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2019, October, 18, 11:10:00
U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DOWN 0.4%
Industrial production fell back 0.4 percent in September after advancing 0.8 percent in August. For the third quarter, industrial production rose at an annual rate of 1.2 percent following declines of about 2 percent in both the first and the second quarters.
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2019, October, 18, 11:05:00
BAKER HUGHES CHANGES NAME
Baker Hughes, a GE company (NYSE: BHGE) announced today its successful name change to Baker Hughes Company. The Company will be known as Baker Hughes, and on Oct. 18, 2019, its Class A common stock will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BKR”.
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2019, October, 16, 12:30:00
U.S. PRODUCTION: OIL + 58 TBD, GAS + 319 MCFD
Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to increase 58,000 b/d month-over-month in October from 8,913 to 8,971 thousand barrels/day, gas production to increase 319 million cubic feet/day from 83,693 to 84,012 million cubic feet/day .
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2019, October, 16, 12:20:00
U.S. OIL FOR S.KOREA DOUBLED
South Korea's crude oil imports from the US in September more than doubled from a year earlier, while intakes of Saudi crude dropped 17.6% year on year due to the September 14 attacks on Saudi's major oil facilities,
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2019, October, 16, 12:10:00
IMF: THE GLOBAL ECONOMY SLOWDOWN
Global growth is forecast at 3.0 percent for 2019, its lowest level since 2008–09 and a 0.3 percentage point downgrade from the April 2019 World Economic Outlook.
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2019, October, 16, 11:55:00
MEXICO'S GROWTH 0.4%
Mexico's economy growth is projected to reach 0.4 percent in 2019, and to accelerate to 1.3 percent in 2020
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2019, October, 14, 13:55:00
UAE, U.S. COOPERATION
UAE is the leading Arab investor in the US, while noting that the value of the non-oil trade doubled over the past decade, reaching some AED90 billion (US$24.5 billion) in 2018, and explaining that the UAE trades with almost all US states, especially Washington, California, Texas, Florida and New York.
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2019, October, 14, 13:25:00
U.S. RIGS UP 1 TO 856
U.S. Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 856, Canada Rig Count is up 2 rigs from last week to 146
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2019, October, 11, 12:00:00
U.S., TURKEY SANCTIONS
The proposed legislation would also impose sanctions on any military transactions with Turkey, set sanctions on anyone who supports Turkey’s domestic energy industry for use by its armed forces, prohibit the sale of U.S. defense articles to the Turkey armed forces and define Turkey’s purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile defense system as “significant” and subject to sanctions.
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2019, October, 11, 11:10:00
HALLIBURTON CUTTING 650 U.S. JOBS
U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton on Wednesday said it was cutting 650 jobs across Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and North Dakota amid slowing oil and gas activity.
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2019, October, 7, 12:25:00
U.S. SEPTEMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DOWN TO 3.5%
The unemployment rate declined to 3.5 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 136,000,
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2019, October, 7, 12:20:00
U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEFICIT UP TO $54.9 BLN
the goods and services deficit was $54.9 billion in August, up $0.9 billion from $54.0 billion in July,
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2019, October, 7, 12:10:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 5 TO 855
U.S. Rig Count is down 5 rigs from last week to 855, Canada Rig Count is up 17 rigs from last week to 144
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2019, October, 4, 10:10:00
U.S. OIL EXPORTS 2.9 MBD
In the first half of 2019, U.S. exports of crude oil increased to average 2.9 million barrels per day (b/d), an increase of 966,000 b/d from the first half of 2018.
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2019, October, 4, 10:00:00
U.S. COAL PRODUCTION DOWN 2.4%
U.S. coal production decreased 2.4% year over year to 756.2 million short tons (MMst).
U.S. coal consumption decreased 4.0% from the 2017 level to 688.1 MMst.
The electric power sector accounted for about 92.6% of the total U.S. coal consumed in 2018.