net acres to Devon Energy's position in Williston Basin.

FILE PHOTO: Oil rigs are seen in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana, in Grand Isle, Louisiana, U.S. August 31, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo
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Record US heat, hurricanes could roil fuel prices as oil refiners sweat

Extreme weather events hit oil refineries and production capacities while peak travel season pushes demand higher.

Owner Petroineos announced the oil refinery at Grangemouth would be shut after spring next year (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Grangemouth ‘should be home to energy industries of future’

Scottish politicians push for Grangemouth future to be secured as oil refinery faces closure next year.

FILE PHOTO: Drilling rigs operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 13, 2019. Picture taken February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo
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Oil slips as Gaza talks ease supply fears; Hurricane Beryl in focus

Brent crude futures inched up 11 cents, or 0.1%, to $86.65 a barrel as at 0042 GMT after closing down 89 cents on...

Grangemouth will begin transitioning to an oil import terminal next year (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Ensuring future for Grangemouth oil refinery is ‘real priority’: UK PM Starmer

The British prime minister said the situation at Scotland's Grangemouth refinery is a “cause of concern”.

FILE PHOTO: The Houston Ship Channel, part of the Port of Houston, is seen in Pasadena, Texas, U.S., May 5, 2019.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
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U.S. Coast Guard says Hurricane Beryl may shut oil ports

Port closures could bring to a temporary halt shipments of crude oil to refineries and motor fuels from those plants.

Young pongamia trees grow in a grove in St. Lucie County, Fla., Thursday, June 6, 2024. The ancient tree, native to India, Southeast Asia and Australia, is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida. The tree produces a legume that can be processed into plant-based protein and sustainable biofuel. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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Pongamia trees grow where citrus once flourished, offering renewable energy

An ancient Indian tree is thriving in former citrus groves in Florida, and could provide the nation with renewable energy.

FILE PHOTO: A protester sits in front of an aircraft as members of the Just Stop Oil spray paints planes at the Stansted airport, Britain June 20, 2024.    JUST STOP OIL/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo
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Three UK airports get injunction to stop climate protesters disrupting flights

The East Midlands, Manchester and Stansted airports were granted a court order on Friday to stop climate protesters from potentially disrupting flights over...

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