U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported a dramatic upswing in its weekly crude oil imports from Iraq, with the volumes doubling over the last week. According to EIA’s compiled data, the average daily import of crude oil from nine primary exporting nations surged to 5.709 million barrels. This represents …
Read More »U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Drop amid Oil Price Slide
Crude oil inventories in the United States decreased this week by 2.408 million barrels, the American Petroleum Institute (API) data showed on Tuesday, after falling by 1.246 million barrels in the week prior. Analysts were expecting a smaller 1.467-million-barrel draw in U.S. crude-oil inventories. The total number of barrels of …
Read More »India’s Rising Role in U.S. Commodity Trade
In a recent interview, Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator at the Financial Times, explored the growing relationship between the U.S. and India. The article primarily targets a British audience, but still playfully mock the Brits’ obsession with the “special relationship” between the UK and US. Most people acknowledge that …
Read More »U.S. Oil Drilling Slow down Continues
The total number of total active drilling rigs in the United States fell by 5 this week, according to new data from Baker Hughes published Friday, falling by more than 70 rigs over the last two months. The total rig count fell to 682 this week—71 rigs below this time …
Read More »Iraq Becomes 4th Largest Oil Supplier to U.S.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday that Iraqi oil exports to the United States have surpassed 250,000 barrels per day, establishing Iraq as America’s fourth-largest source of oil in the past week. In a report, the administration stated, “The average U.S. imports of crude oil from eight countries …
Read More »The U.S. becomes the World’s Second-Largest EV Market after China
Tax credits led to a surge in U.S. electric vehicle sales in the first quarter of 2023, making the United States the world’s second-largest EV market after China, Counterpoint Technology Market Research said in new research. U.S. passenger electric vehicle (EV) sales jumped by over 79% year-on-year in Q1 2023, …
Read More »Russia Tells U.S. not to Lecture Saudi Arabia on Oil
The United States should not tell Saudi Arabia how to manage its crude oil production, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “Saudi Arabia is a sovereign state, a responsible state, and a very important player in the international energy markets. Of course, this sovereign state is capable of making …
Read More »U.S. Drilling Activity Continues Its Slide
The total number of total active drilling rigs in the United States fell by 1 this week, according to new data from Baker Hughes published Friday, falling by 53 over the last five weeks. The total rig count fell to 695 this week—38 rigs below this time last year. The …
Read More »US Solar Market Expected to Triple in Size by 2028
The US solar industry installed 6.1 GW of capacity in the first quarter of 2023, according to the US Solar Market Insight Q2 2023 report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. Several factors contributed to the record first quarter, not the least of which was the …
Read More »U.S. Exports of LNG Dip in May
LNG exports out of the United States fell in May to 7.66 million tonnes, according to shipping data cited by Reuters. That’s a 0.35 million tonne dropoff from the previous month. The United States shipped less LNG to Europe in May, while increasing LNG exports to Asia and Latin America. …
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