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Germany’s new government can’t just walk away from climate protection

Energy Transition

Since 2019, Germany’s Climate Protection Act has had aimed to reduce Germany’s carbon emissions to zero by 2045. The incoming new government has to adhere to this law. Will it though? Credits: MDV Edwards, All rights reserved.

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AI-Powered Energy Forecasting: How Accurate Predictions Could Save Your Power Company

POWER Magazine

Net-demand energy forecasts are critical for competitive market participants, such as in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and similar markets, for several key reasons. For example, accurate forecasting […] The post AI-Powered Energy Forecasting: How Accurate Predictions Could Save Your Power Company appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Nuclear Fusion Race Intensifies With Chinese Breakthrough

OilPrice

China just achieved another milestone breakthrough for nuclear fusion technology, bringing the country closer to achieving its goal of commercial nuclear fusion by 2050. This week scientists announced that the nations Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), achieved a sustained temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius, shattering previous records and bringing nuclear fusion closer to reality.

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SHINES Project Will Harness Tidal, River Energy in European Region

POWER Magazine

The SHINES project, or Showcasing Hydrokinetic energy Innovations for Northwest European Energy Sovereignty, is underway, bringing together 14 partners from France, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany. Co-financed by […] The post SHINES Project Will Harness Tidal, River Energy in European Region appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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U.S. Energy Project Permitting Slows Amid Layoffs of Federal Employees

OilPrice

The mass layoffs of federal employees is leaving the process of critical energy projects permitting understaffed and slowed in various oil-producing U.S. areas, Reuters reports, quoting agency representatives and state officials. The newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, is axing the federal workforce on a mass scale.

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Toby Rice, Other CERAWeek Speakers Discuss Need for More Pipelines

Marcellus Drilling News

Multiple speakers at this week’s CERAWeek by S&P conference in Houston have predicted that demand for natural gas will continue to see record highs due to AI (artificial intelligence) and more LNG export facilities coming online. However, the speakers caution that while we have plenty of supply to meet the higher demand, we don’t have.

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Saudi Aramco, IEA Chiefs Clash In Houston Over The Future Of Oil

OilPrice

With the CERAWeek 2025 conference in Houston drawing to a close, C-Suite executives, ministers and top officials have weighed in on the trajectory of the global oil and gas sector with experts debating whether tariffs, trade, and competition will replace security, affordability, and sustainability in shaping energy markets and policy.

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Europe Faces Late-Winter Test to Its Energy System Resilience

OilPrice

The warm temperatures in Europe from earlier this week will abruptly shift to freezing conditions in the weekend and next week, testing Europes renewable power generation and low natural gas stocks. While this week most of Europe has seen so far temperatures as high as 20 C (68F), an Arctic blast will send temperatures and wind speeds plummeting, in a late-winter test for Europes energy systems.

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Philly Dem Says Impact Fee Ripping Off PA, Wants Severance Tax

Marcellus Drilling News

Every year that former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf governed, he requested (and was denied) the addition of a severance tax on oil and natural gas production in the Keystone State. The Democrats in PA have insisted, on and off, on slapping a severance tax on top of the existing impact “fee” (i.e., tax) since the. The post Philly Dem Says Impact Fee Ripping Off PA, Wants Severance Tax first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News.

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U.S. Natural Gas Demand Set to Stay at Record High in 2025 and 2026

OilPrice

Data centers and liquefied natural gas exports are set to keep natural gas demand in the United States at a record high this year and next, energy executives said at CERAweek. Infrastructure shortages, however, could make growth problematic. We have the gas, we just don't have the pipelines to get it to places, so now you see a situation where it doesn't matter how much we produce, EQTs Toby Rice told Reuters on the sidelines of the event in Houston.

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Oil price, Kistos, Arrow, Southern, Petro Matad. And finally…

Malcolm Graham Wood

Oil rallied yesterday and has given back a bit today. Kistos sees the Jotun FPSO sail away, Arrow has a great CPR, Southern a raise on firming natural gas prices. And Petro Matad still waits for oil sales contract approval. The post Oil price, Kistos, Arrow, Southern, Petro Matad. And finally… appeared first on Malcy's Blog.

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Whitecap and Veren Merger Reshapes Canadian Energy Landscape

OilPrice

Whitecap Resources, (OTCPK: SPGYF), and Veren Inc, (NYSE:VRN) agreed to a no-cash, all-stock merger the other day, finalizing a long-rumored notion making the rounds in chatrooms. Both companies have previously been active in Canadian M&A, with Whitecap acquiring XTO Canada in 2022 for $1.9 bn. Formerly known as Crescent Point, Veren Inc. made a similar move with its $1.7 bn pickup of Spartan Deltas Montney acreage in 2023 and followed that quickly with another multi-billion dollar deal taking o

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PA Gov Shapiro Puffs His Chest to Announce Plugging 300 Old Wells

Marcellus Drilling News

Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro visited the site of an orphaned well being plugged in Washington County, PA, to celebrate and toot his own horn that this is the 300th orphaned well plugged since he became governor in January 2023. There’s nothing wrong with that, except during the same 2+ years, Ohio has plugged at. The post PA Gov Shapiro Puffs His Chest to Announce Plugging 300 Old Wells first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Ukraine Tests Jam-Proof Fiber-Optic Drones

OilPrice

The Ukrainian military is testing new drones using fiber optics on the front line against Russian forces. The low-flying drones are tied to the ground via thin fiber-optic cables that unwind as the drone flies farther from the controller.Unlike radio-controlled drones, fiber-optic drones cannot be jammed by opposing forces using "electronic warfare.

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Undo the queue: Enverus acquires Pearl Street Technologies to solve for a more reliable, resilient grid

Enverus

AUSTIN, Texas (March 13, 2025) Enverus, the most trusted energy-dedicated SaaS company announced today that it has acquired Pearl Street Technologies , a leading provider of automation solutions that streamline interconnection studies for transmission providers, utilities and energy developers. The interconnection queue backlog is at the heart of todays growing resource adequacy, renewable energy, and grid reliability challenges.

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Guyana Pulls the Plug on Frontera-CGX JV – Exxon Stays Winning

OilPrice

Guyanas government has officially yanked the plug on the Frontera-CGX joint venture, canceling its oil prospecting license for the Corentyne block. The writing had been on the wall since February, when officials gave the JV a 30-day warning. Now, its official. The Corentyne block was supposed to be a much-needed diversification play in Guyanas oil scene, which is basically ExxonMobils playground.

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Data Center Modernization Moves Another Step Forward with Next-Gen UCS Servers 

Cisco: Oil & Gas

Today, were introducing the next phase in data center modernization: the 8th generation Cisco UCS C-Series and Cisco UCS X-Series servers powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors.

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OPEC Demands Consistency After Another IEA U-Turn

OilPrice

This weeks call from the International Energy Agency (IEA) for continued investment in existing oil and gas fields is another moment of truth for the Paris-based agency, highlighting its inconsistent messages about upstream investment, OPEC says. OPEC reviewed the messages the IEA has issued since 2017 in an article published on its website. The agency shifted its position that investments are needed at some point between 2018 and 2021.

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Energy storage included for the first time! Philippines launches 9.4GW green energy auction

EnergyTrend

Energy storage included for the first time! Philippines launches 9.4GW green energy auction AccordingtoBJX.COM,thePhilippineDepartmentofEnergy(DOE)recentlyannouncedthecountry'sfourthroundoftheGreenEnergyAuction(GEA-4)program,targetinganadditi.

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OPEC+ Ships Record Fuel Volumes, Offsetting Some Crude Supply Curbs

OilPrice

The major oil producers in the Middle East are exporting record volumes of refined petroleum products, reducing the overall impact of their crude production cuts on the market, Reuters reports, citing flow-tracking data and analysts. OPEC+ producers have been curtailing crude oil production and supply for years, aiming to balance and stabilize the market, as it repeatedly says.

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Sunwoda Invests Over $1 Billion to Build EV and ESS Battery Factory in Thailand

EnergyTrend

Sunwoda Invests Over $1 Billion to Build EV and ESS Battery Factory in Thailand OnMarch13,ThailandsNationalCommitteeonEnhancingtheCompetitivenessofTargetedIndustriesapprovedaninvestmentofover$1billion(approximatelyRMB7.244billion.

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Qatar To Supply Natural Gas To Syria’s New Government

OilPrice

Qatar is set to supply Syria with natural gas via Jordan with Washington's approval, Reuters has reported. Qatar was one of the fiercest opponents of the deposed Bashar al-Assad and one of the strongest supporters of the rebels-turned rulers currently in charge. The gas would be transferred from Jordan via a pipeline to the Deir Ali power plant in southern Syria, where it could boost power supply by up to 400 megawatts.

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Murphy Oil to acquire BW Pioneer FPSO in Gulf of America for $125 million

Oil & Gas 360º

(World Oil) –Murphy Oil Corporation today announced that a subsidiary has signed a Sales & Purchase Agreement (SPA) to acquire the BW Pioneer floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) from BW Offshore. The gross purchase price is $125 million, subject to customary closing adjustments, and includes an initial approximate $100 million payment upon delivery by the end of first quarter 2025.

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DRC Cobalt Export Halt Slams EV Industry

OilPrice

The Democratic Republic of Congo's four-month suspension of cobalt exports has driven up prices of the critical metal, which is heavily used in lithium-ion batteriesthe backbone of the renewable energy industry. New Fastmarkets data shows that a pound of cobalt hydroxidethe main product exported from the DRC, the world's top producerhas surged 84% since the DRC suspended exports last month to counter a market glut that had pressured prices to multi-year lows.

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Africa’s oil and gas investment to hit $43 billion in 2025

Oil & Gas 360º

(Oil Price) –Operators and developers are expected to spend a total of $43 billion on oil and gas projects in Africa this year, as established producers and newcomers see growing investments, the African Energy Chamber said in a new report. Longer term projections point to capital expenditure (capex) hitting a decade-high of $54 billion in 2030, thanks to fresh final investment decisions (FIDs), the chamber said in its State of African Energy 2025 Outlook Report.

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Africa’s Oil and Gas Investment to Hit $43 Billion in 2025

OilPrice

Operators and developers are expected to spend a total of $43 billion on oil and gas projects in Africa this year, as established producers and newcomers see growing investments, the African Energy Chamber said in a new report. Longer term projections point to capital expenditure (capex) hitting a decade-high of $54 billion in 2030, thanks to fresh final investment decisions (FIDs), the chamber said in its State of African Energy 2025 Outlook Report.

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Weekly Gas Storage: Inventories decrease by 62 Bcf

Oil & Gas 360º

Natural Gas Inventories as of March 7, 2025 The EIA has released its natural gas inventory report, showing a net decrease of 62 Bcf as of March 7, 2025. Working gas in storage was 1,698 Bcf as of Friday, March 7, 2025, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decrease of 62 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 628 Bcf less than last year at this time and 230 Bcf below the five-year average of 1,928 Bcf.

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Oil Prices Dip Despite Bullish Demand Outlook

OilPrice

Crude oil prices dipped today, despite expectations for strong demand following the U.S. Energy Information Administrations latest inventory report that showed a more sizable draw than expected. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $70.87 per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $67.55 per barrel, both down from Wednesday. The Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil stock build of 1.

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Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Mar 13, 2025

Marcellus Drilling News

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cheniere wins FERC approval for Texas LNG expansion; NATIONAL: CERAWEEK Occidental Petroleum sees US oil output peaking in next five years; EPA eliminating environmental justice jobs; USA tariffs prompt criticism at Houston energy industry gathering; Polar vortex could bring cold blast to millions across US, AccuWeather says; Williams eyes expanding natural gas.

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Saudi Crude Supply to China Set for One Year Low in April

OilPrice

Despite the expected rise in OPEC+ production in April, Saudi Arabia is set to ship significantly lower crude oil volumes to China next month to levels not seen in over a year, Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting trade and industry sources. Spring maintenance at some large state-controlled refineries in the worlds top crude oil importer is the key reason for the low volumes that Saudi Arabia has allocated for April.

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Building Your AI Services Practice: Transforming Collaboration in the Age of Intelligence

Cisco: Oil & Gas

AI is transforming business communication, offering Cisco partners opportunities to enhance collaboration, improve customer experiences, and drive efficiency. Shift from technology providers to transformation enablers with Cisco's AI solutions.

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Iran Sanctions Prop Up Oil Prices

OilPrice

A new round of sanctions targeting Irans oil industry and the countrys oil minister boosted oil prices earlier today, offsetting the negative effect of the International Energy Agencys latest monthly report, released Thursday. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $70.33 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate was changing hands for $67.02 per barrel, slightly up on both Thursday and the beginning of the weekly session.

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Crypto payments company MoonPay looks to compete with Stripe with Iron stablecoin acquisition

CNBC: Energy

MoonPay, a leading crypto payments company, has acquired Iron, an API-driven startup specializing in stablecoin infrastructure.

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India Hiked African and South American Crude Imports in February

OilPrice

India boosted imports of non-Russian crude supply in February amid concerns and uncertainties over Russian oil following the U.S. sanctions from early January. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the bans on Russian oil in the West, India has become a key buyer of Russian crude, alongside China. Russia, for its part, became the single biggest oil supplier to India, the worlds third-largest oil importer.

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México Evalúa advierte riesgos en políticas de Sheinbaum

Oil & Gas Magazine

Mxico Evala alerta sobre la politizacin del Poder Judicial y la inestabilidad regulatoria, factores que afectan el nearshoring y la inversin extranjera en Mxico bajo el gobierno de Sheinbaum. El think tank Mxico Evala seal que los primeros seis meses del gobierno de Claudia Sheinbaum han estado marcados por decisiones mixtas, con aciertos en algunas reas y riesgos significativos en otras.

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Cardinal Energy Ltd. Announces Fourth Quarter 2024 and Year-End Financial Results

BOE Report

Calgary, Alberta–(Newsfile Corp. – March 13, 2025) – Cardinal Energy Ltd. (TSX: CJ) (“Cardinal” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its operating and financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2024.

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Guyana Seeks Suriname Gas Deal After Building Oil Fortune

Rigzone

Guyana President Irfaan Ali is exploring a partnership with Suriname to build a gas-powered industrial hub as he works to fortify his nation's economy.

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