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Energy security trumps ESG agenda for big oil- oil and gas 360

Energy security trumps ESG agenda for big oil

Oil Price The world’s largest international oil and gas majors have changed their tune on medium to long-term strategies since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the energy crisis last year. All European majors continue to target net-zero emissions by 2050, but some of the biggest, including BP and Shell, have scaled back promises to cut back oil and gas production

Analysis-Promise of calmer markets as US Oil wrests pricing power from Brent- oil and gas 360

Analysis-Promise of calmer markets as US Oil wrests pricing power from Brent

US News LONDON – Increased exports of oil from the United States into Europe and Asia mean U.S. crude has snatched back its primacy in setting international pricing after North Sea grades have for decades determined the value of the world’s most traded commodity.   The trend has calmed volatility and limits the potential for trading plays, known by traders

Santos to farm-down half of its exploration leases in Alaska- oil and gas 360- oil and gas 360

Santos to farm-down half of its exploration leases in Alaska

World Oil (WO) – Consistent with its Alaska strategy to focus on the Pikka development, Santos will farm-down half of its working interest in 148 exploration leases (more than 270 thousand acres of State of Alaska lands) on the Alaska North Slope, in an agreement with APA Alaska LLC1 and Lagniappe Alaska LLC2.   The leases are located on the

Michael Bloomberg pumps $500 million into bid to close all US coal plants- oil and gas 360

Michael Bloomberg pumps $500 million into bid to close all US coal plants

Yahoo Finance UNITED NATIONS – Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Wednesday he will pump $500 million into the next phase of his energy transition campaign, aiming to shut down “every last” coal plant in the United States and slash gas-fired capacity in half by 2030. The $500 million infusion into his decade-long Beyond Carbon initiative aims

ExxonMobil lobbies Biden administration for tax credits for hydrogen made from natural gas- oil and gas 360- oil and gas 360

ExxonMobil lobbies Biden administration for tax credits for hydrogen made from natural gas

World Oil (Bloomberg) – Exxon Mobil Corp. is lobbying the Biden administration to allow hydrogen made from natural gas to qualify for some of the most lucrative subsidies available in the President’s signature climate law, pushing for billions of dollars in tax credits. The company is targeting “key decision makers” in Washington, including Democratic lawmakers, U.S. Treasury Department officials and

U.S. crude oil inventories increase by 0.5 million barrels- oil and gas 360

U.S. crude oil inventories decrease by 2.1 million barrels

Weekly Crude Oil Storage as of September 15, 2023     U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 2.1 million barrels from the previous week.  At 418.5 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 3% below the five year average for this time of year, according to the EIA crude oil and