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Energy Industry News 30 September 2025 - 17 October 2025

Shell’s $2 Billion Nigeria Gas Gamble Ignites LNG Boom Amid $8 B Investment Surge

Shell’s Bold $2 Billion Bet and Oil Price Twist: What’s Next for Shell Stock?

Shell Stock Climbs Amid Market Volatility Shell plc’s stock price held firm on Friday at around £26.72 per share, capping off a choppy week on a positive note. The shares inched up ~0.2% on the dayhl.co.uk – a notable rebound after slipping earlier when global markets sold off. Over the past few sessions, Shell’s price oscillated between roughly £26.3 and £26.8 as investors digested oil price swings and company newsreuters.com. Despite this volatility, Shell’s stock gained roughly 3–4% on the weekhl.co.uk, outpacing the broader FTSE 100 which fell to two-week lows amid banking and commodity weaknessreuters.com. Traders say resilient oil
17 October 2025
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Energy Fuels (UUUU) Stock SKYROCKETS on Rare-Earth Breakthrough – Uranium Bull Run Ignited?

Energy Fuels (UUUU) Stock SKYROCKETS on Rare-Earth Breakthrough – Uranium Bull Run Ignited?

Rare-Earth Export Controls Fuel Rally This month’s headlines were dominated by China’s rare-earth clampdown. On Oct. 9, Beijing expanded export curbs to five more rare-earth elements and tightened oversight on high-tech users reuters.com. The move came right before a planned Trump–Xi summit and was widely seen as a geopolitical play. “We’re likely entering a period of structural bifurcation,” says Benchmark Mineral Intelligence analyst Neha Mukherjee – with China “localizing its value chain and the U.S. and allies accelerating their own” reuters.com. As China produces over 90% of processed REEs globally reuters.com, U.S. miners immediately benefit. Indeed, in early Oct. U.S.-listed
14 October 2025
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Trump Axes 6.2GW “Vegas-Sized” Solar Farm in Nevada – Renewable Energy Industry Reels

Trump Axes 6.2GW “Vegas-Sized” Solar Farm in Nevada – Renewable Energy Industry Reels

BLM on Oct 10 listed the Esmeralda 7 solar project in Nevada as “cancelled” energyconnects.com theguardian.com. The massive project (seven contiguous solar farms on ~185 sq mi of public land) would have generated ~6,200 MW – enough for nearly 2 million homes pv-magazine-usa.com theguardian.com. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s Trump administration said developers can now submit individual proposals instead of one programmatic EIS energyconnects.com electrek.co. Conservationists and some locals celebrated the cancellation, while clean‑energy advocates (NRDC, SEIA, EDF) warned it’s a blatant rollback of renewables: NRDC’s Kabir Green calls it “unfettered obstruction” of clean-energy projects pv-magazine-usa.com. The cancellation comes amid a broader Trump‐era push against renewables:
12 October 2025
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Coal Comeback Sends Peabody Energy (BTU) Stock Soaring – Real-Time Update & Analyst Insights

Coal Comeback Sends Peabody Energy (BTU) Stock Soaring – Real-Time Update & Analyst Insights

Key Facts (as of Oct 3, 2025): U.S. markets are open (Fri Oct 3). Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) is trading around $31.0 per share (as of ~10:30 AM EDT), up roughly +5.9% on the day marketbeat.com. Trading volume is heavy (20-day avg ~5.4 M shares stockanalysis.com). Market Cap is ≈$3.9 billion stockanalysis.com. Key ratios: trailing P/E ≈28.8, forward P/E ~64 stockanalysis.com (reflecting squeezed near-term earnings); EPS (TTM) ≈$1.10 stockanalysis.com; Revenue ~$4.04 B (TTM) stockanalysis.com. Peabody pays a $0.30 annual dividend (~1.0% yield) stockanalysis.com (last declared $0.075 in Q3’25 investing.com). Financially, Peabody holds net cash (~$192M: $586M cash vs $394M debt stockanalysis.com) and book equity
3 October 2025
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FirstEnergy’s Executive Payouts Overhauled as Big PA Power Auction Kicks Off

FirstEnergy’s Executive Payouts Overhauled as Big PA Power Auction Kicks Off

Executive Severance Plan Overhaul In late September 2025, FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) announced that its board has revamped the executive severance plan in.investing.com. Under the new Executive Severance Benefits Plan (effective Jan. 1, 2026), the company explicitly adds the CEO and other top officers and replaces most old service-based payouts with fixed multiples of salary in.investing.com stocktitan.net. For example, the CEO, other SEC-defined officers and Executive Council members will now receive 1.5× their base salary as severance if they are involuntarily terminated (e.g. in a facility closure or corporate restructuring) in.investing.com stocktitan.net. Previously the CEO was not in the plan at all – severance was paid by years of
1 October 2025
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BP Bets Big on Oil with $5B Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Platform

BP Bets Big on Oil with $5B Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Platform

Project Details and Timeline BP’s announcement marks a milestone in the Gulf of Mexico, a region long known for deepwater oil riches. The Tiber-Guadalupe platform will be located roughly 300 miles southwest of New Orleans, at water depths over 6,000 feet bignewsnetwork.com spglobal.com. BP originally discovered the Tiber field in 2009 and the Guadalupe field in 2014; combining them with six new wells (Tiber) and two tie-back wells (Guadalupe) gives the hub its 80,000 bpd capacity bignewsnetwork.com oilprice.com. First oil is targeted for 2030, after a multi-year construction and commissioning phase. According to BP, the project is fully funded within its
30 September 2025
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Stock Market Today

Vodafone shares steady up after Q3 wobble — Germany, buyback and next results now set the tone

Vodafone shares steady up after Q3 wobble — Germany, buyback and next results now set the tone

7 February 2026
Vodafone shares rose 1.47% to 110.60p Friday, recovering part of Thursday’s 4.68% drop after a Q3 update. Group revenue climbed 6.5% to €10.5 billion, but Germany’s 0.7% service revenue growth missed some forecasts. Vodafone launched a new €500 million buyback tranche, bringing total buybacks since May to €3.5 billion. Investors remain focused on Germany’s pace and cash flow execution.
NatWest Group stock: buyback filing and Rightmove mortgage deal set up a busy week

NatWest Group stock: buyback filing and Rightmove mortgage deal set up a busy week

7 February 2026
NatWest shares closed up 1.45% at 659.4 pence Friday, buoyed by a buyback of 797,428 shares and a new digital mortgage deal with Rightmove. The Bank of England held rates at 3.75% but signaled possible cuts, with markets pricing in two reductions for 2026. NatWest plans to expand its Accelerator community to 50,000 members by 2026. Annual results are due Feb. 13.
Unilever share price holds at 5,250p as results week looms — what investors watch next

Unilever share price holds at 5,250p as results week looms — what investors watch next

7 February 2026
Unilever shares closed flat at 5,250p in London Friday, underperforming the FTSE 100’s 0.6% gain. The company issued 4.2 million new shares for employee plans, bringing total shares to over 2.18 billion. Investors await Q4 and full-year results on Feb. 12, with analyst consensus pointing to 3.9% Q4 sales growth. Unilever’s U.S. ADR rose 0.8% to $72.12.
BP share price near 52-week high ahead of Feb 10 earnings as buyback runs on

BP share price near 52-week high ahead of Feb 10 earnings as buyback runs on

7 February 2026
BP shares closed up 1.9% at 478 pence Friday, just below a 52-week high, as the company continued buybacks ahead of next week’s results. BP repurchased 2.789 million shares on February 6. Oil prices firmed on geopolitical risk, with Brent at $68.05 a barrel, but sector outlook remains uncertain. Investors await BP’s earnings and dividend decision due Tuesday.
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