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Category: USA

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  • coronavirus
  • USA

Coronavirus updates: U.S. records its deadliest day of the pandemic while eyes fixed on Capitol

After angry rioters and supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a last stand for the outgoing president, the United States has tallied its deadliest day of the coronavirus Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Hiring likely weakened in December amid resurgent virus

America’s employers likely cut back again on hiring last month — and might even have shed jobs — with the economy under pressure from a resurgent virus that has led Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

U.S. Unemployment Claims Remain Elevated While Consumer Demand Boosts Goods Imports

Workers continued to apply for unemployment aid at an elevated level at the end of 2020 and holiday-season demand for imported consumer products pushed the November trade deficit in goods to Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

As U.S. tops 4,000 deaths in a day, a record, Fauci warns that January will get harder.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the United States, predicted on Thursday that the daily death toll from the coronavirus would continue to rise for weeks Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Shale Oil
  • USA

U.S. Banks Don’t Want To Be Forced To Lend Money To Oil & Gas

U.S. banks want to continue choosing whether to lend money to the oil and gas industry according to risk and reputation management practices, asking a regulator not to proceed with Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Easing path for Biden energy agenda, Democrats gain control of US Senate

Brightening the prospects for the climate agenda of incoming President Joe Biden, Democrats have regained control of the US Senate. As the final votes from the Georgia runoff were being Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Shale Oil
  • USA

US crude inventories move sharply lower amid strong exports, rising refinery utilization

US crude oil inventories saw their largest decline since July in the week ended Jan. 1 on the back of strong exports and rising refinery demand, US Energy Information Administration Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Big Oil Skips Trump’s Last-Minute Arctic Drilling-Rights Auction

The Trump administration’s unprecedented auction of Arctic drilling rights Wednesday netted just $14.4 million from three bidders, with major oil companies steering clear of the sale. Amid low crude prices, fears Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

BlackRock Is Leading A $120 Trillion Investment Boom That Is Upending Wall St.

Investing will never be the same again. The $120 trillion sustainability trend has left no sector untouched, and it is fueling one of the biggest transfers in capital the world Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

U.S. hits Iran with fresh sanctions as Trump term nears end

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia, U.S., on the eve of the run-off election to decide both of Georgia’s Senate seats January 4, Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq
  • USA

Rally in Baghdad marks 1 year since Iran general’s killing

Chanting anti-American slogans, thousands of Iraqis converged on a landmark square in central Baghdad on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and a Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

U.S. factory activity approaches 2-1/2-year high; COVID-19 hitting supply chains

U.S. factory activity accelerated to its highest level in nearly 2-1/2 years in December as the coronavirus pandemic continues to pull demand away from services towards goods, though spiraling new Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • USA

Auto Sales in 2020 Expected to Hit Lowest Point in Nearly a Decade

Several auto makers reported relatively brisk U.S. sales to finish 2020, stoking optimism the car business this year can continue its climb back from the Covid-19 crisis. General Motors Co. GM 2.84% said Tuesday that Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

US Fish and Wildlife Service completes rule limiting migratory bird act that has backing from pipelines, utilities

Taking a step with implications for oil and natural gas infrastructure, the US Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final regulation Jan. 5 clarifying that unintentional injury or death of Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Massachusetts lawmakers pass net-zero energy roadmap bill

 Massachusetts lawmakers have sent to the governor’s desk a bill that aims to chart the state’s path to net-zero emissions by 2050. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

Biden Climate Plan Looks For Buy-in From Farmers Who Are Often Skeptical About Global Warming

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris look on as Tom Vilsack, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Agriculture, delivers remarks at the Queen Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Iran
  • USA

Chanting anti-U.S. slogans, Iraqi militia supporters mark year since Soleimani’s killing

Tens of thousands of supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups chanted anti-American slogans in central Baghdad on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qassem Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
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  • Iran
  • USA

In Reversal, Pentagon Announces Aircraft Carrier Nimitz to Remain in Middle East

The Pentagon said on Sunday that it had ordered the aircraft carrier Nimitz to remain in the Middle East because of Iranian threats against President Trump and other American officials, Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply
  • USA

‘A Slap in the Face’: The Pandemic Disrupts Young Oil Careers

 Sabrina Burns, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, had thought she would be launching a lucrative career in the oil and gas industry when she graduated in Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply
  • USA

US October Oil Production Declines

All of the oil (C + C) production data for the US state charts comes from the EIAʼs Petroleum Supply monthly PSM . After the production charts, an analysis of Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Is the US Oil Market Ready for a Blockbuster?

Here is a look back at some of Rigzone’s most viewed downstream-related articles from the past two weeks. Articles about predictions tend to be popular around the start of a Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Why President Biden Won’t Be Bad For Natural Gas

The U.S. natural gas industry seems to have a brighter future than its oil sister under a Biden administration, even though the president-elect has made a pledge to push an Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

Iran’s foreign minister says Trump trying to fabricate pretext to attack Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of attempting to fabricate a pretext to attack Iran, and said Tehran would defend itself forcefully.  Separately, Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Weekly US coal production totals 8.8 million st, down 20.3% on year: EIA

Weekly US coal production was estimated at almost 8.8 million st in the week ended Dec. 26, down 20.3% from the previous week, Energy Information Administration data showed Dec. 31. Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

US jobless applications remain elevated at 787,000, but down 19,000 from previous week

WASHINGTON (AP) — US jobless applications remain elevated at 787,000, but down 19,000 from previous week.   View full article at apnews.com

Posted On : 1 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

US oil industry awaits new era under Biden

In April 2018, with oil prices near a three-year high of $75 a barrel, Opec ministers gathering in Jeddah were buoyant. Then US President Donald Trump sent a tweet: “Looks Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

How Trump Tried, but Largely Failed, to Derail America’s Top Climate Report – The New York Times

The National Climate Assessment, America’s premier contribution to climate knowledge, stands out for many reasons: Hundreds of scientists across the federal government and academia join forces to compile the best Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

U.S. sees new signs of advanced planning for an Iran-linked attack on American interests

The U.S. military is bracing for a possible attack on American personnel and interests in Iraq, U.S. defense officials said, days before the first anniversary of an American drone strike Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Weekly US coal carloads total 50,742, down 12.5% on week: AAR

Weekly US coal carload originations totaled 50,742 in the week ended Dec. 26, down 12.5% from the previous week, Association of American Railroads data showed Dec. 30. Not registered? Receive Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Annual Energy Outlook Retrospective Review

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects U.S. energy production, consumption, and prices each year in the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO). Every two years, EIA also produces the AEO Retrospective Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

Extreme U.S. weather in 2020: Wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes

As most of us are breathing a sigh of relief that 2020 is just about over, many meteorologists are doing the same thing. The year featured devastating wildfires and hurricanes, Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • coronavirus
  • USA

First U.S. Case of Highly Contagious Coronavirus Variant Is Found in Colorado

The first United States case of the more contagious coronavirus variant that was initially discovered in Britain was found in Colorado on Tuesday, Gov. Jared Polis said, raising the worrisome Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • USA

Trump administration bolsters order barring U.S. investment in Chinese firms

The Trump administration on Monday strengthened an executive order barring U.S. investors from buying securities of alleged Chinese military-controlled companies, following disagreement among U.S. agencies about how tough to make Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Commodities 2021: Biden Administration’s possible ban on new federal leases could cut 3.7 Bcf/d by 2025

Due to industry concerns over receiving permits to drill on federal and Native American land under a Biden Administration, most major producers have stocked up on federal permits over the Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Venezuela

Washington Extends Citgo Protection From Creditors

The U.S. government this week extended the term of a protection measure against Citgo creditors until July next year, Reuters has reported , noting the measure effectively bars creditors from Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • USA

China to leapfrog U.S. as world’s biggest economy by 2028: think tank

China will overtake the United States to become the world’s biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Rare Earths
  • USA

Can The U.S. Reduce Its Dependency On Chinese Rare Earths?

Since the days of President Jimmy Carter and the 1970s oil crisis, the United States has relentlessly pursued the utopia of energy independence. But persistent oil crises, severe oil price Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

The End Of Hydrogen Car Tax Credits

A tax credit of $8,000 for buyers of fuel cell cars in the United States is set to expire at the end of the year in what would be a Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Trump Signs Pandemic Relief Bill After Unemployment Aid Lapses

President Trump on Sunday abruptly signed a measure providing $900 billion in pandemic aid and funding the government through September, ending last-minute turmoil he himself had created over legislation that Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Renewables
  • USA

The Lone Star State Looks To Become A Leader In Renewables

Texas is not the first state that one thinks of when someone mentions renewable energy. That would most probably be California. Yet Texas is already the biggest producer of electricity Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran
  • USA

Iran pushes for a 2021 oil comeback, but sanctions will be hard to shake

 With an eye on US sanctions relief once US President-elect Joe Biden takes office, Iran’s leaders have ordered its oil sector to prepare to ramp up production and exports in Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Aviation
  • USA

Not Even Christmas Can Save a Battered Market for U.S. Jet Fuel

Even with air travel surging ahead of the Christmas holiday in the U.S., demand for jet fuel is unlikely to fully recover anytime soon. Foot traffic through airports last weekend topped Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

US layoffs remain elevated as 803,000 seek jobless aid

 The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 89,000 last week to a still-elevated 803,000, evidence that the job market remains under stress nine months after the coronavirus outbreak Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Russia
  • USA

U.S. Relations With Russia Could Crumble Under Biden

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has accused the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden of “Russophobia” and says he expects relations with the United States to go “from bad Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal
  • USA

US coal-fired power generation totals 59.8 TWh in October, down 12.5% on month: EIA

Highlights Coal generation at six-month low in October Renewable generation share of 19.3% in October Houston — US coal-fired power generation totaled 59.8 TWh in October, down 12.5% from September, Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

8 New Energy Technologies That Will Blow Your Mind

New energy tech is undergoing a metamorphosis at breakneck speed, whether it’s the stock-boosting driverless Apple car or even masks for cows. Sometimes it’s simply mind-blowing and other times it’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

The Biggest Energy Bill In A Decade Was Just Passed

After the novel coronavirus turned the entire energy industry on its head, much of the world took the hint and dove headlong into the global clean energy transition, some in Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Natural Gas Supply
  • USA

US working natural gas volumes in underground storage declines 152 Bcf: EIA

 US working natural gas stocks fell well below the five-year average last week, but within expectations, while Henry Hub futures fell following the announcement despite another above-average draw likely for Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • USA

Two lawmakers urge U.S. to further tighten restrictions on China’s SMIC

Two key Republican lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to strengthen new rules adopted Friday aimed at preventing China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC from getting access to advanced U.S. technology. Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • USA

A Sign the ESG Movement Is Too Big to Ignore: There’s Backlash

The legal principle that corporate boards must focus exclusively on maximizing value for shareholders wasn’t always taken for granted. It was enshrined in a 1919 court decision involving Henry Ford Continue Reading

Posted On : 23 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple

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