Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday, in support of the Iranian stance on lifting sanctions and nuclear talks, called for a change in the US stance and the return to the international agreement (JCPOA). According to The Russian News Agency TASS, talking to media, Sergei Lavrov, who was visiting …
Read More »US Boost Its LNG Supplies to Europe amid Ukraine War
The war in Ukraine has changed the direction of energy supplies around the world, and one result is that the United States is now sending more gas to Europe by sea than Russia by pipeline, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing ICIS data. Since 1967, Gazprom’s pipelines in western Siberia …
Read More »OPEC+ Walks Fine Line between US and Russia
The OPEC+ group of oil exporters are set to hammer out a new strategy at their meeting Wednesday, with all eyes on how they will react to soaring crude prices. The 13 core members of OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, and the 10 further states in OPEC+ — chief among …
Read More »U.S. Imported +450,000 Oil Barrels from Iraq Last Week
U.S. crude oil imports from Iraq averaged 165,000 oil barrels per day (bpd) last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed. According to the report, last week’s oil imports from Iraq amounted to 454,000 barrels (165,000 bpd). Iraq followed the United States’ top crude oil suppliers, Canada (3.308 million bpd), …
Read More »U.S. Drillers Continue to Add Rigs as Crude Prices Rally
The number of total active drilling rigs in the United States rose by 9 this week, according to new data from Baker Hughes published on Friday. The total rig count rose to 767 this week—279 rigs higher than the rig count this time in 2021. Oil rigs in the United …
Read More »US LNG Exports to Europe on Track to Surpass Biden Promise
When U.S. President Joe Biden promised European leaders in March that he would help secure new supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to offset shortages from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, his pledge was greeted with scepticism. After all, the U.S. LNG industry was already hitting its export limits and the …
Read More »US Becomes Top LNG Exporter in First-Half 2022
The United States became the top liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in the first half of 2022, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said, citing data from Cedigaz, as the country increased supply to Europe amid the Ukraine crisis. US LNG exports rose 12% to average 11.2 billion cubic feet per …
Read More »EIA: U.S. Crude Imports from Iraq Surged Last Week
The U.S. crude oil imports from Iraq averaged 456 thousand barrels per day (bpd) last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on the weekend. In its weekly report on U.S. oil imports, EIA said that the U.S. net oil imports averaged 5.722 million bpd last week, up by 439 …
Read More »US Oil not the Fundamental Solution for EU’s Energy Woes
For the first time in six years, the European Union (EU) has overtaken Asia as the biggest buyer of US crude oil, Bloomberg reported. The EU imported 213.1 million barrels US crude over the first five months of the year, while Asia imported 191.1 million barrels, new US Census Bureau …
Read More »EIA: U.S. Crude Imports from Iraq Slumped Last Week
U.S. imports of crude oil from Iraq last week averaged 302 thousand barrels per day (bpd), the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said this weekend. In its weekly report on U.S. oil imports, EIA said that the U.S. net oil imports averaged 5.957 million bpd last week, up by 55 thousand …
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