Tag: UNITED STATES

Biden to ban offshore oil, gas drilling in vast areas ahead of Trump term

US President Joe Biden has announced a ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling along most of America’s coastline, weeks before Donald Trump takes office

Trump urges EU to boost US energy imports or face tariffs

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said that the European Union, already the biggest buyer of U.S. energy, should step up U.S. oil and gas imports or face tariffs on the bloc’s exports

Oil settles up after US crude stocks fall

Oil prices settled higher after U.S. crude inventories fell and the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected, but gains were capped as the Fed signalled it would slow the pace of cuts

Trump may include oil imports in new tariff plan

President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports on his first day in office does not exempt oil from the trade sanctions

U.S. Issues Regulation to Reduce Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas

In a statement, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency explained that this directive encourages companies to take immediate actions to reduce methane emissions

OPEC positive on global oil demand, sees no peak on horizon

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is very positive on demand for oil in both the short and long term, Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said at an energy industry event in Abu Dhabi

As US Permian crude turns lighter, it risks losing favor with refiners

Companies drilling for the crude that turned the U.S. into the world’s top oil producer face an unexpected dilemma: their West Texas Midland crude is getting lighter, which could make it less appealing to some refiners

EIA slashes US, Global oil demand forecasts for 2025

U.S. and global oil demand growth will be smaller next year than prior forecasts, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook report

US buys 6 million barrels of oil for Strategic Petroleum Reserve

The purchases are part of an effort to replenish stockpiles after President Joe Biden ordered the largest ever sale from the reserve in 2022 of 180 million barrels in an effort to control fuel prices

US crude inventories hits lowest level in a year, fuel builds, EIA says

Crude inventories fell by 1.6 million barrels to 417.5 million barrels in the week ending Sept. 13, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ expectations