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Imperial Oil Ltd. says it has started production at its new Grand Rapids oilsands project located at its Cold Lake operating site.The Imperial Oil logo at the company's annual meeting in Calgary on April 28, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Imperial starts production at new oilsands project in Alta. using lower-emissions tech

The Calgary-based company, which is majority owned by U.S. giant ExxonMobil, says the project will use a mixture of steam and chemical solvents...

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Dumping oil at sea leads to $2 million fine for shipping companies

Two shipping companies agreed to pay $2 million in penalties after pleading guilty to federal charges related to the dumping of oil in...

An energy-from-waste plant in Ferrybridge, U.K. Photo by Rose Galloway Green on Unsplash
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Using carbon capture for energy-from-waste: ‘Low-hanging fruit’ for the UK?

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies has published a paper examining the business case for using carbon capture and storage to reduce emissions...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of British multinational oil and gas company Shell is displayed during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Shell sees emerging Asian markets taking more of world’s growing LNG supply

Shell expects its Australian LNG supplies to help meet demand from emerging markets in south and southeast Asia

FILE - A sack of charcoal is filled in Gulu, Uganda on May 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)
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Energy conference delegates push to make clean cooking accessible

Clean cooking energy – using electricity and solar instead of charcoal and wood – in the spotlight at conference in Nairobi.

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Brazil's state-run Petrobras oil company is seen at their headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes/File Photo
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Brazilian court rules against Petrobras in $193 million tax case

Brazil's Superior Court of Justice has denied Petrobras an appeal against the collection of some 987 million reais ($192.68 million) in taxes

FILE PHOTO: A logo of TotalEnergies is seen at an electric vehicle fuelling station in the La Defense business district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo
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Macron urges TotalEnergies to stay in France after talk of US listing

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged oil giant TotalEnergies to remain in France after news of the company's potential US listing

FILE PHOTO: Model of Oil barrels are seen in front of rising stock graph in this illustration, July 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo
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Oil slips for third session on likely ‘higher for longer’ US rates

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell more than 1% on Wednesday, retreating for a third straight day, as Fed officials rekindled worries about...

FILE - Smoke from an explosion at the TPC Group plant is seen Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, in Port Neches, Texas. The Texas petrochemical company has pleaded guilty to a violation of the Clean Air Act and has agreed to pay more than $30 million related to two explosions in 2019 at their facility in Port Neches, which caused the evacuation of thousands and injured workers, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Marie D. De Jesús//Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
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Petrochemical company fined more than $30m for explosions

Texas-based TPC Group explosions caused 50,000 to be evacuated and $130m of property damage, violating the Clean Air Act.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump greets Harold Hamm after he was introduced by Hamm at the Shale Insight 2019 Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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Oil executives to host Trump fundraiser in Houston

Drillers tend to back Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel and anti-regulation agenda and have been critical of President Joe Biden’s efforts to phase out...

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