Tag Archives: United States of America

27% of U.S. Gulf Oil Capacity Offline after Rafael

Over a quarter of U.S. oil production capacity in the Gulf of Mexico remained offline after hurricane Rafael weakened to a tropical storm that the U.S. National Hurricane Center expects to move on south and southwest this week. As of Sunday, over 480,000 bpd in oil production capacity and 310 …

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Biden Administration Plans Minimal Alaska Oil Lease Sale

The Biden Administration plans to offer the minimal possible acreage in a Congress-mandated oil and gas lease sale in the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said late on Wednesday. The BLM is required in the 2017 Tax Act by Congress to …

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EIA: Surge in Iraqi Oil Exports to the US

Iraqi oil exports to the United States increased last week, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA.) The EIA reported on Sunday that the average US crude oil imports from ten key countries reached 5.647 million barrels per day (bpd) last week, an increase of 640.000 bpd from the …

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U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran’s Oil, Petrochemical Sectors

The United States has introduced a fresh wave of sanctions targeting Iran’s oil and petrochemical industries, following Iran’s retaliatory missile attacks on Israeli military and intelligence facilities earlier this month. The sanctions, announced by the U.S. Treasury Department on Friday, are aimed at intensifying financial pressure on Iran, restricting its …

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EIA: Iraqi Oil Exports to US Decline over the week

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday that Iraqi oil exports to the US had dropped during the past week. “In a span of a week, the US imports of crude oil from 10 major countries amounted to 5.744 million bpd, up by 343,000 bpd from the previous …

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