Pardon The Interruption -- July 29, 2015 -- Part II

Tweeting now:  Brent crude oil loadings halved to 85,919 b/d for Jul 22-28, according to Shetland Islands Council.

Tweeting now:  independent producer Lekoil delays first oil field from Nigerian field to end Q3 2015 due to safety concerns on drilling rig.

Tweeting now: total Iraqi oile xports in June up 42,000 b/d to 3.187 mil b/d from May's 3.145 mil b/d, highest since 1979.

Tweeting now: France's Total expect oil and gas production to increase 8% in 2015; Q2 production up 12%.

Tweeting now: Japan's crude oil stocks rose 8.4% week-over-week; Japanese refiners increase production by 4.2% week-over-week.

Bomb attack on Iraq - Turkey pipeline halts crude oil supplies -- for a few hours:

Crude exports from northern Iraq to Turkey through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline have been halted after the pipeline was blown up in a sabotage attack in the district of Cizre in Turkey, Turkey's energy ministry said Wednesday.

Iraqi and Kurdish sources told Platts that the line -- one of two parallel lines that make up the export link -- would be repaired and was expected to resume operations later Wednesday.

Exports through the pipeline, according to government officials, had been minimal at the time of the attack.

EIA update on methanol and fertilizer plants in the US, and yes, North Dakota, has two. Great graphic; great article.