Energy

Bloomberg Iraq has asked BP Plc to cut crude production at the nation’s biggest field of Rumaila by 10% as part of a push to comply with OPEC+ quotas, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified as the matter is private. The deposit, near the southern oil hub of Basra, produces almost 1.5 ...

Bloomberg Carbon capture, the fossil-fuel industry’s favourite weapon against climate change, has never really caught on because of the cost. That may be about to change. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued crucial guidance to help developers take advantage of tax credits for the systems, and supporters say it could usher in a new era for the controversial technology. “It’s ...

Bloomberg Despite environmental concerns, California will allow PG&E Corp to use diesel-powered mobile generators to keep some electricity flowing when the utility proactively cuts power to prevent live wires from sparking fires in high wind. State regulators signed off on PG&E’s plan to use about 450 megawatts of diesel generation to power homes, businesses, hospitals and other critical facilities as ...

Bloomberg Yet another Texas terminal is preparing to export oil, even as the pandemic continues to hammer global demand for US crude. Buckeye Partners LP expects to start loading ships with oil for export in the second half of July, after receiving crude at its South Texas Gateway terminal in the Port of Corpus Christi about a month earlier than ...

Bloomberg Explorers slashed drilling in the world’s biggest shale patch for a 13th straight week as they wrangle with a global pandemic that’s crimping demand for crude and leaving many strapped for cash. The number of active drilling rigs in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico fell by 4 to 137, just 3 above a record low ...

Bloomberg A giant Glencore Plc coal project in Australia has been fast-tracked as the nation turns to its vast natural resources to lift the economy out of its first recession in almost three decades. The A$1.5 billion ($1 billion) Valeria mine in Queensland has been designated a “coordinated project”, which the state said would help to get new jobs happening ...

Bloomberg Vietnam said Exxon Mobil Corp is considering investments in the nation’s power sector, a move that would support trade with the US and open a potential new frontier for the upstream-focused oil and gas major. The Texas-based company is weighing stakes in two power plants and the gas import infrastructure to feed them, as well as in the oil ...

Bloomberg Chesapeake Energy Corp is preparing a potential bankruptcy filing that could hand control of one of the leading lights of the US shale revolution to senior lenders, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The dwindling options for a powerhouse that once rivaled Exxon Mobil Corp for title of king of American natural gas comes after CEO Doug Lawler’s ...

Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) trader, expects buying and selling of the fastest-growing fuel to recover to levels seen before the pandemic. Global LNG demand took a severe hit when nations imposed lockdowns to combat the spread of the coronavirus, impacting the fuel’s use in everything from power plants to transport and factories. ...

Bloomberg Utility giant PG&E Corp is readying an $11 billion debt-financing package that may be sold to investors as soon as next week as the company prepares to exit bankruptcy, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The financing includes $4 billion of high-yield bonds and a $750 million term loan led by JPMorgan Chase & Co, the people ...