Oil and mining businesses had best success in getting pandemic loans, says survey
Of the 75 % of small businesses applying for federal funding during the pandemic, oil extraction and mining businesses had the best success in getting loans from the Paycheck Protection Program, with more than half of businesses surveyed in that…
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News Wrap: Oil producers agree to cut global supply
In our news wrap Friday, members of OPEC, along with Russia and Mexico, agreed to cut global oil production by up to 10 million barrels a day, or a tenth of the world supply. It’s an effort to stabilize oil…
Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens dies at age 91
Pickens' spokesman Jay Rosser confirmed the death to The Associated Press. Pickens suffered a series of strokes in 2017 and was hospitalized that July after what he called a "Texas-sized fall."…
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As Trump looks to roll back methane regulation, oil and gas industry feels divided
In an effort to boost production of oil and natural gas, the Trump administration is planning to relax rules regarding the release of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas. William Brangham reports and talks to The Wall Street Journal’s Timothy…
Lithium, a crucial ingredient in batteries, may one day eclipse oil as a source of geopolitical and economic power.
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