The Wall Street CEO raising his hand to run Trump’s economy
  • November 12, 2024

The Wall Street CEO raising his hand to run Trump’s economy

(Bloomberg) -- The text to Elon Musk: a picture of giant scissors. Musk’s text back: a picture of a sword.Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationThe person on the other end: Howard Lutnick — Wall Street billionaire, MAGA believer and head-hunter-in-chief to Donald Trump

Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and gas companies
  • November 12, 2024

Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and gas companies

Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden administration. The Environmental Protection Agency rule follows through on a directive from Congress included in the 2022 climate law. The new fee is intended to encourage industry to adopt best practices that reduce emissions of methane — the primary component of natural gas — and thereby avoid paying. Methane is a climate “super pollutant” that is far more potent in the short term than carbon dioxide and is responsible for about one-third of greenhouse gas emissions.

OPEC Cuts Global Oil Demand Growth Forecasts For a Fourth Consecutive Month
  • November 12, 2024

OPEC Cuts Global Oil Demand Growth Forecasts For a Fourth Consecutive Month

(Bloomberg) -- OPEC cut its oil demand growth forecasts for this year and next for a fourth consecutive month as it belatedly recognized a slowdown in top consumer China.Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationGlobal oil consumption will increase by 1.8 million barrels a

US sets methane fee on oil, gas emitters as Biden term winds down
  • November 12, 2024

US sets methane fee on oil, gas emitters as Biden term winds down

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday finalized a methane fee for big oil and gas producers meant to slash emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas, but which is likely to be scrapped by the incoming presidency of Donald Trump. The methane charge is among the last actions the outgoing administration has taken to tackle the second most prevalent greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide that tends to leak into the atmosphere undetected from drill sites, gas pipelines and other oil and gas equipment.

  • November 12, 2024

The Energy Report: OPEC PESIMIMIST

Oil prices are trading back and forth on mixed signals from our good friends at the OPEC cartel and their felling of pessimism that is out of line with the optimism of the Trump Train...