( Oil Price) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved California’s bid to enforce a rule to end sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles in the state by 2035. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has applauded the decision, saying it will improve public health by slashing harmful air pollution as residents adopt cleaner electric or hybrid vehicles. “Clean cars are here to stay,” Newsom
(Oil Price) – California authorities are about to make gasoline even more expensive for local drivers following a further tightening of emission rules, scheduled to be voted on this week. The vote would amend the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, a program that began back in 2011 with the aim of incentivizing fuel producers to make lower-emission products by creating a carbon credit
(Oil Price) – On October 16, 2024, the refiner Phillips 66 announced that it will cease operations at its Los Angeles-area refinery in the fourth quarter of 2025. This announcement came a few days after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law placing additional regulations on refineries. The closure will affect approximately 600 employees and 300 contractors that currently work at the
Reuters NEW YORK: California has filed a lawsuit against oil giant Exxon Mobil over its alleged role in global plastic waste pollution, its attorney general announced on Monday. Speaking at an event during Climate Week in New York City, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state sued Exxon after concluding a nearly two-year investigation that he said showed Exxon
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U.S. News U.S. spot power and natural gas prices turned negative in Texas, California and Arizona for Tuesday as pipeline maintenance trapped gas in the Permian Shale in West Texas amid low demand for energy and ample hydropower in the West. Negative prices signal there is too much power or gas being produced in a region. Energy firms can either
Nasdaq It is the end of an era for Big Oil in California, as the most populous U.S. state divorces itself from fossil fuels in its fight against climate change. California’s oil output a century ago amounted to it being the fourth-largest crude producer in the U.S., and spawned hundreds of oil drillers, including some of the largest still in
World Oil (WO) – Trio Petroleum Corp, a California-based oil and gas company, provided an update on the restart of the McCool Ranch oil field. On Oct. 18, 2023, the company announced its acquisition of an approximate 22% working interest in McCool Ranch, which is located in Monterey County, seven miles north of the company’s flagship South Salinas Project. The
Nasdaq Jan 2 (Reuters) – Chevron CVX.N said on Tuesday it would take non-cash writedowns on U.S. oil and gas production, primarily in California, and for securing abandoned wells and pipelines in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico that had been previously sold. The U.S. oil major expects to take non-cash, after-tax charges of between $3.5 billion and $4 billion in its fourth quarter 2023
Nasdaq California’s utilities regulator on Thursday granted a five-year extension to operate Pacific Gas and Electric’s PCG.N Diablo Canyon power plant, the state’s only nuclear facility, to avoid electricity shortages during extreme weather events. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved extended operations at the 2,240-megawatts Diablo Canyon plant’s two reactor units until 2029 and 2030, from 2024 and 2025, respectively. PG&E
World Oil (WO) – Trio Petroleum Corp. announced the signing of an Acquisition Agreement dated May 11, 2023 to potentially acquire up to 100% of the working interest in the Union Avenue oil and gas field in Bakersfield, California. Trio has engaged KLS Petroleum Consulting LLC, an independent engineering firm, to conduct a comprehensive analysis and valuation of the asset,
Oil Price California and parts of the Midwest are at a high risk of electricity shortages in the coming years amid the transformation of their grid from one reliant on fossil fuels to one reliant on other sources of energy such as wind and solar. The warning comes from the latest annual assessment of the grid by the North
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