GottaLaff,
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Aramco Abruptly Drops Plans to Expand Production - “The decision probably reflects a view that the world does not need as much Saudi oil as was previously expected,” said Neil Beveridge, an analyst at Bernstein, a research firm.

The government may want to free up money to spend on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitious development plans, as well as on alternative sources of energy like natural gas and hydrogen” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/business/saudi-aramco-oil-production.html

tdwllms1,
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While that is good news....

Is they why the price of gas went up 28 cents a gallon between yesterday and today?

paezha,
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And bone saws, a key Saudi export

HistoPol, (edited )
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(1/2)

If this is really good news for combatting the remains to be seen. Will 's focus shift towards or towards (really) ?

👉"The study found that biogas and biomethane supply chains can contribute to significant GHG savings compared to and .👈 "

I.e. both energy sources or not renewable per se either and there are better ways:

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/ee/d3ee02516k

"However,👉 low-carbon green ...

HistoPol, (edited )
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(2/2)

...generation scenarios outperform [even] #biomethane generation 👈and can contribute to even greater #GHG [#greenhouse #gas] savings."

However, while the #US has a president who understands #ClimateChange aspects:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-cites-climate-pause-liquified-natural-gas/story?id=106686922

...the timing of the press release begs the question whether the #Saudis see just a way to increase market share as a major competitor is having second thoughts and reducing climate-unfriendly #LNG exports.

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Bwasscher,

@GottaLaff Another explanation could be that expanded oil production would mean more supply and likely lower prices and a downward effect on inflation. Maybe not what their friend Trump likes to see in an election year.

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff Good news, or perhaps a realization that at this time US and Russian oil is tipping the market away from Saudi oil.

Snowshadow,
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@GottaLaff This post should have the headline:

Yaaaaayyy GOOD NEWS

GottaLaff,
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Snowshadow,
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@GottaLaff 😊 👍

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