WTI, Brent fall after rallying on Mideast conflict

WTI, Brent fall after rallying on Mideast conflict

An emission comes out of a smoke stack at the Infineum oil refinery on February 6, 2024, in Linden, New Jersey.  Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Oil prices fell Monday after rallying more than 6% last week on escalating Middle East tensions. The West Texas Intermediate contract for March was last down … Read more

Saudi energy minister pins Aramco’s oil capacity halt on green transition

Saudi energy minister pins Aramco’s oil capacity halt on green transition

Saudi energy minister Abdulaziz bin Salman on Oct. 5, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Saudi’s state-controlled oil giant Aramco suspended its capacity expansion plans because of the green transition, Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman said Monday, stressing that the future of energy security lies with renewables.  “I think we postponed this [Aramco capacity] … Read more

Oil stocks should be popular like semis, but no one cares: VanEck CEO

Oil stocks should be popular like semis, but no one cares: VanEck CEO

Investors may want to consider putting money to work in a lagging part of the market. According to VanEck CEO Jan van Eck, oil stocks are getting a raw deal. “The [oil] supply is there. The companies are arguably the next best cash flowing companies [compared to] the semiconductors,” he told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this … Read more

As Sam Bankman-Fried awaits jail, FTX customers await full repayment

As Sam Bankman-Fried awaits jail, FTX customers await full repayment

Government exhibit in the case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Source: SDNY As Sam Bankman-Fried prepares to face sentencing next month for his criminal fraud conviction tied to the epic collapse of FTX in 2022, former customers of the crypto exchange have reasons to believe they could actually recoup their money. Bankman-Fried, who could … Read more

Fluence CEO says energy storage leader to become profitable this year

Fluence CEO says energy storage leader to become profitable this year

Rows of cabinets containing lithium ion batteries supplied by Fluence, a Siemens and AES Company, are seen inside the AES Alamitos Battery Energy Storage System, which provides stored renewable energy to supply electricity during peak demand periods, in Long Beach, California on September 16, 2022.  Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Energy storage … Read more

WTI, Brent poised for weekly gain

WTI, Brent poised for weekly gain

A picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 21, 2023, shows smoke billowing following Israeli bombardment in the Palestinian territory amid ongoing battles with the Palestinian Hamas militant group. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices are poised to post a weekly again as hopes for … Read more

India buying Russian oil keeps prices cheaper, says oil minister Puri

India buying Russian oil keeps prices cheaper, says oil minister Puri

Hardeep Singh Puri, India’s minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, at the ADIPEC conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India keeps global crude prices affordable by buying oil from Russia, India’s energy minister said. “The world is grateful to India for buying Russian … Read more

Enphase CEO says solar industry poised to rebound on falling interest rates and rising utility costs

Enphase CEO says solar industry poised to rebound on falling interest rates and rising utility costs

Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Enphase Energy sees light at the end of the tunnel this year for the solar market after the industry has taken a beating from high interest rates. High rates have depressed demand for residential solar installations in 2023, leaving companies like Enphase saddled with too much inventory. Enphase … Read more

Public utilities fall short on wildfire risk mitigation

Public utilities fall short on wildfire risk mitigation

Five years and 2,500 miles apart, fires devastated thriving communities — and major U.S. utility companies stood at the center of the infernos. It’s a story increasingly familiar in the energy industry: Some utility companies don’t properly assess the risks wildfires pose to their operations. A failure to mitigate these risks can have disastrous consequences … Read more

Orsted exits several offshore wind markets, pauses dividend

Orsted exits several offshore wind markets, pauses dividend

Burbo Bank, Liverpool Bay, England, viewed from the sea turbines on Burbo wind farm off the UK coast. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Danish renewables giant Orsted on Wednesday announced plans to cut jobs, pause its dividend payouts to shareholders and exit several offshore wind markets after a tumultuous year of rising … Read more