Energy

Libya’s biggest port loading first oil tanker since clashes

  Bloomberg Libya’s biggest oil terminal is loading its first tanker since fighting between armed groups earlier this month halted shipments from two ports in the country with Africa’s largest crude reserves. The Suezmax vessel Demetrios, which can carry as much as one million barrels, is loading at the port of Es Sider for export to China, according to a ...

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Algeria backs call to extend oil output cuts

  Bloomberg Algeria’s energy minister supports extending global oil production cuts to the end of the year as the strategy is succeeding in reducing global inventories. Russia is moving ahead with its own reductions to curb a global glut. “We are making progress in balancing the market,” Algeria’s Noureddine Boutarfa told reporters Saturday as ministers are meeting in Kuwait City ...

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Oil drops for third week on US supplies

Bloomberg Crude oil had its third weekly loss in a month as OPEC and its allies prepared to meet for a review of their production cuts, while swelling US stockpiles indicated the measures aren’t working yet. Futures slipped 1.7 percent this week in New York. US crude output continued to expand along with inventories last week, data from the government ...

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Last blast of winter a respite for US gas bulls

  Bloomberg A final icy blast of winter was welcome news for US natural gas bulls. Money managers raised their net-long position in the fuel by 7.8 percent in the seven days ended March 21 to the highest level since June 2014, just as a late-season freeze sent heating demand soaring. Bears cut short bets to a six-week low, US ...

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Saudi vows to keep oil supply stable

  Dubai / Reuters OPEC members have argued for decades over whether they should monitor output or exports to gauge compliance with oil-output cuts. This month, Saudi Arabia has thrown a third metric – supply – into the debate. The move saw oil prices declining, with confused traders fearing Riyadh would pump more crude, thus complicating OPEC’s efforts to reduce ...

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China energy giant to unleash $85bn spinoff

  Bloomberg As China’s biggest oil and gas producer prepares to report what may be its worst-ever earnings, investors are focused on billions of dollars that could be unlocked by a spinoff of its massive pipeline network. PetroChina Co.’s natural gas and crude oil transportation system, stretching from the country’s remote borders with Central Asia to major coastal cities, could ...

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Saudi oil shipments to China up 5% in Feb

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia maintained its spot as China’s top oil supplier in February, two months into the first OPEC output cuts in almost a decade, with shipments up 5 percent on a daily basis from January, data showed on Thursday. China imported in February 4.77 million tonnes of crude oil from Saudi Arabia, about 1.24 million barrels per day ...

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Climate outlook better on fewer coal plants

  BEIJING / AP Led by cutbacks in China and India, construction of new coal-fired power plants is falling worldwide, improving chances climate goals can be met despite earlier pessimism, three environmental groups said on Wednesday. A joint report by the groups CoalSwarm, the Sierra Club and Greenpeace follows a warning this week by two international agencies that the world ...

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US nuclear subsidies may trigger higher power bills

  Bloomberg Expanding state aid to money-losing nuclear reactors across the eastern US may leave consumers on the hook for as much as $3.9 billion a year in higher power bills. Nuclear plant owners are seeking subsidies in Ohio, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Jersey after Exelon Corp. won state aid for reactors in Illinois and New York last year. Should ...

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‘Spray-on’ solar panels on the cards

  Bloomberg Imagine a future when solar cells can be sprayed or printed onto the windows of skyscrapers or atop sports utility vehicles — and at prices potentially far cheaper than today’s silicon-based panels. It’s not as far-fetched it seems. Solar researchers and company executives think there’s a good chance the economics of the $42 billion industry will soon be ...

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