(BOE Report) – U.S. President Donald Trump will arrive in Beijing this week for a summit with President Xi Jinping on May 14 to 15, where U.S. officials say a deal for Beijing to buy more U.S. energy could be under consideration. Tariffs imposed during the U.S.-China trade war have halted most Chinese imports of U.S. oil and LNG, which
(Oil Price) – Azerbaijan, a key natural gas supplier to Europe, raised its production by 2.4% in 2025 from the previous year, the Azeri Ministry of Energy said on Monday. Azerbaijan produced 51.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas last year, up by 1.2 bcm, or 2.4%, compared to 2024, according to the ministry’s data cited by the Azerbaijan State News Agency
(Investing)– At least two oil tankers have made their way to Venezuela in recent days and others are navigating towards the country, a sign of state-run PDVSA’s effort to expand floating storage and keep selling crude even as a U.S. blockade has reduced exports to a minimum. U.S. President Donald Trump this month announced a blockade of all sanctioned vessels going
(BOE Report) – Soaring U.S. natural gas prices are eroding profit margins for the nation’s LNG producers, a trend that could deepen in the coming years, forcing exports to drop as global competition heats up. U.S. benchmark Henry Hub gas prices spiked on Wednesday to their highest level in three years at over $5 per million British thermal units (mmbtu)
(Oil Price) – The U.S. federal government is considering further steps to speed up the buildout of liquefied natural gas export infrastructure as flows of natural gas to LNG plants hit a record high. Exports, as it happens, are also running at all-time highs. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s chairwoman announced the coming changes in a statement that said, “Energy infrastructure needs to
(BOE Report) – Iraq is in negotiations over the size of its OPEC quota within its available capacity of 5.5 million barrels per day, oil minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani said at an oil conference on Monday. The country, OPEC’s biggest overproducer, submitted plans in April to make further oil output cuts to compensate for pumping above agreed quotas. Abdel-Ghani said that
(BOE Report) – U.S. natural gas pipeline exports to Mexico averaged 7.5 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in May 2025, the most of any month on record as Mexico’s demand for natural gas increases, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Monday. On an annual basis, U.S. natural gas pipeline exports to Mexico averaged 6.4 bcfd in 2024, a
(Oil Price)– American LNG exports hit a monthly record in August as newly started-up projects gradually ramp up output and shipments, and facilities ended planned maintenance. The August record will be beaten very soon as new export projects are close to launch and the supportive Trump Administration continues to approve proposed plants. Three U.S. LNG projects have taken final investment
Oil Price U.S. diesel exports to Europe have tumbled so far in February amid lower refinery output and tighter supplies in America, which have decreased arbitrage opportunities and further tightened European diesel supplies. Europe’s imports of U.S. diesel have nearly halved so far in February to 6.65 million barrels, down from a seven-year high imports of 11.44 million barrels in
Oil Price Lower domestic coal consumption and higher demand in Asia pushed U.S. exports of thermal coal in 2023 to the highest level since 2018, Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting data from ship-tracking firm Kpler. The United States exported last year more than 32.5 million metric tons of thermal – or steam – coal, used primarily in electricity generation, per the data
Nasdaq HOUSTON – U.S. crude oil exports, already running close to a record level hit in March, should get a further boost next month from deep production cuts in Saudi Arabia, analysts said on Monday, noting that this will also further deplete U.S. crude inventories, which have been hovering near historic lows. Saudi Arabia, de facto leader of oil producer group
Oil Price Iran’s exports of crude oil, condensates, and petrochemical products hit their highest level in the Iranian month of November since 2018, when the U.S. reimposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s oil industry, Petroleum Minister Javad Owji said. “Iran’s oil industry is currently at the forefront of the economic war and the highest sanctions have been imposed on the industry,”
