China Imperils Latin America’s Environment
If China truly wants to be a climate leader, it needs to address its global climate footprint.
U.S. fuel ethanol production continues to grow in 2017
(Fri, 21 Jul 2017) Through the first six months of 2017, U.S. weekly ethanol production averaged 1.02 million barrels per day (b/d), an increase of 5% over the same period in 2016
Part of Hudson Yards Tunnels Is Nearly Done. Now It Sits, Unused.
The two box tunnels tubes are the first section of the multibillion-dollar Gateway project to almost reach completion.
Mario Draghi of European Central Bank Faces a Monetary-Policy Tightrope
Mr. Draghi will have a difficult job at a news conference on Thursday: to gently prepare markets for the day the central bank will begin withdrawing stimulus.
Mexico conducts its first natural gas pipeline capacity open season
(Thu, 20 Jul 2017) As part of a series of ongoing energy reforms, Mexicoâs National Center for Natural Gas Control (CENAGAS) recently conducted the first open season to auction capacity rights on the countryâs natural gas pipeline grid.
Derailment at Penn Station on July 6 Was Caused by Track Defect
Amtrak officials said a problem with ties allowed rails to widen and a wheel of a New Jersey Transit train to leave the track, days before repairs at the terminal began.
One in eight U.S. homes uses a programmed thermostat with a central air conditioning unit
(Wed, 19 Jul 2017) Programmable thermostats are designed to help manage energy use, but most of the U.S. households with these controls do not choose to program their thermostats. Based on information collected through EIAâs Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) for 2015, only 12% of the nationâs 118 million households had a central air-conditioning unit that is actually controlled using the programmed thermostat.
Recent LOOP Sour rally evidence of persistent, global sour shortage: In the LOOP
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port received no imports of Saudi Arabian or Iraqi crudes by mid-July, and prices for grades such as LOOP Sour have gone up.
US methanol bearish ahead of H2 capacity expansion in Texas
The expected startup of new US methanol capacity during the second half of the year is prompting a bearish outlook for some market participants heading into the third quarter.
U.S. coal exports have increased over the past six months
(Tue, 18 Jul 2017) Coal exports for the first quarter of 2017 were 58% higher than in the same quarter last year, with steam coal exports increasing by 6 million short tons (MMst) and metallurgical coal exports increasing by 2 MMst. Most of these exports were shipped from Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports.