Oil & Gas

Trump Signs Order to Protect Big Oil From State Emissions Fines

Oil executives had identified efforts by New York and other states to penalize the industry for its greenhouse gas emissions and contributions to climate change as a top concern during a meeting with the president at the White House last month, according to people familiar with the matter. It’s an example of how the industry is getting much of what it wants from the administration, even as Trump’s global tariffs have triggered a sharp drop in crude prices over the past week.

EU States Set to Back More Flexibility for Filling Gas Storage

Ambassadors from the bloc’s 27 member states will meet in Brussels on Friday to sign off on a joint push for a 10 percentage-point deviation until 2027 from rules that require tanks to be 90 percent full by winter. If their position is agreed soon with the European Parliament in upcoming talks, the new regulations could come into effect before the next heating season.

Oil Prices Surge as Trump Pauses Tariffs

World markets soared on Thursday, with Japan’s benchmark jumping more than 9%, as investors welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision to put his sharp tariff hikes on hold for 90 days, though he excluded China from the reprieve.In early trading, Germany’s DAX initially gained 5.6% to 20,776.76, while France’s CAC 40 in Paris gained 5.4% […]

Shell Starts Production at Dover in US Gulf

Shell PLC has put onstream a second tieback to the Appomattox production hub in the Gulf of America.

Dover, discovered 2018 in the deepwater Norphlet play, contributes 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boed) at peak, according to a statement Tuesday on the British energy giant’s United States website. Shell owns 100 percent of Dover through Shell Offshore Inc.

Oil price shock may be short lived, Canada energy chiefs say

The plunge in oil prices over the past week was more severe than the market’s dynamics justify, and the drop may be short-lived, according to Canadian energy executives gathered in Toronto.
Leaders of oil and gas producers as well as pipeline companies characterized the sudden decline — sparked by US President Donald Trump’s global tariffs and OPEC’s surprise decision to revive output more quickly than expected — as more of a shock reaction than a reflection of actual supply-and-demand imbalances.