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Where will Trump and China drive products in 2025?: Russell

Donald Trump's. go back to the U.S. presidency and China's spluttering economy. will form global commodity markets in 2025. Without any foreseeable mould for how this will work, the just. certainties will likely be volatility and many elements. operating in opposing instructions. Making forecasts about rates for significant products such. as crude oil, melted gas, iron ore, coal and metals. like copper will therefore be more fraught than typical in 2025. For example, consider Trump's signature project pledge:. tariffs. The president-elect's range of threatened tariffs,. including approximately 60% on China and 20% on all other countries, could. hinder global financial...

Oil & Gas

Chevron to pay Woodside $400 mln in stake swap deal for energy tasks

Australia's Woodside Energy said on Thursday it had gotten in into a deal with Chevron to exchange stakes in a number of energy tasks, with the U.S. oil and gas giant making a money payment of up to $400 million to Woodside. Under the regards to the deal, Woodside will acquire Chevron's 16.67% stake in the North West Rack (NWS) Task, the NWS Oil Project and its 20% stake in the Angel Carbon Capture and Storage Job, all located in Western Australia. On the other hand, Woodside will transfer its 13% non-operated interest in the Wheatstone and its 65% operated...

Energy Markets

Trump states anyone investing $1 billion in US will get expedited licenses

U.S. Presidentelect Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that anyone or business investing at least $1 billion into the U.S. will get fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no chance limited to, all Ecological approvals. The declaration, posted on his social networks platform Reality Social, did not provide additional details. Trump's shift group is working on a plan to present within days of his taking workplace on Jan. 20 to approve export authorizations for liquefied natural gas tasks and to increase oil drilling on federal lands and off the U.S.coast, sources familiar have said. It was not immediately clear...

Energy Markets

Devon Energy CEO Rick Muncrief to retire, expert Gaspar to take helm

Devon Energy said on Monday that CEO Rick Muncrief, a U.S. shale industry veteran, will step down effective March 1, and will hand over the reins to Chief Running Officer Clay Gaspar. Muncrief, 66, was named CEO in January 2021 following the business's merger with rival WPX Energy. The oil and gas producer's shares rose partially in early trading. Its shares have gained nearly 90% considering that the $2.56 billion WPX merger was finished in early 2021. However, the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund, the largest U.S. energy exchange-traded fund, has more than doubled in worth throughout the very same...

Natural Gas

Biden administration anticipates to provide LNG study by mid-December, official states

The U.S. strategies to provide a. research study on the ecological and economic results of liquefied. natural gas exports by the middle of this month, a Department of. Energy authorities said on Wednesday. We anticipate to launch the final research study ... by mid-December. for a 60-day public remark duration, Brad Crabtree, an assistant. secretary at the DOE, informed legislators at a Home of. Representatives hearing. The administration of Democratic President Joe Biden put a. pause in January on approvals of new LNG exports to countries. with which the U.S. does not have an open market agreement, in. order to...

Renewable Energy

Biden presses out over $100 billion in clean energy grants as term winds down

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants developed by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, a senior administration official said. The administration hopes the spending turning point will help to continue the release of clean energy even after President-elect Donald Trump, an environment change skeptic who has vowed to rescind all unspent individual retirement account funds, takes workplace. When funds are obliged, they are safeguarded, the authorities told Reuters. They are subject to the regards to the contract, so when those contracts are signed and carried out, this becomes a. matter of contract...

Power Markets

US energies boosting capex strategies to meet demand from power-guzzling sectors

Major U.S. energies are anticipated to spend greatly on updating their electrical lines and grids over the next 5 years to deal with powerhungry sectors, although professionals fret that their plans to raise rates greatly to balance out greater expenses might face regulatory hurdles. In the previous couple of weeks, about nine energies had actually raised their capital investment anticipated by 22% typically for the three years starting in 2025, as they anticipate insatiable demand from AI-focused information centers and battery-powered electric cars. A Reuters analysis revealed that four of these energies had raised their capital spending by record levels....

Coal

How AI and cloud computing might delay the shift to clean energy

A spike in electrical power demand from the world's big data companies is raising a distressing possibility for the world's climate: a. nearterm surge in fossilfuel use. Energies, power regulators and scientists in a half-dozen. nations told Reuters the unexpected development in power need. driven by the increase of expert system and cloud. computing is being met in the near-term by fossil fuels like. natural gas, and even coal, due to the fact that the pace of clean-energy. releases is moving too slowly to maintain. In the United States, home to a third of world data centers,. energies are adding...

Refined Products

US LNG feedgas on track for 10-month high as flows rise to Louisiana Plaquemines plant

The amount of gas streaming to the 7 big operating U.S. melted gas (LNG) export plants was on track to rise to a 10month high on Wednesday, according to data from monetary company LSEG. Feedgas was up in part as flows to Venture Global LNG's. Plaquemines plant in Louisiana were on track to increase to a record. high for a 2nd day in a row on Wednesday as the company tests. devices at the plant. Plaquemines will be the country's 8th big LNG export. plant once it starts producing LNG, which experts have stated. could happen any day now. LNG...

Power Markets

United States grid operator deals with new problem over power supply auction

A consumer advocacy group has launched a problem versus PJM Affiliation, saying the biggest U.S. grid operator is unfairly awarding record high payments to power plants and rising electricity expenses for homes and services. The filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday is the second recent grievance over PJM Affiliation's. 2025-2026 capacity market auction, which set rates for power. generators that were more than 800% greater than the previous. year. Following the outcomes, PJM leaders said the all-time high. prices were mainly triggered by ballooning power demand and. diminishing supply as fossil-fired power generators retire. These clearing price...

Energy Markets

US natgas output to decline as need hits record high in 2024, EIA says

U.S. natural gas production will decline in 2024 while demand will increase to a record high, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its Short-term Energy Outlook on Wednesday. The EIA predicted dry gas production will alleviate from a record 103.8 billion cubic feet each day in 2023 to 103.3 bcfd in 2024 as several producers decrease drilling activities this year after average monthly spot gas rates at the Henry Center benchmark was up to a 32-year low in March. In 2025, EIA projected output would rise to 104.5 bcfd. The agency also predicted domestic gas intake would increase from...

Oil & Gas Drilling

Oil need to be up to 80-100 million bpd by 2035, says BP's US chief financial expert

Worldwide oil need will fall to around 80 million to 100 million barrels per day by 2035 in a. netzero environment, BP's primary U.S. financial expert informed an. energy conference in Dallas on Wednesday. Petroleum need has to do with 102 million barrels of oil daily. now, and the forecast assumes renewables and more efficient. automobile increase over that period. But BP's Michael Cohen. said the world will need continued financial investment in fossil fuels to. make sure an organized shift to cleaner energy. Non-OPEC oil supply development will exceed need growth over. the next several years, restricting the ability...

Europe

Natural Gas

Poland's Orlen prepares to invest 380 billion zlotys by 2035

Poland's oil refiner and gas retailer Orlen aims to invest 380 billion zlotys ($ 91.5 billion) by 2035, it said on Thursday as it revealed its new method. That compares to 320 billion zlotys of investments over an eight-year duration envisaged in the 2022 strategy. Orlen said its ensured dividend payment in 2025 would increase from 4.30 zlotys to 4.50 zlotys per share, while upholding its policy for a yearly increase of 0.15 zlotys per share thereafter. The business will also have the versatility to advise higher dividend payments of as much as 25% of annual operating money flows, net...

Power Markets

German gas imports drop 11% in 2024, more green power plants built

German gas imports fell by 11%. in 2024 compared to the year before, with Norway the biggest. supplier, while exports more than halved, the country's network. regulator stated on Wednesday. According to initial figures from the Bundesnetzagentur,. German gas imports fell to 865 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 from. 968 TWh in 2023. Norway, with 48% of shipments, was followed by the. Netherlands at 25% and Belgium at 18%, it stated. Exports from Germany, meanwhile, dropped to 89 TWh in 2024. from 187 TWh the year before, with the Netherlands, the Czech. Republic and Austria among its most important consumers....

Natural Gas

EUROPE GAS-Prices constant as technical support offsets moderate weather, constant supply

Dutch and British wholesale gas prices firmed somewhat on Tuesday around technical support, after hitting near sixweek lows the previous day on milder weather forecasts that must limit need and consistent gas flows. The benchmark front-month contract at the Dutch TTF center was up 0.49 euro at 40.45 euros per megawatt hour ( MWh), or $12.43/ mmbtu, by 0944 GMT. On Monday, it was up to 39.10 euro/MWh intraday, its most affordable level considering that Nov. 6. In Britain the front-month contract firmed by 0.48 pence to 100.63 p/therm, while the day-ahead contract rose 0.95 pence to 98.00 p/therm. Monday's...

Western Europe

North Asia

Crude Oil

Russia's crude oil and LNG shipments to Asia slip a little in 2024: Russell

Asia's imports of Russian petroleum and melted natural gas are set to log little decreases this year and while coal had a larger drop, there's little evidence that Western sanctions are working well. Russia has actually come to depend on Asia, the world's biggest buyer of energy commodities, to soak up cargoes that are no longer able to be offered to buyers in Europe and elsewhere as an outcome of sanctions positioned against Moscow in the wake of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. China and India emerged as major purchasers of Russian crude, coal and LNG after the intrusion,...

Energy Markets

Russia's crude oil and LNG shipments to Asia slip a little in 2024: Russell

Asia's imports of Russian crude oil and melted natural gas are set to log little declines this year and while coal had a bigger drop, there's little evidence that Western sanctions are working well. Russia has concerned depend on Asia, the world's most significant purchaser of energy products, to absorb freights that are no longer able to be sold to buyers in Europe and elsewhere as an outcome of sanctions put against Moscow in the wake of the February 2022 intrusion of Ukraine. China and India became significant buyers of Russian crude, coal and LNG after the invasion, taking freights...

Energy Markets

Russia's Putin authorizes no-disclosure waiver for Novatek, Surgut

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday allowing Novatek and its melted natural gas units, along with oil firm Surgutneftegaz, to restrict public disclosure about their services. Russia began keeping some information shortly after its soldiers got in Ukraine in February 2022. Certain oil and gas stats and federal spending plan details are hidden, while banks were purchased to restrict disclosures as Moscow looks for to limit its exposure to Western sanctions. Under Russian stock exchange guidelines, noted companies are generally needed to disclose their financial outcomes, details of big offers and other considerable information. Putin included the...

Natural Gas

Gazprom CEO paints bleak future for Europe without Russian gas

The CEO of the Kremlin-controlled energy giant Gazprom stated on Thursday that Europe was harming its own commercial sector by artificially damaging demand for gas, as Russian gas exports to the area have shrivelled. Alexei Miller stated there might be gas cost shocks and supply interruption ahead, informing a conference that production was declining greatly in some European market sectors badly affected by gas price volatility. He offered no particular examples. Russian gas supplies to Europe fell sharply after Moscow sent its militaries into Ukraine in February 2022, and much of the deficiency was used up by providers from the...

Oil Refineries

Russia considers diesel export restriction for non-producers, Interfax reports

Russian oil companies have held talks with the federal government on whether companies that do not produce diesel must be banned from exporting it due to the fact that of concern the refiners might be losing aids, Interfax news company reported on Tuesday. Russia is the world's greatest seaborne exporter of diesel, just ahead of the United States, and diesel represents the biggest share of its oil item exports. It enforced a temporary restriction on diesel exports last year and media reports have emerged Russia is considering another ban to try to consist of increasing domestic prices. Interfax, pointing out...

Environment

EUROPE GAS-Prices down on weak demand, higher wind output

Dutch and British wholesale prices were mainly lower on Monday morning on weak need and higher wind generation however with tensions in the Middle East still a danger. The benchmark front-month agreement at the Dutch TTF hub were down 0.63 euro at 40.20 euros per megawatt hour ( MWh) by 0838 GMT, while the December agreement was 0.23 euro lower at 41.10 euros/MWh, LSEG information revealed. The British day-ahead price was 0.30 pence lower at 97.50 pence per therm. Regional circulation zone need in north-west Europe has reduced due to typical temperatures anticipated to be up by 1.43 degrees Celsius...

Energy Markets

EU to send 160 million euros from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

The amount of 160 million euros from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets will be allocated to meet Ukraine's immediate humanitarian needs for this winter, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday. Russia has knocked out about 9 gigawatts (GW) of Ukraine's. energy infrastructure, which von der Leyen stated was the power. equivalent of the three Baltic states. On top of the money injection, the EU will aid with repair work. and additional exports. The International Energy Agency stated on. Thursday that Ukraine might face a shortfall of 6 GW this winter. as peak electricity demand boosts....

Fossil Fuels

Equinor Q2 profit down, however beats forecast

Equinor's. secondquarter profits decreased by 4% year on year as natural. gas prices fell, the energy company reported on Wednesday,. although the outcomes still surpassed experts' expectations. The Norwegian oil and gas manufacturer's adjusted revenues. before tax for April-June relieved to $7.48 billion from $7.80. billion a year earlier, beating the $6.96 billion forecasted in a. poll of 22 analysts assembled by Equinor. Our operational performance continued to be strong through. the quarter, CEO Anders Opedal said in a statement. Compared to the very same quarter in 2015, the understood. European piped gas rate reduced due to moderate temperatures and....

Energy Markets

Plan for tariff on Brazil ammonium nitrate stirs debate

A proposal to present a tariff on ammonium nitrate imports has actually pitted chemical market lobby Abiquim versus regional fertilizer mixers and powerful food manufacturers that prefer foreign supplies. The request by Abiquim, still pending before the advancement and trade ministry, highlights wider ramifications of Western sanctions on Russia, which the lobby says ended up boosting exporters in Asia by providing cheap access to gas used as feedstock and fuel to make crop nutrients. Critics of the levy on ammonium nitrate, which is likewise used in explosives, state the tariff would penalize about 90% of domestic intake as Brazil relies...

Natural Gas Liquids

Putin says Russia is eager to partner with Vietnam in energy and security

Russian President Vladimir Putin said throughout a see to Vietnam on Thursday that Russia was keen to partner with the southeast Asian nation in energy and security. Russia, a significant energy, natural deposits and nuclear power, rotated to Asia after the West enforced sanctions on Moscow for the conflict in Ukraine. A day after signing a shared defence arrangement with North Korea, Putin said that Moscow and Hanoi were interested in building what he called a trustworthy security architecture in the Asia-Pacific area. We will also increase the performance of cooperation on these projects in the energy and gas sectors...

Energy Markets

EU to enforce tariffs on Ukrainian eggs in import curbs

The European Commission will introduce tariffs on Ukrainian egg imports into the European Union within the next 2 weeks after a formerly concurred annual threshold for those imports has been reached, a. spokesperson stated on Wednesday. The EU has actually set limits for specific agricultural imports from. Ukraine after free-trade access, approved to help the country's. economy following Russia's invasion in 2022, outraged farmers in. the EU and contributed to a wave of rural protests this year. The commission, the EU's executive arm, revealed on Tuesday. that it would present tariffs on oat imports from Ukraine. after the volume ceiling...

LNG

Russia's LNG industry and a possible EU restriction on re-exports

The European Union is thinking about imposing a restriction on reexporting Russian liquefied gas ( LNG) through EU ports, saying it would assist to minimize Moscow's. earnings. Gas market experts state the procedure would have little effect. as Europe is still buying Russian gas itself and trans-shipments. via EU ports to Asia represent just around 10% of total Russian. LNG exports. EU diplomats say the re-export restriction belongs to a 14th bundle. of Russian sanctions and could be agreed on Friday. Below are realities about Russian LNG exports: RUSSIAN LNG EXPORTS Russia is the world's fourth-largest LNG producer with. yearly...