Shell wins appeal against Dutch climate ruling to slash emissions

Shell wins appeal against Dutch climate ruling to slash emissions

Oil storage silos beyond waterlogged land at the Shell Plc Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Dutch court on Tuesday ruled to dismiss a landmark climate ruling against Shell, after the oil giant was ordered to drastically reduce its global carbon emissions back in … Read more

Oil giant Shell posts small drop in third-quarter profit to $6 billion

Oil giant Shell posts small drop in third-quarter profit to  billion

The Shell logo is displayed outside a petrol station in Radstock in Somerset, England, on Feb. 17, 2024. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil giant Shell on Thursday posted a small year-on-year drop in third-quarter profit as a sharp decline in crude prices and lower refining margins were partially offset … Read more

British oil giant BP posts $2.3 billion in third-quarter profit

British oil giant BP posts .3 billion in third-quarter profit

British oil and gasoline company BP (British Petroleum) signage is being pictured in Warsaw, Poland, on July 29, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images British oil major BP on Tuesday reported its weakest quarterly earnings in nearly four years, weighed down by a slump in crude prices and lower refining margins. The energy firm posted underlying replacement … Read more

Stocks’ choppiness in October can be an opportunity

Stocks’ choppiness in October can be an opportunity

A view from the Alaska Bootanical Park, fall, Halloween and harvest season themed version of the Alaska Botanical Park with special displays, inside the Far North Bicentennial Park, Alaska, United States on September 22, 2024.  Hasan Akbas | Anadolu | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC … Read more

What supply disruption could mean for oil markets

What supply disruption could mean for oil markets

Basij paramilitary force speed boats are sailing along the Persian Gulf near the Bushehr nuclear power plant during the IRGC marine parade commemorating the Persian Gulf National Day in the south of Iran, on April 29, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images An escalating conflict in the Middle East has thrust the world’s most … Read more

Why oil prices haven’t skyrocketed on Middle East supply fears — yet

Why oil prices haven’t skyrocketed on Middle East supply fears — yet

A general view of Isfahan Refinery, one of the largest refineries in Iran and is considered as the first refinery in the country in terms of diversity of petroleum products in Isfahan, Iran on November 08, 2023. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images Oil prices have jumped more than $5 a barrel since the … Read more

Oil prices could soar if Israel targets Iran’s energy infrastructure

Oil prices could soar if Israel targets Iran’s energy infrastructure

A general view of Isfahan Refinery, one of the largest refineries in Iran and is considered as the first refinery in the country in terms of diversity of petroleum products in Isfahan, Iran on November 08, 2023.  Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Oil markets are being too complacent given the risk of major supply disruptions in the Middle East, … Read more

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC to buy Covestro for $16.4 billion

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC to buy Covestro for .4 billion

Covestro’s headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany. The company has adjusted its full year guidance for 2022, citing a number of factors. Ina Fassbender | AFP | Getty Images Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil firm ADNOC on Tuesday said it has agreed to buy German chemicals firm Covestro for 14.7 billion euros ($16.4 billion). ADNOC, short for the … Read more

Colorado public lands would get protection under Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection Act

Colorado public lands would get protection under Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection Act

More than a third of the public land in one of Colorado’s top ranching and tourism counties could receive increased protections if a bill introduced by the state’s U.S. senators Thursday becomes law. The Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection Act would place more than 730,000 acres of federal public land in Gunnison County and surrounding areas … Read more

Bill Gates-backed startup on the global gold rush for buried hydrogen

Bill Gates-backed startup on the global gold rush for buried hydrogen

The team from the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) took samples of natural hydrogen gas found in One Pute Jaya Village, Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, 23 October 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Koloma, a U.S.-based clean fuel startup backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, says it … Read more