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Nov 5 (Reuters) - Danish offshore wind farm developer Orsted on Thursday reported a third-quarter core profit above forecasts, sending its shares up more than 4%. Orsted has expanded rapidly over the past decade, but more recently has faced higher costs from supply chain disruption and inflation, as well as regulatory challenges in the United... Continue Reading →
Nov. 2 (OE) Dominion Energy's 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has reached approximately 85% overall completion, with 44 of its planned 176 wind turbines installed and work on the 45th underway. The latest milestone marks an increase from 81% overall completion reported at the end of July, when 31 turbines had been... Continue Reading →
Oct 30 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump called it the biggest oil deal in history: 17 Venezuelan oilfields holding some 64 billion barrels of reserves, handed to a single company. Delivering on it falls to North American Blue Energy Partners, a little-known firm led by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, who was until recently a target... Continue Reading →
Oct 27 (Reuters) - The first cargo of Venezuelan crude under a deal between the US and producer NABEP unloaded in Texas on Tuesday and will be sold by the US government to refineries run by Exxon Mobil and Venezuelan-owned Citgo Petroleum, a White House official said. NABEP confirmed in a statement it supplied 1... Continue Reading →
Oct 28 (Reuters) - The plane believed to be carrying Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and his family to the United States was scheduled to arrive on Wednesday morning in Miami, where they will be given entry visas by the United States government. With the whole world trying to work out where he was, Bolsonaro entered... Continue Reading →
Oct 27 (Reuters) - Baker Hughes reported a fall in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, as prolonged conflict in the Middle East hit demand for services and equipment in the key oil-producing region. Repeated flare-ups in the Middle East conflict, now in its eighth month, have squeezed margins for the oilfield services sector amid delays in... Continue Reading →
Oct 23 (Reuters) - SLB beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Friday, supported by strong North American oilfield activity, while signaling recovery in parts of the Middle East following conflict-related disruptions. Repeated flare-ups in the US-Iran conflict, now in its eighth month, have pressured oilfield services companies with significant exposure to the region... Continue Reading →
Oct 22 (Reuters) - Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets on Thursday in the first nationwide opposition protest in nearly two years, as demonstrators demanded free elections and other political changes with a notably thin presence of security forces. The United States has been working closely with the interim government led by acting President... Continue Reading →
Oct. 22 (AP) A single figure sets Venezuela apart from the rest of the world: 303 billion barrels of so-called proven oil reserves. But experts say the country's estimate is inherently problematic and far from proven — rooted in exaggerated, aging data from a corrupt government. The number has long been touted by politicians and... Continue Reading →
Oct 21 (Reuters) - Europe's largest utility, Iberdrola, on Wednesday raised its profit target for this year for the second time and said it expects profit to grow faster than previously forecast, as its focus on power networks pays off. The Spanish company now expects adjusted net profit to grow by at least 10% this... Continue Reading →
