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Granholm Says Oil Industry Must Embrace Green Transition

Jennifer Granholm used her first speech as U.S. energy secretary to warn oil and gas companies they risk being left behind unless they embrace a transition to cleaner sources of energy, while offering them an opportunity to partner with the new administration.

March 3, 2021
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Oil Extends Weekly Gain; Brent Pushes Toward $60 a Barrel

Oil set a fresh one-year high in New York with continued producer supply curbs helping spur strength everywhere from physical markets to the futures curve.

February 5, 2021
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Oil Jumps to One-Year High on Depleting Supplies

Oil climbed to the highest level in over a year as tightening global supplies and signs of strength in physical markets aided crude’s virus-recovery rally.

February 2, 2021
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Biden Revokes Oil Drilling Permits for Additional Review

The Biden administration is revoking dozens of invalid drilling permits issued by agency workers without the approval of political appointees, despite a temporary order for such reviews.

January 29, 2021
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Biden to Pause Oil Drilling on Public Lands

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to announce a wide-ranging moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on U.S. lands, as his administration moves quickly to reverse Trump administration policies on energy and the environment and address climate change.

January 26, 2021
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Oil Jumps to Highest Mark Since February Amid Stimulus Optimism

Oil surged to the highest mark in nearly 10 months in New York alongside a broader market rally as breakthroughs on U.S. stimulus talks combined with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout stoked optimism around a demand revival.

December 15, 2020
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‘External Source’ Causes Oil Tanker Blast Off Saudi Arabia

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An oil tanker off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jiddah suffered an explosion early Dec. 14 after being hit by “an external source,” a shipping company said.

December 14, 2020
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Oil Ekes Out Weekly Gain After Retreating From Nine-Month High

Oil just managed a weekly gain as an impasse in Washington over pandemic relief dimmed chances of an imminent boost to demand.

December 11, 2020
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Oil Slips From Nine-Month High With Markets in Risk-Off Mode

Oil fell from its strongest close in nine months, hampered by weaker risk sentiment in global markets.

December 7, 2020
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OPEC President Says Saudis, Russia Push to Delay Supply Hike

Algeria, which this year holds the OPEC presidency, said that both Saudi Arabia and Russia were pressing fellow members to prolong the current oil-supply cuts into next year, rather than tapering them as planned. Algeria supported the proposal, the first country to publicly do so.

November 3, 2020