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Indian Companies Eye Venezuelan Oil Fields as Imports Surge 51% in a Month
Indian energy companies are interested in expanding into Venezuelan oil, New Delhi’s top energy official Hardeep Singh Puri said today at a meeting with Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez in India, as quoted by Reuters. The report follows earlier media coverage of the meeting, citing Indian officials as saying that Venezuela’s government sees the country as a preferred partner in energy matters. “We are working with a government that is friendly, that wants a partnership with India,”...
Japan Plans to Replace Up to 14 Nuclear Reactors by 2050
Japan's government is making long-term plans for replacing up to a dozen nuclear reactors by 2050, to secure its electricity supply, with two to five of these to be rebuilt by the 2040s, the country's economy ministry said today. This is the latest step in a policy reversal for Tokyo, which, following the 2011 Fukushima disaster, closed all of its nuclear reactors and tried to switch to other forms of electricity generation. The Strait of Hormuz crisis, as well as LNG price volatility, has...
Oman Oil Terminal Attack Rattles the Market's Last Calm Corner
Media reports about a blast disrupting oil loadings at Oman’s main terminal pushed benchmark prices higher earlier today, in the latest sign that any hopes about an end to Persian Gulf hostilities is probably premature. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $95.37 per barrel, and West Texas Intermediate was changing hands for $93.04 per barrel on the futures market, modestly up on Thursday, when prices dropped on reports about a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Later news...
NFP Is a Gatekeeper for Fed Policy and Gold’s Next Move
Gold traders have spent the past week waiting. After falling steadily from 4,889.24, the precious metal has settled into a tense standoff between 4,400 support and 4,600. Neither bulls nor bears have been willing to commit before today’s US Non-Farm Payrolls report. The reason is simple. The jobs data may not decide the Fed’s next […] The post NFP Is a Gatekeeper for Fed Policy and Gold’s Next Move appeared first on ActionForex.
Japan Wage Growth Surges to 34-Year High Streak, Consumption Still Lags
Japan’s wage story continues to move in the direction the Bank of Japan has long hoped for. Nominal wages rose 3.5% yoy in April, accelerating from 3.1% yoy and beating market expectations of 3.2% yoy. The increase marked the third straight month with wage growth above 3%, something not seen in more than three decades. […] The post Japan Wage Growth Surges to 34-Year High Streak, Consumption Still Lags appeared first on ActionForex.
Cliff Notes: Downside Risks to Persist
Key insights from the week that was. In Australia, GDP rose 0.3% (2.5%yr) in Q1, in line with our expectations. Our analysis suggests the data centre build-out was responsible for all of the growth in the quarter. This manifested as the largest jump in new business investment since the early 2010s mining investment boom – […] The post Cliff Notes: Downside Risks to Persist appeared first on ActionForex.
North Dakota Chases A Second Bakken Boom Through Enhanced Recovery
North Dakota’s elected officials are pushing hard to deploy Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technologies to boost oil production in the Bakken before Donald Trump's tenure as president expires. The Trump administration has significantly opened up federal lands and offshore waters for oil and gas drilling, rolling back Biden-era conservation rules to mandate more quarterly lease sales. And proposals have been advanced to expand offshore drilling to areas previously restricted, including the federal...
Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela Fuel South America’s Oil Export Boom
South America has raised its oil exports more than the U.S. has done so far this year as key producers in the region boosted production and shipments to a world scrambling for crude that’s not dependent on the Strait of Hormuz. Over the past five years, South America’s biggest producer and exporter, Brazil, has started production at several new offshore platforms in the Santos pre-salt fields. Guyana has continuously increased overseas shipments as the Exxon-led consortium starts up...
IAEA Warns Iran Nuclear Risk Has Increased
The possibility of Iran developing a nuclear weapon is now higher than it was before the United States and Israel first attacked the country in February, the International Atomic Energy Agency has concluded in a report. The conclusion suggests the war has so far resulted in the opposite of what President Trump set out to do, namely, prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Bloomberg cited the report, which has restricted access, saying that in it, the IAEA had warned its member states...
Brazil Launches World-First Ethanol-Powered Grid Engine
Brazil is undertaking a major biofuels experiment that could be majorly disruptive for the global energy landscape if it proves effective. The South American country is filthy rich in biomass, and is seeking to use ethanol in novel applications – in this case, to power the energy grid. A new ethanol-powered engine designed specifically to provide electricity to the grid was just launched at the Suape II power plant in Pernambuco, in a world first. Brazilian energy company Suape Energia has...
A New U.S. Battery Line Designed to Make Energy Storage Safer and Cheaper
The US has recently launched a new battery production line, which is expected to help researchers develop safer and cheaper energy storage technologies for the electric grid. The new line is housed at the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), a 93,000-square-foot research facility. It is run by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington State. According to PNNL, the newly commissioned production line features a total of 16 pieces of equipment...
Iran's Oil Exports Collapse to Six-Year Low as Blockade Tightens
Iran's oil exports fell to their lowest level in at least six years in May as the U.S. naval blockade continued to choke off crude shipments and leave tens of millions of barrels stranded at sea. According to shipping data from Vortexa, Iran exported just 209,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and condensate in May, down from 1.34 million bpd in April and nearly 1.9 million bpd in March. Kpler had estimated May exports slightly higher at 260,000 bpd, but still the lowest level since the...