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OPEC December Oil Output Rises Before New Cuts, Angola Exit – Survey

(Reuters) OPEC oil output rose in December, a Reuters survey found on Friday, as increases in Iraq, Angola and Nigeria offset ongoing cuts by Saudi Arabia and other members of the wider OPEC+ alliance to support the market. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 27.88 million barrels per day (bpd) last month, the …

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Biden Administration Slowly Puts Oil Back into the SPR Emergency Stash – Here are Some SPR Facts

The administration of President Joe Biden is slowly putting oil back into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, after selling a record amount from the emergency stockpile in 2022. Here are some facts about the SPR and U.S. efforts to buy oil back to fill it. WHAT IS THE SPR? It is the world’s largest emergency oil …

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Oil Extends Gains on Middle East Supply Worries

Summary Shutdown of Libya’s Sharara oilfield tightens supply U.S. crude inventories fall more than expected -API Coming up: EIA supply report, 1600 GMT (Reuters) – Oil rose by about 1% on Thursday, extending gains on concerns over Middle Eastern supply after disruptions at an oilfield in Libya and heightened tensions relating to the Israel-Hamas war. …

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U.S. Seeks 3 Mln barrels of Crude for Strategic Reserve

The U.S. is seeking to buy up to 3 million barrels of U.S.-produced sour crude oil for delivery in April to help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the Department of Energy said in a statement on Wednesday. President Joe Biden’s administration is slowly purchasing oil for the SPR after it sold a record 180 …

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