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Aramco Chief Expects Additional Oil Demand of 1.3 Million Bpd This Year

Summary • Will wait and see impact of sanctions on Russia tankers • Kingdom takes market balance into account when setting output • Looking to expand LNG position globally (Reuters) – Saudi oil giant Aramco’s Chief Executive Amin Nasser said on Tuesday he sees the oil market as healthy and expects an additional 1.3 million …

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Oil Falls as Traders Digest Trump Tariff Reprieve, Stronger Dollar

Summary • Trump says he is considering 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada from February • President declares sweeping plan to maximise US oil production • U.S. will “probably” stop buying Venezuelan oil, Trump says (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Tuesday as investors assessed U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to apply new tariffs later …

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Trump’s Energy Actions on His First Day

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump issued a flurry of orders within hours of his inauguration on Monday intended to boost the nation’s already record-high oil and gas production and unwind former President Joe Biden’s climate agenda. Here are some of the actions Trump took on his first day: ENERGY EMERGENCY Trump declared a national …

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Trump Says He Will Stop Leasing Federal Land for Wind Farms

Trump has long criticized turbines as bird-killing eyesores President Donald Trump ordered a broad assault on US offshore wind development Monday, including a freeze in permitting the massive renewable power projects despite warnings from developers it imperiled jobs from coast to coast. Trump also ruled out the sale of new wind leases across all of the nation’s …

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Biden’s Ban on New Liquefied Natural Gas Exports Lifted by Trump

President Donald Trump has lifted a moratorium on new US licenses to export liquefied natural gas, making good on a campaign pledge to rescind the measure enacted by his predecessor. The directive, included in a broad executive order on energy, orders the Energy Department to resume reviewing applications for new permits. That was halted by …

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Trump Orders U.S. Waters Open to Oil Drilling, Reversing Biden

Action seen delivering on his vow to unleash American energy Biden had blocked new offshore oil leases in 625 million acres   Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg US President Donald Trump revoked offshore oil and gas leasing bans that effectively blocked drilling in most US coastal waters as he made sweeping moves his first hours in office to unleash …

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Trump Plans to Enact 25% Tariffs on Canada, Mexico by Feb. 1 – Watch the Video Clip

President threatens duty for fentanyl, undocumented migration Trump speaks in first Oval Office comments after inauguration   President Donald Trump said he planned to enact previously threatened tariffs of as much as 25% on Mexico and Canada by Feb. 1, reiterating his contention that America’s two immediate neighbors are allowing the flow of undocumented migrants and drugs …

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Tariff Relief Lifts S&P Futures as Trump Sworn In: Markets Wrap

Presidential memo stops short of calling for new tariffs Trump’s call for national emergency at Mexico border hits peso By Cecile Gutscher and Isabelle Lee Relief that Donald Trump will hold off from imposing China-specific tariffs on his first day in office propelled US equity futures higher on Monday. The dollar slumped. Trump was sworn …

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About 12% of North Dakota’s Oil Output Shut Down by Cold Weather

HOUSTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – North Dakota’s oil production was estimated to be down by between 125,000 barrels per day (bpd) and 150,000 bpd due to extreme cold weather and related operational challenges, the state’s pipeline authority said on Monday. North Dakota is the third-largest oil-producing state in the country and the impacted production represents …

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