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U.S. Gulf Coast Crude Oil Imports at Lowest Level Since 1986 - Oil & Gas 360

U.S. Gulf Coast Crude Oil Imports at Lowest Level Since 1986

Domestic production has reduced imports approximately 83% since peak As of March of this year, the EIA estimates that the United States Gulf Coast imports approximately 1.8 million barrels of crude oil per day (BOPD), the lowest recorded rate since 1986. The highest recorded rate of imports occurred in Mach of 2007 when the average was approximately 6.6 million BOPD.

EU Plans Sharp Hike in U.S. Energy Imports as Trade Lever

From Reuters The European Union will seek to double imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States by 2023, as part of its efforts to ease transatlantic trade tensions and reduce its reliance on Russian gas. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry and EU Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete hold a joint news conference at the EU Commission headquarters

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China Slams Brakes on U.S. Crude Oil Imports

From Bloomberg First time Asian nation didn’t import from U.S. since 2016: refiners still worried about U.S. crude import tariff Even though Beijing hasn’t sanctioned American oil imports yet, Chinese buyers aren’t taking any chances. The world’s second largest economy halted purchases of U.S. crude in August for the first time since September 2016, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Friday.

Africa’s Largest non-OPEC Producer is on a Roll

Egypt is the largest non-OPEC oil producer in Africa and the third-largest dry natural gas producer on the continent, according to the EIA’s newest report on Egypt. In recent years, the country has seen political instability accompanied by growing power demand and a recovering energy industry. Natural gas supply shortages often cause frequent blackouts in Egypt – and 2011’s political

A Minimum of 5.7 Billion Barrels Await Drillers at ANWR

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is located on the northern coast of Alaska, due east of both Prudhoe Bay and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). The coastal plain (the 1002 Area) covers 1.5 million acres and is about 8% of the total area of ANWR. USGS 1002 Area Map In its latest (1998) resource assessment, the United States Geological

Inventories Back at Five-Year Averages—for Now

The production cuts may have erased the surplus, but for how long? Stored petroleum around the world fell through 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, ending a period of oversupply in the global market that began before OPEC began production cuts in November 2016, according to data from the EIA. The production cuts took effect in January 2017, reducing

Canada’s Energy Sector Faces Rough Waters

Stiff U.S. competition, an inter-province pipeline row prolongs limited export opportunity, and U.S. is its only big export customer   With U.S. shale on a tear, imports are dropping Total U.S. crude production reached 10 MMBOPD in November 2017 and the Canadian Industrial Outlook report from The Conference Board of Canada estimates that U.S. production will pass 11 MMBOPD in

American Energy Imports Lowest Since 1982

U.S. continues to import less while exporting more Total net energy imports to the United States fell to 7.3 quadrillion BTUs (quads) in 2017, a 35% decrease from 2016 and the lowest level since 1982, when both gross imports and gross exports were much lower, the EIA said today in a new report. Gross energy imports have been generally decreasing

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U.S. Crude Oil, NatGas Exports Both Hit New Highs

U.S. crude oil exports grew to an average of 1.1 MMBOPD in 2017, the EIA said, which is the second full year since restrictions on crude oil exports were removed. Crude oil exports in 2017 were nearly double the level of exports in 2016. Increased U.S. crude oil exports were supported by increasing U.S. crude oil production and expanded infrastructure, the

U.S. Restricts Exports of Oil Diluents to Venezuela - Oil & Gas 360

Oil Production Diving, Inflation Climbing Fast: Venezuelans Squeezed

Venezuela’s citizens are left holding a bag, one that is saddled with $60 billion dollars worth of debt. Citizens of Venezuela have been buying into bonds due to government policies of subsidizing the purchase of foreign debt by individual investors, Reuters reported in December 2017. Big businesses in the country have also poured money into the bonds, hoping to capitalize

Trade Shift: United States Exports More Energy Products to Mexico

In the past three years, the U.S. has exported more energy products to Mexico than it imports. That’s a reversal from just a few years ago. Historically, energy trading between Mexico and the U.S. was characterized by Mexican sales of crude oil to the U.S. and American sales of refined petroleum products to Mexico. US-Mexico Imports-Exports Through 2014, the EIA