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TotalEnergies promises more distributions, buybacks as oil prices soar- oil and gas 360

TotalEnergies promises more distributions, buybacks as oil prices soar

Oil Price As oil prices soar and investors wait for signs that oil company stocks will start to catch up, French TotalEnergies has announced plans to boost production and shareholder distributions, lifting its stock price by almost a percentage point in morning trading. TotalEnergies said it planned to return some 44% of its operations cash flow to shareholders in 2023,

Government shutdown could slow down U.S. clean energy rollout- oil and gas 360

Government shutdown could slow down U.S. clean energy rollout

Oil Price A government shutdown could slow down U.S. clean energy investments as it could delay billions of dollars worth of incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for which the Administration is still fine-tuning the details, according to senior White House adviser John Podesta. The IRA, passed in August last year, has nearly $370 billion in climate and clean

Exclusive: Shell CEO comes under pressure from within on renewables shift- oil and gas 360

Exclusive: Shell CEO comes under pressure from within on renewables shift

Nasdaq LONDON – Shell SHEL.L CEO Wael Sawan has come under pressure over his strategy from within the energy company after two employees issued a rare open letter urging him not to scale back investments in renewable energy, sparking an internal debate. The open letter, posted earlier this month on Shell’s internal web and seen by Reuters this week, comes after Sawan

Oxy to keep oil production steady as crude prices surge near $100- oil and gas 360

Oxy to keep oil production steady as crude prices surge near $100

World Oil (Bloomberg) – Occidental Petroleum Corp. plans to keep its production steady even as oil prices have surged in recent weeks above $90 a barrel. “We don’t increase oil significantly in a market where we don’t see the balance,” Occidental Chief Executive Officer Vicki Hollub said during an interview with Bloomberg Television. “Only in a market where we see balance

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

U.S. crude oil inventories decrease by 2.2 million barrels

Weekly Crude Oil Storage as of September 22, 2023     U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 2.2 million barrels from the previous week.  At 416.3 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 4% below the five year average for this time of year, according to the EIA crude oil and

Oil surges more than $1 as tight supply dominates- oil and gas 360

Oil surges more than $1 as tight supply dominates

Yahoo Finance LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices surged more than $1 on Wednesday, as markets focused on low global supply in the run-up to winter, throttled by OPEC+ production cuts. Brent crude futures broached $95, up $1.55 to $95.51 a barrel by 1342 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures climbed $1.82 to $92.21. “Until a decision to raise production