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Exxon Weighs Woodside Deal As LNG Becomes Strategic Priority
Exxon Weighs Woodside Deal As LNG Becomes Strategic Priority
Exxon Mobil is assessing a range of options to expand its global gas business, with Woodside Energy reportedly among the companies being reviewed as potential acquisition candidates, according to Bloomberg.
No formal approach has been made, and internal evaluations remain preliminary. Both companies have declined to comment.
Bloomberg writes that Woodside offers several strategic advantages for Exxon. As a leading LNG producer with established relationships across key Asian markets, the Australian company would provide immediate scale in a sector where Exxon has historically...
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Jun 30, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Next Oil Rally Could Be Driven By Stockpile Refilling
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Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com,
The Middle East conflict has disrupted more than 1 billion barrels of oil supply, but China's massive strategic crude stockpile helped offset the shock by sharply reducing imports, preventing oil prices from surging even higher.
Countries are now racing to build or replenish strategic petroleum reserves, with the IEA planning to refill the 400 million barrels it released during the crisis and major importers like India looking to expand their emergency stockpiles.
This wave of reserve rebuilding...
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May 21, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Quantum Stocks Erupt As U.S. Gov't Awards $2 Billion, Takes Equity Stakes
Quantum Stocks Erupt As U.S. Gov't Awards $2 Billion, Takes Equity Stakes
IBM and small-cap quantum names, including IonQ, D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, Infleqtion, and other peers, are surging in New York premarket trading after a Wall Street Journal report said the Trump administration is preparing to award $2 billion in CHIPS Act grants to nine quantum-computing companies.
IBM is set to receive half of the $2 billion tranche, or about $1 billion, as the large-cap leader in the race to build quantum computing systems that could revolutionize national security, accelerate...
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Jun 11, 2026 / Tyler Durden
ECB Hikes Rates For First Time Since 2023 (As Expected); Cuts Growth, Hikes Inflation Outlook
ECB Hikes Rates For First Time Since 2023 (As Expected); Cuts Growth, Hikes Inflation Outlook
As fully expected, The ECB hiked its key rate by 25bps (for the first time since 2023) as the policymakers battle with the dilemma of economic weakness combined with rising inflation.
Obviously, raising rates to dampen inflation could further slow the economy, while easing rates to support growth increases the risk that higher inflation becomes persistent.
Clearly, Lagarde et al went with the former with its well-jawboned baseline having long been a hike in June with risks skewed toward...
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