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Desmond Wong on Europe having seen a slow down in deliveries of Qatari LNG, with increased volumes heading into the Middle East and South Asia.

(Fri, 10 Jun 2016) Coal production in the first three months of 2016 was 173 million short tons (MMst), the lowest quarterly level in the United States since a major coal strike in the second quarter of 1981. Among the supply regions, coal production from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming declined the most in tonnage and percentage since the previous quarter.

(Thu, 09 Jun 2016) Unplanned global oil supply disruptions averaged more than 3.6 million barrels per day (b/d) in May 2016, the highest monthly level recorded since EIA started tracking global disruptions in January 2011. From April to May, disruptions grew by 0.8 million b/d as increased outages, largely in Canada, Nigeria, Iraq, and Libya, more than offset reduced outages in Kuwait, Brazil, and Ghana. Along with other factors such as rising oil demand and falling U.S.

With EU legislation laying out requirements for renewable energy in road transport up until 2020, we consider expectations for a post-2020 world and how first generation biofuels might stand up.