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U.S. Crude Production to Rise to 13.21 Million Bpd in 2024 – EIA

U.S. crude oil production will rise to 13.21 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2024 the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday, which lowered expectation for U.S. crude growth by 120,000 bpd. The EIA projected that crude production will rise by 170,000 bpd this year; down …

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Oil Investors Try to Get Bullish as Global Economy Improves: John Kemp

Portfolio investors raced to build bullish positions in petroleum at the end of January amid signs the business cycle slowdown is coming to an end and fears about attacks on tankers near southwestern Arabia. Hedge funds and other money managers purchased the equivalent of 97 million barrels in the six most important petroleum futures and …

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U.S. Oil Refiners’ Weekly capacity Seen Up 110,000 Bpd – IIR

U.S. oil refiners are expected to have about 1.9 million barrels per day (bpd) of capacity offline for the week ending Feb. 9, increasing available refining capacity by 110,000 bpd, research company IIR Energy said on Monday. Offline capacity is expected to fall to 1.1 million bpd in the week ending Feb. 16, IIR added. …

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Oil Steady as Mideast Strikes Compete with Rate Cuts Caution

Summary Positive U.S. jobs report could delay rate cuts US plans further strikes against Iran-backed groups Ukraine hits Russia’s Volgograd refinery in latest drone attack (Reuters) – Oil prices were steady on Monday following sharp falls last week, after Washington pledged to launch further strikes on Iran-backed groups in the Middle East and a strong …

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U.S. Unveils Charges, Seizures Linked to Iranian Oil Network

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday announced terrorism and sanctions-evasion charges and seizures linked to a billion-dollar oil trafficking network that it says finances Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). “The Department of Justice’s actions are critical to stemming the flow of money that Iran uses to engage in activities that threaten …

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Oil Falls to End the Week as U.S. Jobs Data Dents Hope for Near-Term Rate Cuts

Summary U.S. employers added far more jobs in January than expected International Monetary Fund sees China economic growth slowing Whiting refinery power restored after outage NEW YORK, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Oil prices fell by about 2% on Friday and were headed for weekly losses after U.S. jobs data shrank the odds of imminent interest …

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Trudeau Faces Daunting Path to Sale of Canada’s $26 Billion Trans Mountain Pipeline

Plan to give Trans Mountain stake to Indigenous groups stalled Oil companies object to tolls; analysts question valuation Justin Trudeau has promised one of the largest government-led asset sales in Canadian history by divesting the Trans Mountain pipeline, a huge conduit that moves crude from the province of Alberta to the west coast. But the government faces …

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Power Loss Forces BP to Shut Biggest U.S. Midwest Refinery

(Reuters) – BP  was purging its 435,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery of hydrocarbons on Thursday after a transformer failure caused a plant-wide power outage and forced an evacuation of all but the most essential workers, said people familiar with plant operations. It is not yet clear how long it will take BP to restart the …

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Exxon Says Investors to Withdraw Climate Proposal from Annual Shareholder Meeting

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp said in a court filing on Thursday activist investors were withdrawing a climate proposal the oil giant sought to block from being voted on during a shareholder meeting in May. Exxon filed a complaint in a Texas court earlier this month seeking to prevent activist investment firm Arjuna Capital and …

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Chevron Beats Q4 Estimates, But Annual Profits Fall Nearly 40%

(Reuters) – Chevron Corp  on Friday beat analysts’ earnings estimates and increased dividends on higher oil and gas production, after a year of sharply lower profits on missteps and charges. Shares in the pre-trading market rose a fraction after the company beat analysts’ consensus forecast by 24 cents with adjusted earnings of $3.45 per share in …

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