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Bloomberg Liquefied natural gas buyers in China are seeking to swap their US shipments for cargoes from other nations after Beijing pledged to raise tariffs amid a deepening trade dispute, according to traders with knowledge of the situation. Some Chinese LNG buyers have approached suppliers about trading the US cargoes, which they’ve already committed to buy, for shipments from non-tariff …

Bloomberg QEP Resources Inc has attracted takeover interest from private equity giant Blackstone Group LP, as well as drillers Whiting Petroleum Corp and Callon Petroleum Co, according to people familiar with the matter. The Denver-based natural gas and oil explorer and producer said in February that it would explore a sale after activist investor Elliott Management Corp. made a $2 …

Bloomberg Big oil is shifting, ever so slightly, towards the electric car business. Chevron Corp. is offering electric car charging ports at a handful of gasoline stations in its home state of California, according to a statement. The fast-charging spots, located at five stations in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas, are being installed by EVgo, which has …

Bloomberg Tesla Inc. is planning to cut the price of its solar panels, and the chief of rival Sunrun Inc. isn’t worried. In fact, Sunrun Chief Executive Officer Lynn Jurich said she thinks it’s great that Tesla gets so much attention. “More attention really raises the boat for everybody,” she said on a call with analysts. “Having Tesla out there …

Bloomberg Eni SpA’s plan to offset emissions from its oil and gas operations will focus on working with African communities to prevent deforestation. The project is part of the Italian energy giant’s goal of removing the equivalent of 20 million tons a year of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2030. On top of efforts to improve operational efficiency and …

Bloomberg TransCanada Corp. posted first-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates, giving the pipeline company momentum as it enters a period that’s likely to feature key legal decisions on some of its major projects. TransCanada is benefiting from increased energy production and a shortage of pipeline capacity that’s keeping its Keystone oil pipeline system and Columbia natural gas system running at …

Bloomberg Almost 15 months into the job, and the boss of South Africa’s state-owned electricity company is getting to grips with issues spanning corruption to defective power plants that threatened to collapse the grid. “The days of surprises are over,” Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. CEO Phakamani Hadebe said in an interview. “We just have to speed up the process of …

Bloomberg Crescent Point Energy Corp., the Canadian oil driller that fended off an activist investor last year, wrote down the value of its assets by C$2.73 billion ($2 billion) and is putting more holdings on the block as its new chief executive officer targets core operations. The after-tax writedown reflects the fair value of its assets, many of which were …

Bloomberg Despite sitting on top of the world’s largest crude reserves, the reach of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company is receding. In the 1980s Petroleos de Venezuela SA started an international expansion with the objective of finding new outlets for its growing oil production. The company bought Citgo Petroleum Corp. in the US, leased the Isla refinery in Curacao, bought a …

Bloomberg Libya’s biggest oil field resumed production. Sharara resumed production and is expected to reach 80,000 barrels in one day, according to people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified because they aren’t authorized to speak to the media. Regular output will be fully restored in the coming days, now that the site has been re-secured …