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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.

FILE PHOTO: A Hurricane warning sign is pictured in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. July 7, 2024. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo
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Texas energy industry braces for Beryl as hurricane makes landfall

Hurricane Beryl threatens disruption to energy industry as key ports closed and production sites evacuated.

A group of men board up a restaurant in Port Lavaca, Texas, on July 7, 2024, as they prepare for the arrival of tropical storm Beryl (AFP)
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Texas hunkers down as Hurricane Beryl approaches

Power outages feared as Hurricane Beryl's 130kph winds approach Texan coast.

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...

Oil tanks are pictured at Buckeye Partners' South Texas Gateway oil terminal in Corpus Christi, U.S.,  May 14, 2023. REUTERS/Arathy Somasekhar/File photo
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Port of Corpus Christi closes as Tropical Storm Beryl approaches Texas

The storm, which at one point intensified to a Category 5 hurricane, left a deadly trail of destruction across the Caribbean.

People cool off in misters along the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. A heat wave is spreading across the Western U.S., the National Weather Service said, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Torrid heat bakes millions of people in large swaths of US, setting records and fanning wildfires

There has been a heatwave in the US that has threatened to break records

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Forest fire has burned 4,000 acres in New Jersey but is now 65 per cent contained: officials

The blaze in the Wharton State Forest was reported early Friday. Officials believe it began in the area of the Batona Campground in...

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.

J Tobin, senior engineer of vehicle systems, cleans a prototype of the first electric racecar at the NASCAR R&D Center in Concord, N.C., Monday, July 1, 2024. The top motorsports series in North America partnered with Chevrolet, Ford, Toyota and electrification company ABB to demonstrate a high-performance electric vehicle and gauge fan interest in electric racing. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
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A green flag for clean power: NASCAR unveils its first electric racecar

NASCAR first electric racecar doesn’t thunder when the grand marshal says “drivers, start your engines,” it hums.

FILE PHOTO: Attendees walk through an expo hall at AWS re:Invent 2023, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., November 29, 2023. Noah Berger/AWS/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Talen asks US regulators to reject challenge to Amazon data center deal

The deal is being opposed by a group of electric utilities that say the agreement could raise power bills for the general public.

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