Thursday, March 6, 2025
European gas prices hit all-time highs as Russian flows slump- oil and gas 360- oil and gas 360

European gas prices hit all-time highs as Russian flows slump

Nasdaq MOSCOW – European gas prices surged to all-time highs on Friday as Russia kept a tight lid on supply, signalling further price pressures on European consumers heading into the winter heating season. Russian gas supplies via the Yamal-Europe pipeline fell on Friday by almost 77% from Thursday, according to data from grid operator Gascade, as Kremlin-controlled Gazprom GAZP.MM booked only a

Biden demands OPEC boost oil production amid rising gas prices- oil and gas 360

Biden demands OPEC boost oil production amid rising gas prices

NY Post The White House is pressuring OPEC and its allies to boost oil production in a bid to tackle rising gasoline prices — despite imposing tighter restrictions on US oil companies last year.   Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan issued a statement on Wednesday urging OPEC — the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries — to move faster to restore

Biden suspects “unlawful” oil and gas mergers are behind higher gasoline prices- oil and gas 360

Biden suspects “unlawful” oil and gas mergers are behind higher gasoline prices

World Oil (Bloomberg) –The Federal Trade Commission is examining ways to crack down on mergers in the oil and gas industry and investigate whether gas station franchises are driving up gas prices as part of a Biden administration effort to combat higher costs at the pump. FTC Chair Lina Khan is directing staff to identify new legal theories to challenge

Ida's fury hits U.S. oil production, gasoline supplies- oil and gas 360-

Ida’s fury hits U.S. oil production, gasoline supplies

Nasdaq HOUSTON – Hurricane Ida pummeled U.S. Gulf Coast energy suppliers, knocking out most of the region’s offshore wells, nearly half its motor fuel production and closing energy-export ports.   The storm moved into Mississippi on Monday after leaving a trail of destruction in Louisiana and rampaging through U.S. offshore oil and gas fields. Hundreds of oil production platforms were

BP to take full control of Thorntons stores in U.S. retail push- oil and gas 360

BP to take full control of Thorntons stores in U.S. retail push

Reuters BP Plc BP.L said on Tuesday it would buy the majority share it does not already own in its Thorntons joint venture from ArcLight Capital Partners LLC to expand its presence in the U.S. fuels and convenience retail business. The acquisition will bring BP more than 200 retail stores in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Florida and will mark

White House touts EVs, but not backing gasoline-powered phase-out date- oil and gas 360

White House touts EVs, but not backing gasoline-powered phase-out date

Reuters WASHINGTON  – The Biden administration wants to spend $174 billion to boost electric vehicles and charging stations but its 2030 climate emissions reduction pledge released on Thursday does not include a firm date to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles. “These autos are coming. We know it. It is the future,” White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy said of EVs at

indias transport fule demand remains under pressure - oilandgas360

India’s transport fuel demand remains under pressure

argus Delhi, 12 October (Argus) — Indian demand for transport fuels, except for gasoline, remained lower than year-earlier levels in September despite relaxations to the country’s Covid-19 lockdown measures because of collapsing businesses and record job losses. Sales of diesel, India’s most-consumed oil product, averaged 1.36mn b/d last month, down from 1.45mn b/d a year earlier but up from 1.17mn b/d

Weekly Gas Storage: Inventories increase by 76 Bcf- oil and gas 360

 Global crack spreads remain low amid slow oil demand recovery and high stocks

EIA In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that third-quarter 2020 global liquid fuels consumption averaged 94.2 million barrels per day (b/d), an increase from the second quarter but significantly lower than the same time last year. The slow recovery has contributed to low gasoline and diesel crack spreads and high petroleum product stocks in three major

A New View of the Relationship Between Oil Prices, Gasoline Prices and Inflation Expectations

Dallas Fed It has been considered self-evident until recently that oil prices drive inflation expectations, but new evidence calls into question this conclusion. Conventional wisdom within macroeconomics is that U.S. inflation expectations respond to the level of the price of oil (or the price of gasoline). This view is based on coefficients of regressions of inflation expectations on the price

Saudi gasoline stocks fall to multi-year lows -oilandgas360

Saudi gasoline stocks fall to multi-year lows

Argus Dubai, 20 September (Argus) — Saudi Arabia’s gasoline stocks fell to more than a six year low in July as a push to keep refinery run rates low coincided with an upswing in domestic gasoline demand with the easing of Covid-19-related restrictions on movement. Gasoline demand was up 13pc to 475,000 b/d in July, from 421,000 b/d in June,

Weekly Gas Storage: Inventories increase by 76 Bcf- oil and gas 360

More energy is used per person for transportation in states with low population density

EIA Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: Great report from the EIA – However I have one question – How will all of the people leaving the major population centers change this report?  According to the latest data estimates in the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) State Energy Data System (SEDS), people in geographically large states with small populations, such as Alaska,

Recent legislation would reduce the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve- oil and gas 360

U.S. refineries respond to record-low demand by decreasing inputs to certain downstream units

EIA Starting in mid-March 2020, transportation fuel demand in the United States decreased to record lows as a result of reduced economic activity and stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In response to low demand and decreased profitability, as measured by crack spreads, U.S. refiners decreased inputs of crude oil to atmospheric distillation units (ADUs) and decreased