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Natural gas net imports in 2015 at lowest level since 1986
Net LNG imports accounted for 19% of total U.S. net imports of all natural gas in 2007, but LNG’s share of imports fell to 7% in 2015 U.S natural gas net imports fell to 2.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2015, continuing a decline that began in 2007, when net imports of natural […]
Canada expects lower natural gas exports to U.S., higher LNG exports to other countries
Oil sands operations alone currently account for 20 per cent of Canadian natural gas consumption In its recent publication, Canada’s Energy Future (CEF), Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) projects that both Canada’s natural gas production and its domestic natural gas consumption will increase through the next decade. Exports of natural gas by pipeline to the United States […]
Phillips 66 shuns domestic oil, imports Algerian crude for NJ Bayway refinery
Phillips 66 says Algerian crude cheaper than U.S. shale By Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) – Phillips 66 has purchased a cargo of Algerian crude oil for its Bayway refinery in New Jersey for the first time since 2013, two sources said, the latest U.S. refiner on the East Coast to shun domestic crudes […]
Canada provides record-high share of US crude oil imports in 2015
Canada has few alternative outlets for the heavy crude produced in Alberta, where most of Canada’s proved oil reserves are located Although total U.S. crude oil imports in 2015 continued to be lower than levels reached during the mid-2000s, imports from the United States’ top foreign oil supplier—Canada—were the highest on record, according to annual […]
US biodiesel, renewable diesel imports increase 61% in 2015
Biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels are produced by refining vegetable oils or animal fats After reaching its highest level to date in 2013, U.S. imports of biomass-based diesel fuel (both biodiesel and renewable diesel) fell in 2014 amid uncertainty surrounding future Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets and the elimination of the biodiesel blender’s tax credit, […]
US coal exports declined 23% in 2015, coal imports remained steady
Coal exports to traditional markets in Europe fell 28% The United States remains a net exporter of coal, exporting 74.0 million short tons (MMst) and importing 11 MMst in 2015, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Coal exports fell for the third consecutive year in 2015, ending the year 23 MMst lower than in 2014 […]
Mexican crude oil shipments to Europe, Asia rising as US imports fall
Spain destination for new Mexican exports of light crude oil In Sept. 2015, monthly U.S. crude oil imports from Mexico totaled 0.6 million barrels per day (b/d), the lowest level since 1990, and a decrease of about 50 per cent since Jan. 2011, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Meanwhile, Mexico’s exports of heavy […]
US – Canada electricity trade increases to 58.4 TWhours (1.6% of American market)
Low-cost hydropower trade between the US and Canada benefits both countries US electricity trade with Canada is increasing, providing more economic and reliability benefits to both the United States and Canada, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Although the amount of electricity imported over the Canadian border is a small part of the overall U.S. […]
India drives 2015 increase in world coal trade, China imports decline
While China’s coal imports have been declining in 2014 and 2015, India’s imports continued to rise in 2014 and through the first half of 2015 Global trade of coal grew dramatically from 2008 to 2013, but in 2014, it declined for the first time in 21 years. China and India accounted for 98 per cent of the […]
US propane exports increasing, reaching more distant markets
US propane exports to Mexico, Caribbean, South America, doubled 2010 to 2013 from 88,000 b/d to 198,000 b/d As U.S. propane production has increased and domestic demand has remained relatively flat, the United States has transitioned from being a net propane importer to a net exporter, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Facilitated by rapid […]
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