Twitter one-liners:
- coals to Newcastle: the US has been a net exporter of crude oil to the UAE every month this year
- Rex Tillerson did not deny Exxon's role in creating global warming
- Turkey's oil imports reached their highest level in at least eight years at 703,000 bopd in August, 2019
- the US exported 2.727 million bbls of crude oil in August, 2019
- US crud oil imports from Saudi Arabia were 417,000 bopd in August, 2019, slightly higher vs multi-year low July imports of 395,000 bopd
- Weatherford reports $821 million 3Q19 loss; most of the loss related to reorganization costs
- US oil demand was at 21.062 million bopd in August, 2019, down 296,000 bopd or 1.4% y/y
- Texas crude oil production reached an all-time high in August, 2019: 5/121 million bopd
- US, September, 2019, crude oil production around 12.43 million bopd -- HFI Research, consider the source
- exit US oil production slightly lower not to about 12.8 million bopd; range is 12.8 to 12.85, down from 12.9; HFI Research, consider the source
- India increases its Russian thermal coal imports by 72 percent so far this year -- yes, 72 percent, no typo
- Encana to come US firm with new name; changes could take effect early next year; link here; new name: Ovintiv;
- differentials widened from ~ $13/bbl toward $30/bbl -- Canadian western shale oil -- stranded oil -- Keystone pipeline lead; no typo; diffs widened from ~$13/bbl toward $30/bbl
Refining costs to increase: following Canadian Keystone pipeline spill in northeastern North Dakota, earlier this week; last time this happened; pipeline shut down for quite some time
Pipeline expansion: Seaway eyes expansion; could add 200,000 bopd; link here --
- Cushing, OK, to Texas Gulf Coast
- 50/50: Enterprise Products Partners LP, Enbridge
Keystone pipeline leak: "ungood" for TC Energy; Bloomberg link here.
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Canadian pipeline incidents (leaks): annual review, O&GJ. 2018:
- total pipeline system grew 75,000 miles
- 19 leaks for the CY18
- about average; pales in comparison to ~ 35 incidents in 2013
- four liquids incidents released a total of .... drum roll ... 175.5 bbls of oil; 94% recovered
- one release considered significant by totaling more 50 bbl
- compare with a single CBR derailment
- we won't go there
- Canadian transmission pipelines delivered more than 1.6 billion bbls crude oil in 2018
- 175.5 / 1.6 billion = 0.0000011%
Gasoline pump prices: fall across US y/y. Link here.
- "significantly lower" -- their words, not mine
- average regular-grad gasoline pump prices fell 18 cents to hit $2.61 / gallon
- US gasoline consumption grew by approximately 520,000 b/d to 9.78 billion b/d for the weed ended October 25 from prior's week's 9.59 million b/d
Working gas in storage was 3,695 Bcf as of Friday, October 25, 2019, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net increase of 89 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 559 Bcf higher than last year at this time and 52 Bcf above the five-year average of 3,643 Bcf. At 3,695 Bcf, total working gas is within the five-year historical range
Global warming; blamed for record low, early winter temperatures; record snow
- Utah sees record cold of -43.6 ºF; may have set record for continental US; shoot, it may have set record for North America
- Chicago: 96-year-old snowfall record smashed as Halloween storm sweeps across the US; link here;
- record low temperatures; up to 50 degrees below normal, threaten to wreck rest of harvest season;
- can you say, "grand solar minimum" -- this has been predicted for quite some time;
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