Energy News Beat China will halt the export of a range of rare-earth technologies, potentially making it harder for the US and other western nations to bolster supplies of strategic raw materials. Beijing put technology for making rare-earth metals and rare-earth magnets on a list of items can’t be transfered overseas, according to a document from the […]
Energy News Beat The three most dangerous words in the oil market are “OPEC is dead.” The oil cartel’s obituary has been written many, many times — and always prematurely. The almost non-stop departure of member countries during the past decade – Indonesia in 2016, Qatar in 2019, Ecuador in 2020 — have provided ample opportunity to […]
Energy News Beat Exxon Mobil is set to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources, which will increase its oil and gas sales and make it the largest player in the Permian Basin. The oil market balance is expected to be influenced by voluntary production cuts from OPEC+ countries and concerns over slowing global demand. The forecast for […]
Energy News Beat TotalEnergies (XPAR: TTE) has agreed to sell 25.5% of Seagreen, Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm, in a £552m deal with Thailand national oil firm PTTEP. The French energy major said the deal implies an enterprise value of $4.3bn, more than 13 times the expected average EBITDA of the project over the next […]
Energy News Beat Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed decrees granting his government power to confiscate and forcibly sell off billions of dollars worth of assets belonging to European energy firms to new state-approved owners. In a decree published Wednesday, the Kremlin mandated the creation of new Russian-run companies to take over shares in the colossal Yuzhno-Russkoye […]
Energy News Beat The demand from the Biden administration and Gavin Newsom to make every car an EV in the near future suffered another devastating blow on Tuesday. In October, Ford announced it was pulling the plug on a massive, $12 billion investment in electric car design and production. That came after the company announced massive losses […]
Energy News Beat Michael and I love evaluating deals. Today is an excellent example of the M&A activity heating up in the oil and gas market. This deal between Occidental and CrownRock has some key takeaways, which we cover. This was a great exercise in reviewing the deal. While using the tools, I looked at […]
Energy News Beat Several blue states have deprived rural counties of the ability to reject the massive green energy projects that corporations want to site in their communities, while green industrial interests and environmentalist groups have poured money into state capitals. Michigan, California, New York, and Illinois have all passed legislation that consolidates authority over […]
Energy News Beat China’s government has frozen a US$6.5-billion reinforcement of its currency swap with Argentina agreed in October with former president Alberto Fernández amid tensions over the relationship with new head of state Javier Milei. Sources from Argentina’s previous government confirmed a report by US agency REDD Intelligence reporting that the extension of an […]
Energy News Beat On Tuesday, Marathon Digital Holdings, a leading bitcoin mining company listed on public markets, revealed its acquisition of two fully operational bitcoin mining facilities, representing a combined capacity of 390 megawatts (MW). For these facilities, Marathon invested a total of $178.6 million in cash, averaging $458,000 per MW. Marathon Boosts Mining Capacity […]
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