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US Natgas Demand will Drop 4% This Year

U.S.’s natural gas consumption is set to decline 4% this year to an average of 81.7 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), the Energy Information Administration said in its May Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) last week. The drop reflects mainly a 7.1% decrease in gas demand from the industrial sector, …

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Saudis React to Economic Squeeze

Saudi Arabia and the UAE introduced the five percent Value Added Tax (VAT) in January of 2018, a first for the Persian Gulf region which had long prided itself on its tax-free, cradle-to-grave welfare system. On the same day, Saudi Arabia announced a petrol price hike of 127 percent.

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