It is always a challenge to anticipate the USDA's quarterly estimate of corn stocks, but the estimate of the December 1 inventory, to be released on January 12, 2015, is a special challenge. Not only is there the usual uncertainty about the ...
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Last year China leapfrogged past Germany to become the world’s largest market for solar equipment, according to industry figures. True, a September report showed the former is also set to push global carbon emissions to a record high ...
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China may overtake the US as the largest oil consumer globally in the early 2030s as emerging countries will lead growth in oil consumption in the next decades, the International Energy Agency said in a report yesterday. Global oil demand ...
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Corn prices continue to be dominated by expectations of a very large U.S. harvest. The USDA will release a new forecast of the size of the crop on September 11. The market expectation is that the new forecast will be about 250 million ...
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The NYMEX July natural gas futures contract closed 25.4 cents higher to a $4.762/MMBtu settlement on Thursday after the US Energy Information Administration reported a lower injection to storage inventories than most expected, prompting ...
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Illinois Basin market sentiment was mixed this week, as some participants said they see prices rising on heightened domestic demand, partly to rebuild stockpiles, while others took a persistently bearish view that increased production in ...
US exports of ethanol in April totaled 251 million liters (66 million gallons), down 21% from March, but 62% above those of April 2013, according to US Census Bureau data released Wednesday. The data includes all ethanol types except for ...
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Outbound shipments of Eagle Ford Shale crude and condensate through the Port of Corpus Christi rose to 445,615 b/d in April from 289,987 b/d in April 2013, the most recent data released by the port showed. April shipments also rose 3% ...
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The US Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon emissions guidelines issued Monday would have the biggest impact on Appalachian and Powder River Basin thermal coal producers, though the latter may be able to soften the impact if ...
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Domestic demand for propane and propylene in the US declined 30% last week, Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday. At the same time, US propane and propylene stocks increased by 3.686 million barrels to 45.77 million ...
US natural gas demand would increase 3.29 Bcf/d by 2020 as a result of the US Environmental Protection Agency's newly released plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants 30% from 2005 levels by 2030. After 2020, gas demand ...
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The US imported the most jet fuel for the month of March in five years, pulling more barrels than usual from the other side of the world, US Energy Information Administration data showed Thursday. The US imported 2.81 million barrels of ...
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US propane and propylene stocks increased 2.17 million barrels in the reporting week that ended May 23, Energy Information Administration data showed Thursday. A week earlier, the build was almost identical at 2.18 million barrels. The ...
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US residual fuel oil implied demand was slightly higher in March than in February, but just half what it was in March 2013, according to US Energy Information Administration data published Thursday. March fuel oil demand in the US was ...
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Chicago CBOB gasoline for delivery through June 4 jumped 9 cents/gal Thursday to NYMEX July RBOB futures plus 3 cents/gal on the back of refiner buying and a government report showing tight gasoline supply in the Midwest, sources said. ...
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