US crude exports jumped to their highest level on record in May, coming in at 662,000 b/d, monthly data from the US Energy Information Administration showed Friday. Exports are up from 591,000 b/d in April and have been up steadily from ...
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Building on the new commitments to the Global Lighting Challenge announced in early June during the Clean Energy Ministerial, the US Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing funding for nine research and development projects that will ...
Crude prices have gone down nearly 30 percent this year, and analysts expect oil prices to remain low for even longer. Boon for consumers Lower oil prices are generally good for US consumers and the economy, said Jason Bordoff, ...
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The North American coal industry remains negatively positioned for 2016 with thermal coal facing a slow, long-term decline and metallurgical coal prices unlikely to recover within the next 12 months, a Moody's Investors Service note said ...
The NYMEX January natural gas futures contract settled at $1.990/MMBtu Friday, down 2.5 cents. A prompt-month contract has not settled lower since reaching $1.975/MMBtu on April 24, 2012. The fall in the January contract comes as the ...
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The government of Neuquen, a southwestern province of Argentina, said Monday it has approved ExxonMobil's investment plan for developing shale resources in the Bajo el Choique and La Invernada blocks. The company will work with Gas y ...
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Unseasonably strong gasoline demand is proving for US refiners to be the gift that keeps on giving this holiday season, as support from seasonal diesel demand is tamped down by record high temperatures across much of the US. Gasoline ...
A consensus of analysts surveyed by Platts expects the US Energy Information Administration on Wednesday will estimate a natural gas storage injection of between 4 Bcf and 8 Bcf for the reporting week that ended November 20. The EIA plans ...
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The December/January US Gulf Coast 3% sulfur fuel oil swap spread moved to a wider contango on Friday, while market sources searched for a fundamental reason to explain the movement. Platts assessed the December/January 3%S spread at a ...
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With colder temperatures finally hitting much of the northern US last week, many in the oil market will have their eyes on US distillate stocks when the US Energy Information Administration releases its weekly inventory data Wednesday. ...
NYMEX December natural gas futures settled 10.2 cents higher at $2.364/MMBtu Thursday on the back of a bullish storage report. The US Energy Information Administration announced a 52-Bcf storage injection for the week ended October 30, ...
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More than 13 GW of solar power generating capacity is now in place across the US, after 2013 witnessed a record 4.8 GW of installations, including some 2.8 GW in utility-scale projects. The explosive growth figures come from GTM ...
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The Obama administration on Tuesday said it will continue to process TransCanada's application for a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline, even as it considers the company's request to suspend the review. "We would like to finish this ...
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Leo W. Gerard, international president of the United Steelworkers (USW), has testified before the US Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, reiterating his opposition to lifting the long-standing crude oil export ban, ...
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Chinese automaker BYD Co, backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, aims to triple its production of batteries as it takes on Tesla Motors in the race to supply electric vehicles and boost energy storage. Shenzhen-based BYD plans ...
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