Iraq is under US pressure to wean itself off Iranian electricity and gas imports,

Profits at China’s industrial firms grew 19.6% on-year to 589.5 billion yuan ($85.58 billion),

Argentine Government Notifies IMF of Request for New Fund Arrangement

Nuclear power currently provides the second largest amount of low carbon electricity in the world (slightly behind hydro) and stands ready to do so much more.

Brent rose 2 cents to $45.88 a barrel , WTI fell 3 cents to $43.32.

Nuclear reactors generated a total 2657 TWh of electricity in 2019, up from 2563 TWh in 2018

Grossi reportedly said: "The IAEA will not succumb to outside pressure over Iran. The agency is not swayed by any third party, but naturally there is some pressure which the agency will not bow to …

The US' crude oil imports to China were last highest in January 2018 when inflows hit 2.01 million mt, or 474,450 b/d.

The U.S. economy slipped into recession in February. Gross domestic product contracted in the second quarter at its steepest pace in at least 73 years.

“Although the market remains uncertain, we saw encouraging signs in July with gradual rebalancing of oil supply and demand,” API Chief Economist Dean Forman said. “Increases in U.S. refinery throughput and capacity utilization in July – coupled with inventories receding from record highs – has reinforced expectations for the continued demand recovery.”