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2019, March, 22, 10:00:00
U.S. NUCLEAR WILL DOWN
Electricity generation from U.S. nuclear power plants totaled 807.1 million megawatthours (MWh) in 2018, slightly more than the previous peak of 807.0 million MWh in 2010, based on preliminary annual data. Although several nuclear power plants have closed since 2010, a combination of added capacity through uprates and shorter refueling and maintenance cycles allowed the remaining nuclear power plants to produce more electricity. In the near future, however, EIA expects that U.S. nuclear power output will decline.
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2019, March, 20, 11:05:00
U.S. OIL WILL UP
IEA - The United States will drive global oil supply growth over the next five years thanks to the remarkable strength of its shale industry, triggering a rapid transformation of world oil markets
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2019, March, 20, 11:00:00
U.S. PRODUCTION: OIL + 85 TBD, GAS + 883 MCFD
U.S. EIA - Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to increase 85,000 b/d month-over-month in April from 8,507 to 8,592 thousand barrels/day , gas production to increase 883 million cubic feet/day from 78,137 to 79,020 million cubic feet/day .
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2019, March, 20, 10:55:00
VENEZUELA'S OIL PRODUCTION 1.2 MBD
IEA - Until recently, Venezuela’s oil production had stabilised at around 1.2 mb/d. During the past week, industry operations were seriously disrupted and ongoing losses on a significant scale could present a challenge to the market.
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2019, March, 20, 10:25:00
U.S. WITHOUT NUCLEAR
Since then, U.S. continued federal efforts to curb retirements of coal and nuclear units for resilience and national security have met with much resistance and found little success.
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2019, March, 20, 10:20:00
U.S. RENEWABLE UP
EIA - Renewable generation provided a new record of 742 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity in 2018, nearly double the 382 million MWh produced in 2008. Renewables provided 17.6% of electricity generation in the United States in 2018.
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2019, March, 18, 13:00:00
U.S., RUSSIA SANCTIONS FOREVER
U.S. DT - the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated six Russian individuals and eight entities in response to Russia’s continued and ongoing aggression in Ukraine.
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2019, March, 18, 12:35:00
U.S. GDP UP 3.1%
U.S. DT - During 2018, real GDP increased by 3.1 percent measured from the fourth quarter of 2017 to the fourth quarter of 2018.
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2019, March, 18, 12:30:00
U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION UP 0.1%
U.S. FRB - Industrial production edged up 0.1 percent in February after decreasing 0.4 percent in January.
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2019, March, 18, 12:20:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 1 TO 1,026
BHGE -U.S. Rig Count is down 1 rig from last week to 1,026 rigs, with oil rigs down 1 to 833 and gas rigs unchanged at 193. Canada Rig Count is down 28 rigs from last week to 161, with oil rigs down 20 to 98 and gas rigs down 8 to 63.
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2019, March, 15, 10:35:00
U.S. GAS PRODUCTION RECORD
U.S. natural gas production grew by 10.0 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2018, an 11% increase from 2017. The growth was the largest annual increase in production on record, reaching a record high for the second consecutive year
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2019, March, 15, 10:30:00
LNG U.S. ACCELERATION
Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. continue to rise, as the use of natural gas for power generation increases in countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, and Mexico.
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2019, March, 15, 10:25:00
INDIA NEED U.S. LNG
Gail India called on U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) producers to offer more flexibility contract terms as the state-owned gas distribution gas company hunts for supplies from the middle of the next decade.
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2019, March, 15, 10:15:00
U.S. LNG FOR CHINA DOWN
Only one liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel that left the United States in 2019 went to China, Reuters shipping data show, as the eight-month trade war between the two nations starts to cool.
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2019, March, 15, 09:55:00
U.S. COAL DOWN
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is expecting domestic coal-fired power generation this year to reach its lowest level in over 70 years.