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U.S. Crude Oil Imports Rise to Highest Since 2018, EIA Says

U.S. crude oil imports rose last week to their highest since 2018, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday, as volumes from Mexico rebounded and the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline boosted shipments from Canada. Imports of crude oil from Mexico rose by 449,000 barrels per day to 987,000 bpd in the week to June …

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U.S. Natural Gas Prices Slide 2% After Mountain Valley Pipe Startup Approved

U.S. natural gas futures slid about 2% on Wednesday on expectations the startup of the Mountain Valley Pipeline will soon allow more cheap gas from the Appalachia shale basin to flow to markets. Federal energy regulators approved the startup of the Mountain Valley Pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia late Tuesday. Analysts expect the Mountain …

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Matador to Buy Permian Oil Assets From EnCap for $1.9 Billion

Photographer: Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg Oil producer Matador Resources Co. agreed to buy assets in the Permian Basin from a portfolio company of EnCap Investments LP for $1.9 billion in cash, the latest in a series of shale industry tie-ups. The deal includes oil and gas producing properties and undeveloped acreage in New Mexico and West Texas owned by …

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Crude Quality Issues on Trans Mountain Pipe May Hamper Flows from Canada to US West Coast Refiners

U.S. oil refiners and West Coast traders are flagging concerns about the quality of crude shipped on the newly completed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX), warning that high vapor pressure and acidity limits could deter purchases of Canadian heavy barrels. The $24.84 billion (C$34 bln) expansion started operations last month and has nearly tripled shipping capacity to Canada’s …

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Mountain Valley Gets Regulator’s Approval for U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline

By Reuters June 12 (Reuters) – Mountain Valley can begin operating its $7.85 billion Virginia natural gas pipeline after receiving approval from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) according to a filing on Tuesday. The Mountain Valley project, the only big gas pipeline under construction in the U.S. Northeast, has encountered numerous regulatory and court …

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Oil Perks up on Inventory Drawdown Forecasts for This Year

Summary Oil forecasters anticipate stock draws in H2 2024 – analyst Both contracts rise by $1 a barrel Key US data for interest rate cycle expected on Wednesday LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) – Oil prices ticked higher on Wednesday after three key forecasters predicted that global oil inventories would fall in the second half of …

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U.S. Gas Prices are Falling. Experts Point to Mild Demand at the Pump Ahead of Summer Travel

NEW YORK (AP) — Gas prices are once again on the decline across the U.S., bringing some relief to drivers now paying a little less to fill up their tanks. The national average for gas prices on Monday stood around $3.44, according to AAA. That’s down about 9 cents from a week ago — marking …

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U.S. EIA Deepens forecast for drop in U.S. natgas output in 2024

U.S. natural gas production will drop more this year than earlier estimates and demand will hit a record, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its Short Term Energy Outlook on Tuesday. EIA projected dry gas production will ease from a record 103.8 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in 2023 to 102.1 bcfd in …

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U.S. House Committee Report Finds Wall Street ‘Colluded’ to Curb Emissions

A U.S. congressional committee will accuse the biggest Wall Street firms on Tuesday, in a report seen by Reuters ahead of its publication, of colluding with advocacy groups to force companies to shrink their greenhouse gas emissions. The report is the first of its kind produced by the Republican-led Judiciary Committee in the House of …

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‘They (Activists) Don’t Understand the Facts’: Henry Kravis Rebukes Climate Protesters Who Interrupted Him

KKR & Co. co-founder Henry Kravis pushed back against climate activists who interrupted a speech to criticize the firm’s fossil-fuel investments, saying they underestimate the difficulty of shifting the economy to clean energy. Kravis was speaking on a panel at the Conference of Montreal on Monday when protesters walked to a podium on stage and accused him of “ruining Canada.” …

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