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Trending News: Washington Prepares Broad License to Restart Venezuelan Oil ProductionUS Crude Oil Inventories Take Big Hits In Storm AftermathTrump Administration Greenlights Deepwater Texas Oil TerminalEquinor Reduces Share BuybackSpain energy terminal ready to supply ships with bioLNGExus Renewables Enters UK And Ireland With New Cambridge Office, Marking Major Step In International Growth StrategyGameChange Solar Selected to Supply Trackers for 1,290 MWp Bisha Solar PV Plant in Saudi ArabiaMeta And Zelestra Expand Clean Energy Partnership With 176 MWdc Skull Creek Solar Plant In Texas To Support 100% Renewable OperationsDEE Development Engineers Reports Q3 FY26 Revenue Of ₹286.7 Crore, Up 77% YoY, Driven By Strong Execution In Piping & Fittings For Oil & Gas SectorThe growth in low-cost commercial CO2 sourcesAccess and security dominate LNG Qatar conferenceACME Solar Appoints Rahul Kaushik As Head Of Process Transformation To Strengthen Governance, Risk Management, And Operational ExcellenceMesser CFO stands down after six yearsMesser CFO stands down after six yearsIranian Gunboats Confront U.S.-Flagged Oil Tanker in Strait of HormuzLimited materials supply and poor recycling rates undermine Europe’s renewables pushUS Says it Has Returned to Venezuela All $500 Million of Initial Oil SaleUS Refiners Struggle to Absorb Sudden Surge in Venezuelan Oil ImportsCommonwealth LNG Strikes 20-Year Supply Deal With Mercuria as US Pushes LNG Export GrowthUS Soon to Issue General License for Oil Production in Venezuela, Sources SayMarathon Petroleum Beats Earnings Expectations as Refining Margins SurgeOil Tanker Rates Soar Amid Shipping Shortages and Middle East TensionsLibya Signals a New Gas Push as Europe Searches for SupplyØrsted to Sell European Onshore Business for $1.7 BillionKuwait Seeks Foreign Majors’ Help to Develop Offshore FieldsQatar Moves to Reclaim Japan’s LNG Market With Major Jera DealDevon, Coterra Sign ‘Blockbuster’ Merger DealEU set outs carbon removal standards for DACCS and BioCCSOil Steadies as Investors Weigh Supply, Possible US-Iran de-EscalationCOMMENTARY: A $47 Bln Deal Heralds US Oil Boom’s Middle AgeMarathon Petroleum Profit Beats as Margins Rebound From Multi-Year LowsUS-Driven Gas Turbine Crunch May Speed Global Clean Power UptakeSiemens Energy to invest $1bn in the USAtlas Copco boosts profile in Germany with Zind acquisitionU.S.-India Trade Deal Puts Oil and Russian Crude at the CoreIndia’s Russian Oil Dilemma Threatens to Shake Global MarketsBP Shareholders Demand Proof That Fossil Fuel Pivot Will PayTop Stories Of The Day: India Installs 5.28 Cr Smart Meters; GERC Clears 2 MW Solar Dispute and More…Industry urged to ‘manage PFAS risks’ in UK policy paperBiogas to power Viking Line ships through 2026U.S. Extends License Protecting Venezuela-Owned Citgo From CreditorsQatar’s Al-Kaabi Warns AI Power Demand Could Spark LNG Shortage by 2030Major LNG Players Skip Qatar ConferenceRolls-Royce SMR and Yokogawa Join Forces to Deliver Data Processing and Control Systems for Small Modular ReactorsINOXAP commissions package warehouse for specialty gases in Tamil NaduSolar Flex Prague Highlights Growing Role Of Battery Storage As Over 90% Of New Czech Residential PV Systems Now Include BatteriesExxon pulled into antitrust fight over blue ammonia access to CO2 pipelineSEIA CEO Abigail Ross Hopper Testifies Before U.S. Senate EPW Committee Urging Federal Permitting Reform For Solar And StorageLiquid hydrogen leak stops Artemis II rehearsalELITE Solar Deepens Egypt Expansion Strategy to Boost Solar Manufacturing and Renewable Energy Industrial IntegrationUS Natural Gas Plunges by Most in About 30 Years on Warm WeatherOil Field Vendor Nine Files Bankruptcy to Cut $320 Million DebtThe $3 Trillion AI Data Center Build-Out Becomes All-Consuming For Debt MarketsTrump Cuts India Tariffs in Deal He Links to Russian OilUS Dropping 25% Separate Tariff on Indian Imports After Pledge to Cut Russian Oil, White House SaysWinter Freeze Cut US LNG Output in January; Imports From Trinidad Helped Fill GapUS Crude Oil Production Nears Full Recovery After Storm Hit OutputLianjiang simulator completes on-site acceptance testingUS, Japanese partnership for fusion technology developmentWANO rolls out new enhanced monitoring initiativeDeep Isolation launches full-scale demonstration programmeDevon and Coterra to Create Shale Giant in $58-Billion Merger DealEquinor Exits Vaca Muerta With $1.1 Billion Sale to Vista EnergyShell Sees LNG Sector Growing by 3% Per YearEquinor Exits Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Shale PlayShell CEO Says LNG Sector Growing Faster Than Gas, Around 3% Per AnnumEurope’s Russian Gas Ban Is Set to Trigger a New Wave of LNG Tanker DemandKuwait’s Fuel Oil Exports Surge After Al-Zour Refinery RestartRussia Raises Pipeline Gas Supply to Europe via TurkStreamOxyfuel offers immediate CO2 cuts of up to 40%, panel saysOxyfuel offers immediate CO2 cuts of up to 40%, panel saysOil Falls 5% on US-Iran De-EscalationCONFIRMED: Devon, Coterra Merge to Create U.S. Shale Giant in $58 Billion DealTwo Things OPEC+ Can’t Control. Trump and China Imports: RussellBP’s Whiting Refinery Union Workers Agree to 24-Hour Rolling ExtensionAnalysts Explain Energy ‘Bloodbath’UK strengthens semiconductor ties with BulgariaDutch Hydrogen Network receives first green hydrogenAfter Years Offline, Trinidad Looks to Indian Oil to Restart RefiningOPEC+ Extends Output Pause Amid Glut ConcernsNatural Gas Prices Plummet on Warmer February ForecastIran Hopes Diplomacy Push Will Avert War With USATop Stories Of The Day: Budget 2026-Powering India’s Solar Future; NTPC Brings 210 MW Khavda Solar Online and More…Indonesia–Switzerland Partnership Strengthens Renewable Energy Skills For Net Zero 2060Wawasan Dengkil Subsidiary Subleases Land In Kedah For Solar PV ProjectHandphil Enertex, Lubelco Partner To Develop Solar PV And Battery Storage Project On Lubang Island In The PhilippinesGolden Pass LNG gears up for March launchOman Showcases Green Hydrogen And Renewable Energy Ambitions At India Energy WeekOPEC+ Poised to Maintain Oil Output in March as Brent Breaks $70EU Weighs Scrapping Russia Oil Price Cap for Harder SanctionsSaudi Arabia Accelerates Renewable Energy Push To Secure Its Future Beyond OilTata Power Commissions Two Major 765 kV Transmission Corridors In Uttar Pradesh, Boosting Grid Reliability And Enabling 3,000 MW Power EvacuationGCC Begins Direct Power Grid Interconnection Project With Oman To Strengthen Regional Energy SecurityMontenegro Launches Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Association With EBRD And EU Support To Unite Investors And Boost Green TransitionJigawa Partners Private Firms To Set Up 100 MW Solar Panel Assembly FactoryLNG industry requires more than 650 ships by 2040Iberdrola And Norges Bank Reach 1,500 MW With Caparacena And Ciudad Rodrigo Solar Plants, Supplying 800,000 People & Cutting 85,000 Tonnes of CO₂Asia impacted most by helium headwinds says Air ProductsEBRD Invests Nearly US$2B (€1.72B) In 120 Projects Across Central Asia And Mongolia In 2025, Driving Renewable Energy, Sustainable Infrastructure And SME GrowthAfDB Launches $3.9M Project To Bring Electricity To 13 African Countries
Wed. Feb 4th, 2026

US Senate Panel to Hold Hearings on Trump Energy Picks Next Week

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WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate energy committee will hold nomination hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for energy roles on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, the panel’s chairman said on Thursday.

The committee will hold a hearing to consider Doug Burgum, Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the interior, on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 10 a.m. (1500 GMT). Burgum was until last month the governor of North Dakota, a big oil-producing state.

Burgum is also expected to head a new National Energy Council to coordinate policies to boost U.S. energy production.

The committee will hold a hearing for Chris Wright, the pick for energy secretary, a day later at the same time. Wright, CEO and chairman of the board of Liberty Energy, plans to step down from that role when confirmed as secretary.

The candidates are expected to be confirmed by the Senate, now controlled by Trump’s fellow Republicans, as they only require a majority to be confirmed. They are expected to carry out Trump’s policies to boost production of oil and gas and rein in President Joe Biden’s rules and regulations on climate change.

Reporting by Timothy Gardner; Editing by Mark Porter

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