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US senators came to terms concerning consideration of the bill on sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline tabled by Senator Ted Cruz (Republican-Texas) and would vote on this initiative on January 14, 2022 at the latest. “The Senate reached an agreement that at a time to be determined …

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Data showed, on Saturday, that Iraq’s oil export to the United States dropped by 88% in the past week. EIA stated in a report, “U.S. imports oil 5.869 million bpd in the past week.” The top three source countries of U.S. import oil are Canada …

The first oil from President Joe Biden’s release from the country’s emergency crude reserves is being granted to Exxon Mobil Corp. The company will receive 4.8 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of an exchange, the Department of Energy said Friday on its website. Delivery …

The U.S. Department of Energy said on Friday it will sell 18 million barrels of crude oil from its strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) on Dec. 17, as part of a previous plan to try to reduce gasoline prices. The Biden administration announced last month it would release about 50 million …

In the showdown over Russia’s implicit threat to invade Ukraine, the United States and European allies are eyeing what they see is a major vulnerability for Moscow — the just-completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline to carry natural gas to Europe. US officials made clear Tuesday after President Joe Biden’s two-hour …

Big Oil majors booked profits of a combined $174 billion for the first nine months of the year as they focused on returning cash to shareholders instead of boosting production to arrest a price rally, The Guardian reported this week, citing a report shared exclusively by Accountable.US, a government corruption …

U.S. imports of crude oil from Iraq averaged 140 thousand barrels per day (bpd) last month, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Saturday. In its monthly report on U.S. oil imports, EIA said that the U.S. imports from Iraq grossed 4.192 million barrels in November at a rate of …

The U.S. is trying to re-focus its energy relationship with top Middle East OPEC countries, notably Saudi Arabia, after a period of tension between Washington and Riyadh over high oil prices. Amos Hochstein, the top American energy diplomat, held meetings this week with officials in the Middle East, including Saudi …

Just a few days after the go-ahead of a giant commercial-scale offshore wind project off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in the US state of Massachusetts, the US Interior Department approved the second major offshore wind farm. The approximately 130MW South Fork Wind project will be located 19 miles southeast …

The United States is “turning to China for help” to cool inflation by releasing some of its oil reserves, the state-backed Global Times said in an editorial on Wednesday (Nov 24), adding that the move will benefit everyone but China “has the upper hand”.” Washington has asked some of the …