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India's GAIL beats Q2 revenue view on natgas marketing increase

Gas distributor GAIL (India). published a biggerthanexpected quarterly revenue on Tuesday,. helped by strength in its gas marketing company. India's top natural gas supplier by market share said its. net revenue after tax rose 11% to 26.72 billion rupees ($ 317.8. million) for the September quarter. Experts, usually,. expected earnings of 25.99 billion rupees, according to information. assembled by LSEG. Experts expected GAIL to take advantage of a strong boost in. gas transmission and trading volumes in the middle of total lower domestic. gas prices. GAIL provides about 52% of the gas offered in the. nation and mainly serves the...

Crude Oil

Europe's October LNG imports show rare increase, Asia's dip: Russell

Europe's. imports of liquefied natural gas increased in October for the first. month in 10 while those in Asia dropped for the first time given that. June, however not by enough to stop the combined total from. increasing. The rise in Europe's imports and the decline in Asia's is a. reversal of the recent pattern, but the shift in October is not. enough to change the year-to-date image of a soft Europe and a. strong Asia. The October numbers are more likely an indication that European. purchasers made the most of current consistent costs to top up natural. gas inventories...

Natural Gas

United States October LNG exports climb up 4% from September

U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas in October increased to the third greatest level this year as cooler weather, one extra day of shipments and no major blackouts boosted output, data from monetary firm LSEG showed. Output struck almost 7.56 million metric tons (MT) in October, up 4% from September's 7.26 MT. September's exports were hurt by the closure of Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Cove Point for fall maintenance. The U.S. shale gas transformation has made the nation the world's largest exporter of LNG, generating 10s of billions of dollars in yearly trade. Plants originally created to import LNG have actually...

Oil Refineries

Exxon's $8.6 billion revenue beats as volume offsets price weakness

Exxon Mobil on Friday beat Wall Street's 3rd quarter earnings estimate, increased by strong oil output in its first full quarter that includes volumes from U.S. shale manufacturer Pioneer Natural Resources. Oil market revenues have been squeezed this year by slowing demand and weak margins on fuel and diesel. But Exxon's year-over-year profit fell 5%, a much smaller drop than at competitors BP and TotalEnergies, which posted sharply lower quarterly results. The U.S. oil producer reported earnings of $8.61 billion, down from $9.07 billion a year earlier. Its $1.92 per share earnings topped Wall Street's outlook of $1.88 per share,...

Natural Gas

United States oil output hits regular monthly record high in August, EIA says

U.S. oil production increased 1.5% in August to a regular monthly record high of 13.4 million barrels per day ( bpd), the U.S. Energy Details Administration (EIA) stated in its month-to-month oil and natural gas production report. That tops the prior record high of 13.31 million bpd in December 2023, the information showed. In top oil-producing states, output in Texas rose 1.7% in August to a record 5.82 million bpd, while in New Mexico output increased 2.8% to a record 2.09 million bpd. That compares with previous record highs of 5.76 million bpd in June in Texas and 2.04 million...

Fossil Fuels

Canadian Natural Resources to drill fewer natgas wells as rates decrease

Canadian Natural Resources, the country's largest oil and gas manufacturer, said on Thursday it would drill less dry natural gas well this year than originally prepared due to the decline in costs. The country's natgas costs slumped to their most affordable in more than two years in the July-September quarter as storage levels in Alberta reached complete capability due to weak demand throughout North America. Months of subdued costs had actually already prompted a variety of significant manufacturers, including Canadian Natural, to shut in or delay finishing natgas wells. In August, Canadian Natural said it would delay completing some new...

Oil & Gas Exploration

EQT sees information centers and coal retirements driving gas demand

EQT Corp predicted information centers and coal plant decommissioning might increase natural gas need by up to 10 billion cubic feet daily by 2030, the Appalachian basin-based natural gas producer said on a post-earnings conference call on Wednesday. Shares of the business were up more than 2% in afternoon trading, buoyed by an uptick in crude prices. This demand will be regional, with majority likely to come from the Southeast in the PJM markets, EQT's CFO Jeremy Knop said. PJM Affiliation, the biggest U.S. electrical grid operator, covers parts of 13 states, including Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and West Virginia. ( As)...

Energy Markets

Energy firm Exelon's revenue beats quotes on higher electrical energy rates

Utility company Exelon beat Wall Street estimates for thirdquarter revenue on Wednesday, helped by greater electricity rates. U.S. electrical utilities have actually been seeking to raise customer power costs in 2024 to fund facilities upgrades as the nation's grid deals with severe weather occasions and increasing demand from industry electrification and data center growth. Energies are poised to take advantage of a surge in demand for power, driven mostly by the artificial intelligence innovation and information centers and as homes and organizations use more electrical power for heating and transport. Exelon has determined more than 11 gigawatts of potential data-center...

Oil & Gas Refining

PetroChina's Q3 profit down 5.3% on fuel sales decrease, lower oil prices

Asia's biggest oil and gas manufacturer PetroChina Co Ltd reported a 5.3% yearonyear decline in thirdquarter net revenue as weaker fuel sales and lower oil rates exceeded growing gas and oil output. Net revenue was up to 43.91 billion yuan ($ 6.15 billion), the business said in a stock filing on Tuesday. Revenue fell 12.4% to 702.4 billion yuan. PetroChina's net profit stayed the highest amongst domestic peers. Offshore oil and gas manufacturer CNOOC Ltd posted record quarterly revenues of 36.93 billion yuan while top Asian refiner Sinopec Corp's halved to 8.5 billion yuan in the exact same three-month duration....

Energy Markets

Ecuador lawmakers approve bill to increase private energy investment

Ecuador's nationwide assembly on Sunday approved a costs proposed by President Daniel Noboa that looks for to expand direct private financial investment in the electricity sector as the nation faces a severe energy crisis with power blackouts of up to 14 hours a day. The expense looked for to permit private investment in projects creating approximately 100 megawatts, from the current allowance of 10. The legislation won consentaneous backing from the legislature's. 120 legislators, although some opposition members mentioned that. the step will not immediately solve the getting worse crisis. The costs is Noboa's second this year aimed at boosting....

Natural Gas Utilities

Italgas posts third-quarter core revenue up 10.9% ahead of 2i Rete Gas acquisition

Europe's most significant gas distributor Italgas on Thursday reported 10.9% growth in thirdquarter adjusted core revenues, pointing out greater gas distribution turnover and cost cuts, as it prepares to gain the take advantage of its combination efforts. Changed incomes before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) were 1.01 billion euros ($ 1.09 billion),. with gas circulation revenue up 11.5% at 1.21 billion euros. The group, which has concurred this month to purchase smaller rival. 2i Rete Gas in a 5.3 billion euro deal, intends to release a rights. concern of 1 billion euros to fund the acquisition. The Strategic Plan...

Energy Markets

India's Adani Overall Gas posts larger Q2 profit on consistent CNG need

India's Adani Total Gas published a larger revenue for the seventh straight quarter on Thursday, assisted by greater sales of its compressed natural gas ( CNG) in the middle of the federal government's push for broader usage of gasbased lorries. The company, part of the ports-to-power Adani conglomerate, stated its consolidated profit grew 7.5% to 1.87 billion rupees ($ 22.24 million) in the 3 months ended Sept. 30. The demand for CNG in India is climbing as the federal government looks for to cut vehicular pollution and make cleaner-burning energy more accessible. It is targeting setting up of 20,000 CNG...

Environment

Environment

Climate activists spray-paint United States embassy in London after Trump election win

British authorities apprehended 2 guys after environmental activists sprayed orange paint on an area of the U.S. embassy building in south London on Wednesday to object versus Donald Trump's success in the presidential election. 2 campaigners from Simply Stop Oil sprayed the embassy's. compound wall with orange paint, a video posted by the group on. X revealed. Trump's win puts the lives of regular people at threat,. all over, Simply Stop Oil stated. London's Metropolitan Cops detained 2 guys, aged 25 and. 72, on suspicion of criminal damage, the force stated. This activity is vandalism professing as protest and we....

Environment

How Trump's second administration impacts business: Musk, tariffs and more

Donald Trump's return to the White Home after winning the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election may improve American company. Much depends on whom he appoints as deputies and cabinet members, consisting of the function of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and what tariffs he enacts. Following are some significant issues and sectors to see: WHAT FUNCTION WILL ELON MUSK PLAY? After some nudging from the world's wealthiest person, Trump has stated he would tap Tesla CEO Elon Musk to lead a new government performance commission. Musk has stated at least $2 trillion might be cut from the $6.75 trillion federal budget...

Climate Change

Deadlock over environment financing is undermining Paris contract, Singapore minister says

Efforts by the United States and others to encourage more nations to contribute to a. new global environment funding effort risks undermining the. Paris contract, Singapore's Environment Minister Grace Fu informed. Reuters on Wednesday. Almost 200 countries will gather in Baku, Azerbaijan for COP29. environment talks on Monday to thrash out the details of an offer. known as the New Collective Measured Objective, designed to provide. billions of dollars of climate finance to the regions that need. it the most. However the United States, Europe and others will just commit to. the fund if the list of nations adding to...

LNG

Pollution

Pollution

Kremlin aide says Germany automobile industry plight reveals green shift risks

Russian industry may suffer the fate of automobile makers in Germany, which have actually shed tens of thousands of tasks, if it moves too fast to change fossil fuels, a Kremlin advisor said on Wednesday. The Russian Federation supports a steady transition, a. steady transformation, so as to avoid shock situations on the. energy markets, industrial markets, Kremlin environment envoy. Ruslan Edelgeriyev informed a conference in Sochi, southern Russia. Overlooked aspirations harmed Germany's vehicle industry,. he said, speaking five days before the next U.N. climate change. conference begins in Baku, Azerbaijan. Russia is the world's biggest exporter of natural gas...

Pollution

Pakistan's Punjab establishes 'smog war room' to fight dangerous air, shuts schools

Pakistan's province of Punjab set up a smog war space to take on extreme contamination, authorities stated, as bad air quality turned its capital of Lahore into the world's most polluted city and required the closure of some educational institutions. Live rankings by Swiss group IQAir offered Lahore a pollution index score of 1165, followed by the Indian capital of New Delhi, with 299. The war room committee will examine weather and air quality projections ... daily and monitor the performance and actions of field officers, said Sajid Bashir, a spokesperson for the province's environment department. Officials informed Reuters it...

Pollution

What Trump 2.0 would mean for trade, migrants, climate modification and electric cars and trucks

A Donald Trump governmental election success would have substantial implications for U.S. trade policy, climate change, the war in Ukraine, electric lorries, Americans' taxes and prohibited migration. While a few of his proposals would need congressional approval, here is a summary of the policies he has actually stated he would pursue in his 2nd four-year term in workplace: MORE TARIFFS Trump has drifted the concept of a 10% or more tariff on all items imported into the U.S., a move he says would get rid of the trade deficit. However critics say it would lead to higher prices for American...

Pollution

How is Lahore, the world's most contaminated city, battling hazardous air?

Hazardous smog has shrouded Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore for days as rising pollution spurs authorities to curb activities and established a panel to manage preventive efforts. Here is a take a look at what triggers the hazardous air, and how the federal government is tackling it. WHERE IS LAHORE? The capital of Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab, Lahore is simply 25 km (16 miles) from the border with India, and is thought about the cultural capital of the country. Pakistan's second-largest city after the southern port city of Karachi has a population of about 13 million, and is...

Pollution

Pakistan's Punjab establishes 'smog war room' to fight harmful air

Pakistan's Punjab established a. smog war space to tackle extreme contamination, authorities stated, as. bad air quality in Lahore pressed the capital of the eastern. province to the top of the rankings as the world's most contaminated. city. Live rankings by Swiss group IQAir offered the city a contamination. index rating of 1165, followed by the Indian capital of New. Delhi, with 299. The war space committee will evaluate weather and air quality. forecasts ... daily and monitor the efficiency and actions of. field officers, said Sajid Bashir, a representative for the. province's environment department. Officials informed Reuters it unites...

Pollution

Brazil continues top-level talks on spending control steps

Brazil's government continued top-level discussions on Tuesday towards the statement of expected spending control steps seen as essential for sustaining fiscal rules, though it has actually not divulged when they will be revealed. Chief of Staff Rui Costa was set up to meet the ministers of social security and social development in the afternoon to advance talks on brand-new financial procedures, according to a declaration from Costa's office. Financing Minister Fernando Haddad previously stated the measures looked for to extend the life-span of a new fiscal structure signed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2015, which pairs main...

Pollution

China wants talks on trade steps at COP29 environment summit, document shows

China has asked for that nations hold talks at next week's COP29 U.N. environment summit on carbon border taxes and other limiting trade procedures that Beijing says are injuring developing nations, according to a. file seen . The demand raises the prospect that installing trade tensions. between major economies could interrupt this year's United Nations. environment talks, which begin on Nov. 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan. China, on behalf of the fundamental country group which likewise. consists of Brazil, India and South Africa, has submitted a. proposal to the U.N. environment body (UNFCCC) to add talks on. concerns with climate-change related...

Pollution

Harmful smog wreathes India's capital as winter season nears

A toxic smog shrouded the Indian capital on Tuesday, driving air quality in some areas into the serious range ahead of winter, when cold air traps pollutants and brings a spike in breathing health problems. The mix of smoke, emissions, and dust is a yearly issue for authorities in New Delhi, with cars, building dust, and smoke from farm fires in the adjacent northern states of Punjab and Haryana among the major contributors. The outlook for the subsequent 6 days: the air quality is likely to be in the 'extremely bad' to 'severe' classification, said the earth sciences ministry. The...

Pollution

Brazil prepares to get rid of prohibited Amazon gold miners from Munduruku land

Brazilian authorities are preparing to get rid of unlawful gold miners from a Native reservation in the Amazon jungle that has been crisscrossed with informal airstrips and polluted with mercury, an authorities said. The Munduruku territory covers nearly 24,000 square km ( 9,000 square miles), about the size of the U.S. state of New Hampshire, and is home to 61 villages of Munduruku, Apiacas and other Native groups in an area understood for violent land conflicts. The Munduruku reservation has the second-most illegal mining in Brazil, according to a report seen from government company Censipam, which manages operations protecting the...

Pollution

Public funding for nature preservation stalls at COP16, eyes on private financial investment

Wealthy countries appeared to strike a limit with how much they want to pay to conserve nature around the world, instead shifting their focus at the twoweek U.N. biodiversity summit toward discussions of personal money filling the financing space. At the COP16 negotiations in Cali, Colombia, nations failed to figure out how they would activate $200 billion yearly in conservation funding by 2030, consisting of $30 billion that would come straight from rich countries. That cash, pledged two years ago as part of the landmark Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreement, is suggested to finance activities that improve nature, such as...

Pollution

Canada to reveal proposed emissions cap on oil and gas sector on Monday

Canada will on Monday reveal the information of its longawaited plan to cap emissions of greenhouse gases from the oil and gas sector, an idea which the energy industry and some provinces highly oppose. Canada said in December 2023 it desired oil and gas business to cut emissions approximately 38% from 2019 levels by 2030 by presenting a cap-and-trade system, and would unveil its draft propositions before the end of 2024. A government announcement released on Sunday stated details of the draft strategy would be released at 1 pm (1800 GMT) on Monday. The regulations would cap contamination, not production,...

Pollution

UN COP16 nature summit creates permanent body for Indigenous individuals

Countries at the U.N. COP16 top on nature on Friday authorized a step to create a. permanent body for Indigenous peoples to consult on United. Nations choices about nature conservation. The consultative body is thought about an advancement in. recognizing the function that Indigenous individuals play in conserving. nature internationally, consisting of some of the most biodiverse areas of. the world, according to Indigenous and ecological supporters. Almost 200 nations convened in the Columbian city of Cali. aiming to carry out the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global. Biodiversity Framework contract, which intends to stop the fast. decrease of nature by 2030. The...

Wind Farms

Wind Farms

Sweden Greenlights One, Rejects 13 Offshore Wind Farms

The Swedish government said on Monday it had rejected applications to build 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to defense concerns, while it had given the go ahead to one on the country's west coast.Defense Minister Pal Jonson told a press conference that building wind farms in the Baltic Sea would damage defense interests, not least by making it harder to detect and shoot down missiles using Sweden's Patriot batteries in case of a conflict.The single wind farm given the go-ahead, Poseidon on the west coast, will produce around 5.5 Twh of electricity a year, the government...

Oil & Gas

TotalEnergies’ Income Hits Three-Year Low

French oil major TotalEnergies third-quarter profit hit a three-year low of $4.1 billion on Thursday, slightly missing expectations as refining margins and upstream outages dragged down earnings.Adjusted net income was down 37% from a year earlier and 12.7% lower from the previous quarter's $4.7 billion. The result just missed analyst expectations of $4.2 billion.Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) fell 23.6% year-on-year to $10 billion.Earlier this month, TotalEnergies warned its financial results would take a hit as its margin for converting crude oil into refined fuels declined 65%.Global refining margins have dropped sharply in recent months in...

Wind Farms

RWE Secures All Permits for Construction of Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

The Danish Energy Agency has granted RWE the offshore construction permit for 1.1 GW Thor offshore wind farm, marking the final authorization ahead of construction start set for spring 2025.Good progress is already being made on land, with the laying of cables and the construction of an onshore substation in the municipality of Lemvig.At the beginning of 2025, RWE will prepare the seabed for the construction activities, which will kick off in spring when the foundations are installed.Turbine installation is scheduled to begin in 2026, RWE said.Located approximately 22 kilometres off the west coast of Jutland, Thor will consist of...