Oil and Gas

Oil stares at a bleak future as China’s economy sputters. The good news: A market ‘bust’ is unlikely
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Oil stares at a bleak future as China’s economy sputters. The good news: A market ‘bust’ is unlikely

The RN-Tuapsinsky refinery operated by Rosneft Oil Co. in Tuapse, Russia. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — As the world’s oil traders and analysts gathered at the annual Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore last week, the slump in oil and where it was headed was foremost in everybody’s mind. China, the […]

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Bill Gates-backed startup says a global gold rush for buried hydrogen is picking up momentum
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Bill Gates-backed startup says a global gold rush for buried hydrogen is picking up momentum

The team from the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) took samples of natural hydrogen gas found in One Pute Jaya Village, Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, 23 October 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Koloma, a U.S.-based clean fuel startup backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, says it […]

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Investors are ‘dramatically overestimating’ an oil glut, Carlyle’s Jeff Currie says
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Investors are ‘dramatically overestimating’ an oil glut, Carlyle’s Jeff Currie says

An oil pump jack is shown in a field on June 27, 2024 in Stanton, Texas.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Global markets are severely overplaying an oil supply glut, said Jeff Currie, chief strategy officer of energy pathways at private equity giant Carlyle. Concerns about a supply glut […]

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Many ‘doubted the vision’: Saudi investment minister touts ‘green shoring’ on path to diversification
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Many ‘doubted the vision’: Saudi investment minister touts ‘green shoring’ on path to diversification

Khalid Al-Falih, Saudi Arabia’s investment minister, during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Saudi Minister of Investment Khalid al-Falih pushed back against skepticism over the country’s economic diversification plan, as Riyadh touts “green shoring” investment opportunities to woo foreign financing. “There was many […]

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OPEC+ members delay plans to hike production by two months after oil price slump
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OPEC+ members delay plans to hike production by two months after oil price slump

A general view of signage at the headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Feb. 29, 2024 in Vienna, Austria. Thomas Kronsteiner | Getty Images News | Getty Images Members of the OPEC+ oil alliance have delayed plans to hike production by a scheduled 180,000 barrels per day in October, as […]

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Saudi Arabia’s fiscal breakeven oil price is rising fast. What will the kingdom do about it?
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Saudi Arabia’s fiscal breakeven oil price is rising fast. What will the kingdom do about it?

An offshore drilling platform stands in shallow waters at the Manifa offshore oilfield, operated by Saudi Aramco, in Manifa, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Saudi Arabia has a superpower. Not only is it the largest exporter of crude oil in the world; its production costs for […]

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CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia sinks and data’s weak, but hold on
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CNBC Daily Open: Nvidia sinks and data’s weak, but hold on

The Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.  Loren Elliott | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? […]

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Oil prices extend slump on likely restoration of Libyan production, OPEC+ plans to raise output
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Oil prices extend slump on likely restoration of Libyan production, OPEC+ plans to raise output

Oil pumpjacks operate as the Lake Fire burns in Los Padres National Forest with evacuation warnings in the area on July 6, 2024 near Los Olivos, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images Oil prices extended declines during Asia trading hours, after a report that Libya’s oil production was set to be restored pressured prices overnight. […]

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U.S. military says Yemen’s Houthis attacked two crude oil tankers in Red Sea
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U.S. military says Yemen’s Houthis attacked two crude oil tankers in Red Sea

Tankers located in the waters near Ceuta, Spain are transferring crude oil from Russia to reach the Asian markets in spite of Western sanctions. Europa Press News | Europa Press | Getty Images Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked two crude oil tankers — the Saudi-flagged Amjad and the Panama-flagged Blue Lagoon I — in the Red Sea on Monday, the U.S. military said, calling the assaults “reckless […]

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Libya’s power divisions could once more fracture its oil output – as markets question for how long
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Libya’s power divisions could once more fracture its oil output – as markets question for how long

Crude oil leaks from an oil pumping jack in an oil field in Russia. Bloomberg Creative | Bloomberg Creative Photos | Getty Images A political standoff in Libya risks once more paralyzing the north African country’s lucrative oil sector — but the frequency of its power tussles and crude disruptions have called long-term oil price […]

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