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OPEC Output Hikes, Trade Wars Have US Oil Producers Wary of ‘Drill Baby Drill’

Summary Oil at $55 a barrel, down from $78 before Trump inauguration US oil rig count expected to drop if crude stays below $60 Tariffs will hike costs for steel and oil-drilling gear Reuters) – President Donald Trump moved on his first day in office to increase U.S. oil and gas production, but the country’s …

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US Will No Longer Require Green Analyses on Western States’ Oil, Gas Leases

(Reuters) – The Trump administration said on Thursday that it will no longer require environmental impact statements for oil and gas leases across the U.S. West, in a step toward lifting green hurdles to drilling that environmental groups will likely challenge in court. The Interior Department said in a release that it will no longer …

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US EIA Warns of Lower Oil Demand From Tariffs and Trade Uncertainty

(Reuters) – Recent developments in global trade policy are set to lower global oil and fuel demand growth through 2026, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Thursday in its monthly short-term energy outlook report. The U.S. Department of Energy’s statistical arm cut its annual U.S. and global oil demand growth forecasts for both …

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New LNG Plant to Boost Venture Global Profits as Calcasieu Serves Long-Term Customers

(Reuters) – Venture Global Inc is about to start selling liquefied natural gas cargoes from a Louisiana export terminal to long-term customers rather than to the highest global bidder, but it plans to employ the controversial but lucrative practice at a new and bigger terminal that it is starting up. On April 15, Venture Global …

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Oil Prices Set to Drop for a Second Week as US-China Trade War to Cut Demand

(Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Friday and were set to drop for a second week on concerns prolonged trade war between the United States and China, the world’s largest economies, will crush crude consumption as their dispute curtails economic growth. Brent futures fell 31 cents, 0.5%, to $63.02 a barrel by 0153 GMT, while …

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Venezuela National Assembly Greenlights Economic Emergency Decree

Venezuela’s national assembly on Thursday passed a decree proposed by President Nicolas Maduro’s government to declare a state of economic emergency in response to U.S. sanctions and tariffs. In March, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump began suspending authorizations for oil companies operating with Venezuela’s state-owned PDVSA and imposed secondary tariffs on crude oil …

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