National coal mining employment declined 2.2% year-on-year through the first 10 months of 2013, including a 24% employment rate decrease in Kentucky, according to US Bureau of Labor statistics included in the latest monthly US Energy ...
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The estimated weekly production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant fell 7.81 cents, or 11.23%, this week to an 11-week low of 61.7 cents/gal, according to a Platts estimate based on a review of data. The margin is at ...
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Oil prices were little changed Monday as traders awaited U.S. crude inventories data for last week. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the Energy Department' s statistical arm, will on Wednesday release its report covering U. S. ...
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U.S. crude-oil futures dropped to a four-month low Wednesday after government data showed inventories rose more than expected last week. The Energy Information Administration said crude oil stocks rose by 4.1 million barrels, compared ...
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Southeast Asia may be the next growth market for energy comparable to China and India, industry players said at an energy industry forum on Monday. Fatih Birol, chief economist of the inter-governmental International Energy Agency, said ...
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Spot price assessments for US gasoline plunged to the lowest levels of the year across the country Wednesday, pressured by high inventories and weak demand tied to seasonal changes and more efficient vehicles. Gasoline prices in the US ...
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US propane and propylene stocks fell 533,000 barrels to 65.97 million barrels for the reporting week ended October 18, data from the Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday. The change in stocks was in line with market ...
Booming diesel-fuel use in Europe and Latin America is paying off for U.S. drivers, as gasoline prices fall to a nine-month low. October supplies of gasoline are at a three-year high for that month, but refiners are still running at high ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, diesel-fuel
Two months before the expected third round of bidding for shale gas exploration rights, a Chinese firm on Friday successfully tested extraction equipment. The equipment will operate in complex geographic conditions, according to the ...
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Current-year ethanol and advanced biofuel RINs assessments fell to their lowest levels in more than eight months Tuesday as heavy selloffs continued throughout the market, sources said. Corn-based ethanol (D6) RINs were assessed 0.5 cent ...
US propane and propylene stocks increased 26,000 barrels to 66.50 million barrels for the week ended October 11, data from the Energy Information Administration showed Monday. Propane market participants had been expecting stocks to show ...
Media reports of China surpassing the United States as the world's biggest oil importer as shown by data from a U.S. government agency were somewhat overrated, experts said. Recently published data by the U.S. Energy Information ...
Chicago Argo ethanol was assessed Monday at a two-week high of $2.07/gal amid stronger corn futures and tight ethanol supply, sources said. Specifically, the Chicago Argo ethanol assessment rose 1.5 cents from Friday to the highest level ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, tight ethanol, corn
US corn and soybean oil futures on the Chicago Board of Trade and RIN prices were trending lower Friday morning amid reports that the US Environmental Protection Agency would lower its biofuels blending requirements for 2014. December ...
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The US federal government has shut many services after failing to pass a spending bill, something that has implications for the highly regulated oil and gas sector. On Friday, talks between House Republicans and President Barack Obama ...