The United States last Friday imposed sanctions on two shipping companies for delivering Venezuelan oil to ally Cuba.
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PDVSA is trying to retool the upgrades to process a simpler form of heavy oil.
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Saudi Arabia and the UAE had pledged to raise output to offset any outages in the market.
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The EIA projected gas output would increase in most of the big shale basins in June.
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China is Iran’s biggest oil client.
Read More »Europe Believes Necessary to have a Nuclear Deal with Iran and to Implement It
Europe presumed that Iran would not gradually discontinue its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
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Uncertainty is expected in oil markets in the next three months due to ample supplies as well as Iran’s ability to continue to export despite sanctions by the US administration.
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Turkey wants to diversify its energy sources.
Read More »China’s Thirst for Saudi Oil
China stepped up purchases of Saudi oil in the first four months of this year.
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The risk for Trump is that the Chinese don’t play ball and don’t go ahead with the negotiation.
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