From AJOT/Bloomberg The Trump administration is proposing tariffs on goods from countries found to have undervalued currencies, in a move that would further escalate its assault on global trading rules. The proposal, laid out in a Federal Register notice released on Thursday, would let U.S.-based companies seek anti-subsidy tariffs on products from countries found by the U.S. Treasury Department to
Upbeat state visit overweight on optics, but visit to potent warship signals upgraded trajectory for Japan-US alliance From Asia Times US President Donald Trump’s state visit to the Land of the Rising Sun started on Saturday. With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe facing elections in both houses of the Diet in July, and with Trump facing mounting challenges on the
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 U.S falls, Canada’s numbers rise This week’s Baker Hughes rig count revealed falling rig numbers for the U.S., but a substantial increase in the Canadian rig count. In the U.S., overall rig numbers are at 983, down four from last week, and down 76 from this week last year. In
From Bloomberg Petroleum exports from Russia to the U.S. are growing rapidly as the supplier takes advantage of lost deliveries from sanctions-hit Venezuela and supply cuts by OPEC members. In the first half of May, 13 ships from Russia delivered almost 5 million barrels of crude and oil products, according to a report by Caracas Capital Markets managing partner Russ
From Reuters The European Union will seek to double imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States by 2023, as part of its efforts to ease transatlantic trade tensions and reduce its reliance on Russian gas. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry and EU Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete hold a joint news conference at the EU Commission headquarters
Iranian parliament officially labels U.S. CENTCOM a terrorist group
From Caspian News While the United States is ramping up pressure on Europe to buy more American liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of Russian natural gas, Russian deliveries of LNG to Europe are reportedly outstripping those from the United States twofold. According to a report published by the International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers(GIIGNL), over the previous year, Russian exports
Canadian energy regulator the National Energy Board (NEB) has approved TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline GP Ltd.’s request to begin winter clearing work on the North Spread of its Keystone XL Project. “Further pipeline construction would be subject to NEB approval of other condition compliance submissions,” according to a press release by the NEB which makes it clear this is a work
Air Liquide to Build First World Scale Liquid Hydrogen Production Plant Dedicated to the Supply of Hydrogen Energy Markets
EnLink Midstream Declares Quarterly Distributions for Third Quarter 2018
Looking to diversify procurement conditions with non-U.S. suppliers TOKYO, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Tokyo Gas Co. is not considering raising U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchase volumes as it seeks to diversify procurement portfolio, its President Takashi Uchida told reporters on Thursday. The company has started receiving long-term U.S. LNG from Dominion Energy Inc’s Cove Point export plant in Maryland earlier
Consumers suffer from price swings – Putin From CNBC Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Moscow and Washington cooperate to tamp down volatility in oil markets. S. President Donald Trump said the United States will “compete successfully” against Russia in Europe’s natural gas market. Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Moscow and Washington could cooperate to soothe volatility in the oil market that
