It will take a while for the energy sector to get to its new ‘normal,’ says the EIA Acting Administrator in the U.S. agency’s annual outlook clouded by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new ethylene storage tank will facilitate faster loading and enable the Morgan’s Point terminal, owned 50/50 by affiliates of Enterprise and Navigator, to reach an annual nameplate export capacity of 1 million tons per year
Crude oil inventories in the U.S. rose by 15.2 million barrels in the week to Dec. 4 to 503.2 million barrels, the largest build in crude inventories since April.
Magellan Midstream Partners said on Dec. 2 it will invest about $4.65 million to increase truck loading capacity at its refined oil products Cheyenne terminal in Wyoming by more than 50%.
The world witnessed the long-waited announcements related to successful trial results of several vaccines, which are the preliminary requisite for quick regulatory approvals that will then translate into mass production and distribution.
There are three additional variables which oil markets are not used to deal with in the fourth quarter: the current infections uptick in Europe, the U.S. presidential transition and announcements about new vaccines, all of them adding bearish or bullish pressure to prices over the next few months.
An extra bucket of cold water—the Convent refinery shutdown in Louisiana by Shell is more meaningful than it seems, Stratas Advisors says in its latest oil price forecast.
Shell said on Nov. 5 it will shut down its refinery in Convent, La., the largest U.S. facility to close since the coronavirus pandemic first hit and devastated economic demand worldwide.
A vote of confidence—three different oil markets are behind crude price volatility, Stratas Advisors says in its latest oil price forecast.
Global oil participants saw contradicting messages last week from OPEC and Russia with regards to their approach for rebalancing markets, reminiscent of what happened in early March, Stratas Advisors says in its latest oil price forecast.