Oil prices were volatile on Thursday, but keen to return to their upward path despite an unexpected build in US crude oil inventories as the world countries are bracing themselves for a post-pandemic energy crisis. International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $77.92 per barrel at 0701GMT for a 0.21% …
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U.S. shale producers have behaved in an exemplary way in the past year. It wasn’t something the industry wanted to do. It was something it was forced to do by the pandemic and by its shareholders, who after years of waiting for windfalls put their foot down and demanded higher …
Read More »US Supplies of LNG to Europe have not been Stable for Two Years
The hopes of European countries that LNG supplies from the United States will be stable, have not been fulfilled for second consecutive year due to an attractive price on the Asian market for the American LNG, the department head of Gazprom Export, the export arm of Russia’s top gas producer …
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The European Union and the US have announced the Global Methane Pledge, an initiative to reduce global methane emissions to be launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in November in Glasgow. President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged countries at the US-led Major …
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U.S. imports of crude oil from Iraq averaged 56,000 barrels per day (bpd) last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Sunday, amid a drop in its appetite during the same period. In its weekly report on U.S. oil imports, EIA Said that the U.S. imports averaged 4.88 million …
Read More »Iraq’s Intriguing Oil Price Cuts for U.S. Buyers
When it comes to pricing its crude, Iraq’s tried and tested approach has long been to closely follow whatever Saudi Arabia does. Next month, Baghdad is deviating from that path — posing an intriguing question as to why — by announcing sharp cuts, writes Bloomberg oil strategist Julian Lee. Iraq …
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Iraq cut the price of its banner crude for U.S. customers sharply, a bold deviation from what Saudi Arabia chose to do with its own barrels just a few days ago. The nation’s Basrah Light barrels will be sold at a discount of $1.15 per barrel to a regional benchmark …
Read More »U.S. Downsized Crude Imports from Iraq Last Week
U.S. imports of crude oil from Iraq averaged 106,000 barrels per day (bpd) last week, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Sunday, amid a drop in its appetite during the same period. In its weekly report on U.S. oil imports, EIA Said that the U.S. imports averaged million 4.985 …
Read More »EIA: US Imports of Iraqi Crude in August Exceeded Four Million Barrels
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said that Iraqi crude oil exports to the US exceeded four million barrels last August. According to a report released by the EIA, Iraq exported to the US, during the first week of August, 120 thousand barrels per day, an average of 150 thousand …
Read More »OPEC and Russia Keep Steady on Original Plan; Ignore US Request to Pump more Oil
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries plus a group led by Russia, OPEC+1 ignored requests from United States president Joe Biden and agreed on Wednesday to continue raising oil output in measured steps as originally agreed. Last July OPEC+1 agreed to gradually increase oil output following the collapse of prices …
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