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FILE PHOTO: An employee rides a bicycle next to oil tanks at Saudi Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia October 12, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
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Over half of Aramco share sale allocated to foreign investors – sources

Saudi Arabia placed over half of an $11.2bn share sale in Aramco with foreign investors, sources said Saturday

FILE PHOTO: The logo for Occidental Petroleum is displayed on a screen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Berkshire buys additional 2.57 million shares in Occidental Petroleum

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought around 2.57m shares of common stock in Occidental Petroleum over June 5-7, according to US filing

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Decarbonizing coal plants in Asia: Is there a role for hydrogen and carbon capture technology?

A new report published by The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies examined whether hydrogen and carbon capture and storage technology could help mitigate...

FILE PHOTO: The Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an oil storage facility, is seen in this aerial photograph over Freeport, Texas, U.S., April 27, 2020.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo
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US speeds up purchasing for Strategic Petroleum Reserve as oil prices dip

The Biden administration in 2022 announced a record sale of 180 million barrels from the SPR after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The move...

FILE - Oregon resident Patrick Coffin fills up his car at a gas station in Portland, Ore., Aug. 4, 2023. New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday, June 7, 2024, by the Biden administration. President Joe Biden has set a goal that half all of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are electric. (AP Photo/Claire Rush, File)
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Real-world mileage standard for new vehicles in U.S. rising to 38 mpg in 2031 under new Biden rule

President Joe Biden has set a goal that half all of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are electric, part of...

Newly manufactured Ford Motor Co. 2021 F-150 pick-up trucks are seen waiting for missing parts in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
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US raises truck, SUV fuel economy rules, much less than first proposed

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the proposed new rules will result in much lower compliance penalties than originally proposed, a...

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COP29 climate hosts say they’ll keep expanding fossil fuels

The incoming president of the COP29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan says his country will keep increasing fossil fuel production "in parallel" with...

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John Kemp column: US manufacturers in halting recovery but diesel use tepid

Column by John Kemp: U.S. manufacturers are gradually emerging from a prolonged but shallow slowdown over the last two years, but progress has...

FILE PHOTO: Dump trucks haul coal and sediment at the Black Butte coal mine outside Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S. April 4, 2017.  REUTERS/Jim Urquhart/File Photo
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Major world economies seek to halt new private sector coal financing

World's major economies looking to finalise a plan ahead of UN climate summit to halt new private sector funding for coal projects.

FILE PHOTO: General view of Aramco's oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Saudi Arabia, January 12, 2024. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
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Saudi Arabia set to raise $11.2bn in Aramco lower priced share offer

Saudi Arabia is poised to raise more than $11.2bn from its secondary offering of oil giant Aramco's lower priced shares

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