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Oil Declines with Strong Dollar Dragging Prices down

Oil prices drifted lower on Monday over strong US dollar pressure as investors await Thursday’s release of the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, the US Fed’s preferred measure of price fluctuations and an importance gauge in its next monetary policy decision. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $80.60 per …

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ExxonMobil’s Record Profits Defy Political Expectations

The oil industry has historically been politically conservative. In turn, Democratic politicians have often been hostile toward the industry. Nevertheless, oil companies have recorded some of their largest profits during Democratic administrations. For example, neither President Obama nor President Biden was cozy with the oil industry, but the industry profited …

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Iraq’s Oil Exports to the US Rose to 226,000 bpd

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced, on Sunday, that Iraq’s oil exports to the United States rose last week to 226,000 bpd last week. The EIA mentioned that the average US imports of crude oil during the past week from nine major countries reached 5.642 million bpd, increasing by …

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Shell Earned $2.4 Billion from LNG Trading in Q4

Shell earned $2.4 billion from LNG trading in the fourth quarter amid strong demand for the fuel ahead of the winter, with LNG trades contributing to almost a third of its Q4 adjusted earnings, Reuters reported on Friday, quoting sources close to the UK-based supermajor. The LNG trading profit for …

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