To tap the booming U.S. crude oil export potential, many port operators are expanding facilities. With U.S. President Donald Trump making sustained efforts at boosting export levels of the country, tankers carrying record levels of crude oil are leaving ports… Read More ›
Texas
Insurance premium for properties in Florida and Texas likely to rise: Hiscox Ltd
The combined loss of insurance from both hurricanes is in the range of $45 billion to $75 billion. According to Hiscox Ltd, the underwriter for Lloyd’s of London, insurance premium for properties are likely to move upwards in states such… Read More ›
Two key pipelines of the United States’ biggest fuel systems are set to go operational on Monday
Hurricane Harvey has raised a bill of up to $180 billion. Following Hurricane Harvey’s devastation in Texas, two key fuel pipelines are set to start working again on Monday in Texas, alleviating concerns of rising retail prices for gas and… Read More ›
Hurricane Harvey thrash U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, brings crude production comes to a grinding halt
In the long run analysts expect Harvey to have long term impact on U.S. crude’s value chain. With Hurricane Harvey leaving a trail of destruction, knocking out refineries and crude production facilities, along the U.S. Gulf Coast, oil markets around… Read More ›
Exxon likely to expand its crude oil processing refinery in Beaumont, Texas
Given the U.S Administration’s leaning on fossil fuel Exxon it would not be surprising if Exxon were to go ahead with this capacity expansion. A spokeswoman for ExxonMobil Corp has stated the oil giant is weighing its options whether to… Read More ›
ZTE pleads guilty to violating U.S. sanctions
The Chinese company had made elaborate plans to hide its illegal activities. Only after the U.S. Department of Commerce threatened to cut off its global supply chain having presented ZTE evidence of its illegal activities did the company agree to… Read More ›
Resurgence of U.S. shale oil changes the balance of power with traditional oil producers
U.S. shale producers realise that with great power comes great responsibility. In what could potentially offset OPEC’s move to cut oil productions so as to reduce the glut in the global oil pool, U.S. shale oil producers are plotting an… Read More ›