(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
(World Oil)– India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the country will continue buying Russian oil, signaling its intent to defy U.S. President Donald Trump’s persistent demands to halt the purchases. U.S. President Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on India in retaliation for Russian oil purchases “Where we buy our oil from, especially a big-ticket foreign exchange item where we pay
(Oil & Gas 360) – In the late winter and spring of this year, foreign policy was a major activity of the Trump Administration. The Ukraine war with Russia, the Middle East, and negotiating cease fires between India and Pakistan and between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and various trade discussions, many contentious, took focused diplomatic attention punctuated
(Oil Price)– Plutonium material from dismantled U.S. nuclear warheads from the Cold War could be offered to American power firms as a fuel to potentially use in advanced nuclear technologies, under a draft plan of the Trump Administration. The U.S. does not use plutonium in nuclear power facilities. In the past, plutonium has been converted into fuel for commercial reactors
(Oil Price)– The U.S. Department of Energy has announced close to $1 billion in funding opportunities for stimulating domestic mining, processing, and manufacturing ventures involving critical minerals in a bid to reduce the country’s dependence on imports. About half of the total will be spent on battery manufacturing and recycling, despite the Trump administration’s negative attitude to electric vehicles, which drove
(Oil Price)– The United States looks to replace the deputy executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the second-in-command role in the agency that is usually reserved for a U.S. representative, POLITICO’s E&E News reported on Thursday, quoting former U.S. officials and energy industry insiders familiar with the plan. American Mary Burce Warlick is currently the Deputy Executive Director of the
(Oil Price)– Venezuela’s crude and fuel exports fell in July by some 10% from June to average 727,000 barrels per day (bpd), as Chevron and other partners of state oil firm PDVSA were waiting for U.S. authorizations to resume operations and exports that were prohibited in May. Venezuela also exported about 227,000 metric tons of oil by-products and petrochemicals last
(World Oil)– The U.S. sealed a trade deal with Pakistan as their officials wrapped up talks in Washington, agreeing to develop oil reserves. The pact involves a reduction of the so-called reciprocal tariffs, especially on Pakistani exports, according to a statement by Pakistan’s finance ministry on Thursday. No details on tariffs were shared by either side. U.S. President Donald Trump
(World Oil)– The Trump administration and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin have announced the agency will reverse the 2009 ‘endangerment finding’, which made greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO₂), pollutants subject to agency regulation. This finding provided the legal framework to regulate CO₂ and enabled the Net Zero movement to gain traction both in the U.S. and worldwide.
(BOE Report)– U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Japan will form a joint venture to develop a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska though a Japanese government official said he was not aware of such plans. It was not immediately clear whether Trump was referring specifically to the proposed $44 billion Alaska LNG project. That project would consist
(BOE Report)– The Trump administration is more concerned with the quality of trade agreements rather than their timing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline for securing a trade deal or facing steep tariffs. “We’re not going to rush for the sake of doing deals,” Bessent told CNBC in an interview. Asked whether
(World Oil)– West Texas Intermediate advanced almost 3% to settle above $68 a barrel after President Donald Trump said he plans to make a “major statement” on Russia on Monday and reiterated criticism of President Vladimir Putin. One sanctions bill, which at least 85 senators have endorsed, would levy 500% tariffs on China and India if they make any purchases
