(Mon, 03 Apr 2017) Capital expenditure for 44 U.S. onshore-focused oil production companies increased $4.9 billion (72%) between the fourth quarter of 2016 and the fourth quarter of 2015 based on their public quarterly financial statements. This increase in investment spending was the largest year-over-year increase for any quarter by these 44 companies since at least the first quarter of 2012. More âº
(Mon, 03 Apr 2017) The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is proposing changes to its Petroleum Marketing data collection in 2017
Pull over California. The driving capital of the world is … Texas?
(Fri, 31 Mar 2017) U.S. primary energy production totaled 84.1 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2016, falling 4% from the 2015 level, the first annual decline in U.S. energy production since 2009. The decline in production coincided with an increase in both total energy imports and exports.
Some 80-plus years ago, most natural gas had no odor. A disaster was instrumental in the decision to add mercaptan to gas.
(Thu, 30 Mar 2017) Total U.S. production of propane and butanesâcommonly referred to as liquefied petroleum gases (LPG)âincreased to 2.1 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2016. Production increased in all regions of the country except for the West Coast (Petroleum Administration for Defense District, or PADD 5).
(Thu, 30 Mar 2017) A new study commissioned by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, finds that the introduction of connected and automated vehicle technologies have the potential to affect vehicle energy consumption, travel, usage, vehicle design and attributes, and personal ownership rates. Rate of technology development, consumer acceptance, and regulatory support and oversight will affect the rate of market penetration of these vehicle technologies.
With the UK now firmly on track toward Brexit, question marks still hang over what impact the persistent weakness of the pound may have on its fuel costs.
Over 2000 container industry players descended upon TPM at Long Beach, end February, where one key theme I took away was the hesitancy to embrace price transparency.
(Wed, 29 Mar 2017) After falling in six out of seven quarters since mid-2014, coal production rose in the third and fourth quarters of 2016. Among the coal supply regions, the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming saw the largest increases in the second half of 2016.
