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FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured in front of the Vitol Group trading commodities building in Geneva October 4, 2011. Picture taken October 4, 2011.     REUTERS/File Photo
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Italy sets conditions for Vitol’s takeover of oil refiner Saras

Oil refiner Saras's controlling shareholder - the Moratti family - said in February it had agreed to sell its stake to energy company...

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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As demand for US LNG booms, one plant struggles to stay online

By Curtis Williams HOUSTON – The second-largest U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility has been running below 80% of its capacity due...

A view of Duke Energy's Marshall Power Plant in Sherrills Ford, North Carolina, U.S. November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Keane/File Photo
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Explainer: New U.S. EPA power sector rules set up likely legal clashes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new regulations targeting pollution from power plants are expected to usher in major legal challenges. Here is what...

FILE PHOTO: An exhibition booth of Tellurian is seen at the World Gas Conference 2022 in Daegu, South Korea May 23, 2022. Picture taken May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Tan/File Photo
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Top Tellurian executives poised for big payday if LNG plant goes ahead

Top executives of U.S. liquefied natural gas developer Tellurian Inc could earn tens of millions of dollars if its proposed Driftwood LNG plant...

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, October 18, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Guneev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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China must stop aiding Russia if it seeks good relations with West: NATO

'Dependencies make us vulnerable,' NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says in a speech warning the West against depending on China as it did on...

Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the province's Rocky Mountains. Alberta's provincial flag flies in Ottawa on Monday July 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Alberta to appeal ruling ordering release of documents on coal mining in Rockies

Alberta is appealing a judge's ruling that ordered the release of internal documents on coal mining in the western Canadian province's Rocky Mountains.

FILE - In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a leak from Nord Stream 2 is seen, on Sept. 28, 2022. A Chinese container ship remains to be the prime suspect in causing damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline running between NATO members Finland and Estonia which was reopened this week after multimillion-euro repair work, (Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)
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Chinese ship remains prime suspect in damage to Baltic Sea gas pipeline that reopened this week

It has been more than six months since substantial, human-made damage that caused a major drop in pressure was first detected in the...

FILE PHOTO: A concrete gravity-based structure (GBS) of Arctic LNG 2 joint venture is seen under construction in a dry dock of the LNG Construction center near the settlement of Belokamenka, Murmansk region, Russia July 26, 2022.  REUTERS/Stringer//File Photo
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Europe expected to propose new sanctions on Russian LNG

EU ban on Russian oil has not yet extended to LNG, but sources say restrictions will be coming soon.

Precision Drilling Corp. logo is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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Precision Drilling seeing boost in demand as Trans Mountain start nears

The completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is leading to a boom in demand for drilling services: Precision Drilling chief executive Kevin...

FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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Tough rules force US power plants to capture emissions or shut down

New EPA rules on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration's most ambitious effort yet to roll back...

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