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2019, September, 18, 17:50:00
U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION UP 0.6%
Industrial production rose 0.6 percent in August after declining 0.1 percent in July. Manufacturing production increased 0.5 percent, more than reversing its decrease in July. Factory output has increased 0.2 percent per month over the past four months after having decreased 0.5 percent per month during the first four months of the year.
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2019, September, 17, 12:50:00
U.S. PRODUCTION: OIL + 74 TBD, GAS + 469 MCFD
U.S. EIA - Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to increase 74,000 b/d month-over-month in September from 8,769 to 8,843 thousand barrels/day, gas production to increase 469 million cubic feet/day from 81,893 to 82,362 million cubic feet/day .
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2019, September, 16, 14:40:00
U.S. GAS PRODUCTION UP TO 92.8 BCFD
U.S. natural gas production continued to increase in August, setting a new daily production record of 92.8 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) on August 19, 2019,
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2019, September, 16, 14:30:00
RUSSIA'S LNG WILL UP TRIPLE
Russia exported 248 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2018, mostly via pipeline to Europe. In the next decade, its liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports will almost triple to 68 bcm as the Yamal LNG project reaches full capacity and Arctic 2 LNG comes online (plus two smaller projects).
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2019, September, 16, 14:15:00
U.S. HYDROGEN NUCLEAR POWER
A project to demonstrate the production of hydrogen in integrated energy systems at US nuclear power plants is one of three selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive a share of USD15 million in its latest announcement of project selectees.
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2019, September, 16, 14:10:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 12 TO 886
U.S. Rig Count is down 12 rigs from last week to 886, with oil rigs down 5 to 733, gas rigs down 7 to 153, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0. Canada Rig Count is down 13 rigs from last week to 134, with oil rigs down 9 to 93 and gas rigs down 4 to 41.
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2019, September, 10, 17:35:00
U.S., IRAN SANCTIONS FOREVER
The United States will continue to impose sanctions on whoever purchases Iran’s oil or conducts business with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and no oil waivers will be re-issued, a U.S. official said on Sunday.
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2019, September, 10, 17:15:00
U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.7%
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 130,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
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2019, September, 10, 17:05:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 6 TO 898
U.S. Rig Count is down 6 rigs from last week to 898, with oil rigs down 4 to 738, gas rigs down 2 to 160, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0. Canada Rig Count is down 3 rigs from last week to 147, with oil rigs down 3 to 102 and gas rigs unchanged at 45.
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2019, September, 6, 13:50:00
U.S. SHALE OIL CUTTING
Bankruptcy filings by U.S. energy producers through mid-August this year have nearly matched the total for the whole of 2018. A stock index of oil and gas producers hit an all-time low in August, a sign investors are expecting more trouble ahead.
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2019, September, 5, 14:50:00
IRAN'S NUCLEAR STEPS
President Hassan Rouhani has stressed Iran's determination to take the third step towards reducing Iran’s obligations to the Joint Comprehensive of Plan of Action(JCPOA)
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2019, September, 5, 14:45:00
IRAN'S NUCLEAR COMMITMENTS
“Iran has repeatedly stated that it will resume full implementation of its commitments to the JCPOA only when it can freely sell its oil and fully access its oil revenues. France’s initiative is exactly about this issue,” Araghchi said.
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2019, September, 5, 14:40:00
IRAN'S NUCLEAR WILL UP
The US has said it intend to bring Iran's oil exports down to zero. In July Iranian crude and condensates exports totaled around 450,000 b/d, which was less than half of the May export figure of 910,000 b/d,
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2019, September, 5, 14:35:00
U.S., IRAN SANCTIONS UP
Brian Hook, the U.S. special envoy for Iran, said Wednesday that the U.S. will “continue to drive up the costs” for Tehran’s efforts to develop ballistic missiles and take other actions soon after the Treasury Department imposed new restrictions on a shipping network controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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2019, September, 4, 17:55:00
U.S. LNG UP TO 10%
U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG now amount to 10% of the global market and at 22 million tonnes so far this year are equal to the total volumes pumped out in 2018,