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TC Energy Corp. has completed its spinoff of South Bow Corp., its crude oil pipelines business, as an independent company. TC Energy Corp. headquarters is shown in Calgary on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
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TC Energy launches South Bow Corp. as independent crude oil pipeline business

TC Energy Corp. has completed its spinoff of South Bow Corp., its crude oil pipelines business, as an independent company.

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed OPEC logo in this illustration picture, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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OPEC+ unlikely to change output policy at Oct. 2 panel meeting

Oil prices have fallen in 2024, pressured by concern about global demand and rising supply outside OPEC+.

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne and Suriname state-owned oil company Staatsolie CEO Annand Jagesar pose for a photo during a press conference after France's TotalEnergies and U.S. APA Corp announced a positive investment decision for Suriname's most promising oil and gas project, Block 58, which is expected to inaugurate the nation's offshore output, in Paramaribo, Suriname October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Ranu Abhelakh
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TotalEnergies, APA greenlight $10 billion oil and gas project in Suriname

TotalEnergies and APA approve Suriname's Block 58, launching the country's offshore oil and gas production.

Workers stand in the turbine hall of Uniper's Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station the day after it was taken offline, in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Britain, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Noble
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UK’s coal plant closure a milestone towards climate goals, Uniper CEO says

The closure of Britain's last coal plant is a major milestone on the path for the country to meet its climate targets: Uniper...

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
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Brent oil traders use little known rule to reroute US cargoes

Big energy merchants trading oil cargoes that form the basis of the Brent benchmark have used an obscure clause to reroute U.S. shipments...

FILE PHOTO: A Ferrari logo is being installed on a Ferrari car at Ferrari's new 'e-building' facility where the luxury sportscar maker is testing lines before an expected start of car production in early 2025, in Maranello, Italy, June 21, 2024. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo/File Photo
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Ferrari shuts down gas-fueled plant to double solar production

Ferrari shuts down methane-fueled plant to double solar power and cut CO2 emissions by 60%.

FILE PHOTO: A trader walks next to Siemens Energy AG logos during Siemens Energy's initial public offering (IPO) at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo
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Siemens Energy agrees to settlement with US in case over gas turbine contracts

Siemens Energy to pay $104 million in U.S. settlement over using stolen trade secrets in bids for contracts in 2019.

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Is Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline providing an inefficient fossil fuel subsidy?

Canada's Trans Mountain Pipeline fossil fuel subsidies burden taxpayers and hinder climate goals, says a report from the IISD.

UAE state energy giant ADNOC will buy German chemicals firm Covestro for 12 billion euros ($13.3 billion) (AFP)
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UAE oil giant ADNOC swoops on German chemicals firm Covestro

Covestro accepts ADNOC's 12 billion euros takeover bid, boosting ADNOC’s diversification while Germany's chemical sector struggles.

A conceptual depiction of smoke emitting from multiple factory chimneys.
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Scottish government urged to reject plans for new gas-fired power station

Activists urge Scotland to reject a new gas power station in Peterhead, calling it 'climate-wrecking' and unnecessary.