Archives for 2017
Storms delay crude carrier from arrival, first of its kind, in Corpus Christi
This week’s storms have delayed the arrival of the first Very Large Crude Carrier to attempt to dock and load in a Gulf Coast port. The storms, which battered counties southwest of Houston on Monday...
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Are OPEC production cuts a done deal?
A powerful consortium of oil producers that includes Saudi Arabia and Russia will try to goose lackluster oil prices this week with promises to extend previous output cuts for several months and perhaps into next...
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Solar industry drives renewable energy job growth worldwide
Renewable energy employs nearly 10 million people worldwide, nearly double the employment numbers in 2012, when the International Renewable Energy Agency did its first jobs survey. The number of jobs in the solar and wind...
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More efficient cars means less gasoline use in U.S. soon
U.S. gasoline consumption will fall over the next three decades, despite record travel, as fuel efficiency improves in American cars. Americans are driving more vehicles, the U.S. Energy Department said in a recent report, but...
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Market Currents: Limbering up for OPEC
Last week we discussed how some OPEC producers are exhibiting compliance via lower exports, while others are not. Our export data affirms what others are saying about Iraq: that OPEC’s second largest producer has not...
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