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Brent crude tops $87 as geopolitics threatens tight supply- oil and gas 360

Brent crude tops $87 as geopolitics threatens tight supply

Oil Price Brent crude oil surged past $87 on Monday as Russia’s war on Ukraine increasingly focuses on attacks on energy installations, and as mediation in the Israel-Gaza conflict fails. On Monday at 10:14 a.m. ET, Brent crude was trading at $87.16, up 2.03%, for a 1.72-cent gain on the day. The U.S. crude oil benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), was trading at $82.45,

Shell sells interest in U.S. offshore wind joint venture as company refocuses on oil and gas- oil and gas 360

Shell sells interest in U.S. offshore wind joint venture as company refocuses on oil and gas

World Oil (WO) – Shell New Energies US LLC has sold its 50% equity share in SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC to joint venture partner Ocean Winds North America LLC. SouthCoast Wind is a 50-50 joint venture between Shell and Ocean Winds, established to develop offshore wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts. “In-line with our Powering Progress strategy, Shell continues

US award record $6 bln to back industrial emissions reduction projects- oil and gas 360

US awards record $6 bln to back industrial emissions reduction projects

Nasdaq WASHINGTON – The U.S. Energy Department on Monday announced $6 billion in federal funding to subsidize 33 industrial projects in 20 states to cut carbon emissions, saying the investment would support well-paying union jobs and boost U.S. competitiveness. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will unveil the awards during a visit to a Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp CLF.N facility in Middletown, Ohio, which will

World’s top oilfield services provider not leaving Russia- oil and gas 360

World’s top oilfield services provider not leaving Russia

Oil Price SLB, the biggest oilfield services firm in the world, is not planning to abandon its business in Russia, chief executive Olivier Le Peuch told the Financial Times in an interview published on Monday. Pressure has mounted on companies, especially in the oil and gas industry, to withdraw from Russia after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Many energy majors

EXCLUSIVE-Russia orders companies to cut oil output to meet OPEC+ target- oil and gas 360

EXCLUSIVE-Russia orders companies to cut oil output to meet OPEC+ target

Nasdaq MOSCOW – Russia’s government has ordered companies to reduce oil output in the second quarter to ensure they meet a production target of 9 million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of June in line with its pledges to OPEC+, three industry sources said on Monday. Earlier this month, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Russia would cut