(Oil Price) – In a rare win for the oil and gas industry in California, the state’s regulators are expected to delay the enforcement of a cap of refinery profits, Bloomberg reports, citing sources with knowledge of the plans. The California regulator, the California Energy Commission, plans to vote on Friday a five-year delay to the so-called refinery profit cap, passed in
(Oil Price) – On the heels of my recent article outlining how California’s unique fuel regulations — not corporate price gouging — are driving up gasoline prices in the state, new developments have added urgency to that conversation. On May 6, California Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones (R-San Diego) sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom sounding the alarm over what could become an
(Oil & Gas 360) – $28 million project financing, inclusive of the completed sale of the Investment Tax Credit associated with the project, returns cash back to Energy Vault’s balance sheet for the first resiliency center deployed in California (Calistoga) for PG&E to reduce wildfire risk and manage Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events This strategic financing is the first
( Oil Price) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved California’s bid to enforce a rule to end sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles in the state by 2035. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has applauded the decision, saying it will improve public health by slashing harmful air pollution as residents adopt cleaner electric or hybrid vehicles. “Clean cars are here to stay,” Newsom
(Oil Price) – California authorities are about to make gasoline even more expensive for local drivers following a further tightening of emission rules, scheduled to be voted on this week. The vote would amend the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, a program that began back in 2011 with the aim of incentivizing fuel producers to make lower-emission products by creating a carbon credit
(Oil Price) – On October 16, 2024, the refiner Phillips 66 announced that it will cease operations at its Los Angeles-area refinery in the fourth quarter of 2025. This announcement came a few days after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law placing additional regulations on refineries. The closure will affect approximately 600 employees and 300 contractors that currently work at the
Reuters NEW YORK: California has filed a lawsuit against oil giant Exxon Mobil over its alleged role in global plastic waste pollution, its attorney general announced on Monday. Speaking at an event during Climate Week in New York City, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state sued Exxon after concluding a nearly two-year investigation that he said showed Exxon
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U.S. News U.S. spot power and natural gas prices turned negative in Texas, California and Arizona for Tuesday as pipeline maintenance trapped gas in the Permian Shale in West Texas amid low demand for energy and ample hydropower in the West. Negative prices signal there is too much power or gas being produced in a region. Energy firms can either
Nasdaq It is the end of an era for Big Oil in California, as the most populous U.S. state divorces itself from fossil fuels in its fight against climate change. California’s oil output a century ago amounted to it being the fourth-largest crude producer in the U.S., and spawned hundreds of oil drillers, including some of the largest still in
World Oil (WO) – Trio Petroleum Corp, a California-based oil and gas company, provided an update on the restart of the McCool Ranch oil field. On Oct. 18, 2023, the company announced its acquisition of an approximate 22% working interest in McCool Ranch, which is located in Monterey County, seven miles north of the company’s flagship South Salinas Project. The
Nasdaq Jan 2 (Reuters) – Chevron CVX.N said on Tuesday it would take non-cash writedowns on U.S. oil and gas production, primarily in California, and for securing abandoned wells and pipelines in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico that had been previously sold. The U.S. oil major expects to take non-cash, after-tax charges of between $3.5 billion and $4 billion in its fourth quarter 2023
