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Biden authorizes release of more than 180M barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve; 1M bpd for 6 months

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The US and other member states of the International Energy Agency (IA) agreed earlier in March to release 60 million barrels of oil reserves to compensate for supply disruptions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the US supplying 30 million. President George H. Bush authorized a drawdown of 33.75 2005 Hurricane Katrina Sale.

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EIA: At least 9 new refinery projects to come online before end of 2023 in Asia and Middle East; 2.9 MMb/d

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In the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) June 2022 Oil Market Report, the IEA expects net global refining capacity to expand by 1.0 A new 140,000 b/d refinery is scheduled to come online in Karbala, Iraq, this September, targeting fully operational status by 2023. At their current planned capacities, they will add 2.9

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Ethanol Producers Group Calls for Congress to Repeal International Indirect Land Use Provision in RFS2

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Accompanying the statement was a picture of oil wells burning in Iraq in 1991. The RFA followed that up later in the week with a second statement asserting that CARB and EPA failed to evaluate indirect petroleum GHG emissions related to reconstruction of Iraq and protection of the US oil supply.

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IEA says oil supplies may not keep up with demand

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In its latest annual World Energy Outlook , the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that the current period of oil abundance may be fleeting, and in fact, without heroic levels of production increases, oil markets will grow dangerously tight in the coming years. Instead, much of the world’s hopes are pinned disproportionately on Iraq.

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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

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Geely’s current major overseas markets include Ukraine, Russia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. In 2009, Geely bought the Australian transmission manufacturer Drivetrain Systems International (DSI) and then in 2010 Geely purchased Volvo Car Corporation from Ford.

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IEA: non-OPEC oil supply tops 43 mb/d for first time in decades; global demand to reach 92.4 mb/d in 2014

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The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) Oil Market Report (OMR) for December raised the estimate of global oil demand for 2013 by 130,000 barrels per day (130 kb/d) to 91.2 Renewed disruptions in Libya and smaller drops in Nigeria, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela more than offset higher output in Iran, Iraq and Angola.

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IEA raises forecast global oil consumption in 2013 to 90.8 mb/d

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In its latest Oil Market Report , the International Energy Agency (IEA) raises its forecast for global consumption of oil to 90.8 mb/d on lower output from Saudi Arabia and Iraq. mb/d in 2013, 240 kb/d more than in last month’s report and 930 kb/d (1.0%) up on 2012. Global crude oil supplies fell by 170 kb/d in December, to 91.2

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