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Report suggests low-speed electric vehicles could affect Chinese demand for gasoline and disrupt oil prices worldwide

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Low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) could reduce China’s demand for gasoline and, in turn, impact global oil prices, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “ —Gabriel Collins.

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API reports record US petroleum production in April: 10.543 million b/d; strongest April demand since 2007

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April saw the US produce a record 10,543,000 barrels per day (MBD) of oil, according to data from the American Petroleum Institute. The first four months of this year also saw US petroleum demand average 750,000 barrels a day above the same period in 2017 despite higher prices. Domestic WTI crude oil prices averaged $66.25

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IEA: global energy efficiency progress drops to slowest rate since start of decade

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Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas emissions, but the global rate of progress is slowing, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Global primary energy demand rose by 2.3% Global primary energy demand rose by 2.3% This was slower than the 1.7%

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EIA expects US motor fuel consumption to increase this summer, but remain below 2019 levels

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EIA also forecasts the Brent crude oil price will average $64 per barrel this summer, a 78% increase from last summer’s average of $36 per barrel. That price increase paired with an increase in gasoline and diesel demand will likely increase the cost of regular gasoline and diesel fuel this summer. gal on 22 March. million b/d.

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API: total US petroleum demand topped 20.8 mb/d in July, highest since 2005; on-road fuel demand down

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The increase in demand came as the US continued to sustain world-leading production, which continues to meet virtually all global oil demand growth. Consumer gasoline demand, measured by total motor gasoline deliveries, was 9.6 compared with July 2018, even as gasoline prices were 3.6% mb/d in July—a decrease of 1.4%

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SK Innovation Q2 profit tops forecast, battery unit eyes EV demand recovery – ET Auto

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Analysts say rising oil prices benefited the company’s petrochemical business, helping to offset losses from its battery unit SK On, which has been facing weaker electric vehicle (EV) battery demand. Inflation Reduction Act,” said Kang Dong-jin, an analyst at Hyundai Motor Securities.

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EIA AEO2015 projects elimination of net US energy imports in 2020-2030 timeframe; transportation energy consumption drops

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The Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) released today by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that US energy imports and exports will come into balance—a first since the 1950s—because of continued oil and natural gas production growth and slow growth in energy demand. Tcf in the High Oil and Gas Resource case.

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