Energy News
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The former CEO of one of the United States’ top oil companies fired back Tuesday on the Federal Trade Commission’s allegations that he had colluded with OPEC to boost fuel prices — contending the agency “unjustly smeared” him. Lawyers for Scott Sheffield, the former chief executive of Texas-based Pioneer Natural Resources, filed paperwork demanding that the ...
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A wind farm in Scotland will pay £33.14 million ($42.3 million) to UK energy regulator Ofgem for breaching energy market rules. Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd., broke rules when it charged excessive prices to reduce its output to ease pressure on the grid, “pushing up costs for consumers,” Ofgem said in a statement. The action follows a Bloomberg ...
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Since 1980, there have been 383 extreme weather or climate disasters where the damages reached at least $1 billion. In total, these disasters have cost more than $2.7 trillion. Created in partnership with the National Public Utilities Council, this chart shows how these disasters have been increasing with each passing decade. A Growing Concern: The U.S. ...
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Electricite de France SA halted a reactor for about a month after a fire broke out last night on key equipment in the non-nuclear part of the Paluel power station. The fire, which started at about 1:50 a.m. on the main power transformer of the Paluel 3 unit, was fully put out after 90 minutes, and there were no casualties, EDF said in a statement Tuesday. ...
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This paper seeks to understand the general equilibrium effects of time-varying geopolitical risk in oil markets. Answering this question requires simultaneously modeling several features including macroeconomic disasters and geopolitically driven oil production disasters, oil storage and precautionary savings, and the endogenous determination of uncertainty ...
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Renewables capacity in the Middle East is set to soar in the coming years, with green energy sources outpacing fossil fuel usage in the power sector by 2040, according to Rystad Energy's latest research. Solar photovoltaic (PV) is expected to emerge as the predominant source, accounting for more than half of the region’s power supply by the middle of the ...
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US consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in May for the first time in four months as views about business conditions and the labor market were less negative. The Conference ...
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Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said the US central bank’s policy stance is restrictive, but policymakers haven’t entirely ruled out additional ...
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President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that there would be "serious consequences" if Western countries allowed Ukraine to use their weapons to strike targets in Russia, as sought ...
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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® rose in May to 102.0 (1985=100) from 97.5 in April (a slight upward revision). The Present Situation Index—based on consumers' ...
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China’s economy is projected to grow by 5 percent in 2024 and 4.5 percent in 2025. These reflect upward revisions of 0.4 percentage points for both years compared to the April WEO ...
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On May 1st, we saw USD/JPY plunge nearly 500 pips from its daily high in what is thought to have been the second intervention from the MOF. While one could argue this goes against fundamentals and that it is futile for a central bank to fight them, it can also be said that their objective was achieved: to slow the decline of the yen. However, this doesn't ...
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video Key support for natural gas remains around the 200-Day MA at 2.46. It has been bouncing from that price area following a pullback low of 2.475. Given the sharp 92% advance that culminated with last week’s high of 2.92, natural gas is due for a period of retracement and consolidation. It looks like it has started. If correct, the advance off the area ...
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RoboMarkets: upcoming changes to the trading schedule (the Memorial Day in the US and the Late May Spring Bank Holiday in the UK)22.05.2024 / 08:00Dear Clients and Partners, Please note the upcoming adjustments to the trading schedule. Holiday: the Memorial Day in the US and the Late May Spring Bank Holiday in the UK Dates: 27/05/2024 - 28/05/2024 This ...