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Mexico's Pemex reverses proposed crude export cuts for May, sources state

Mexican state oil company Pemex is reversing crude exports cuts of at least 330,000 barrels each day (bpd) planned for May in the middle of a. smallerthanexpected oil need by the business's domestic. refineries, two sources near to the choice said on Friday. Pemex's international trading unit in April started imposing. exports cuts over supply crude contracts to consumers in the. U.S., Asia and Europe to increase its availability of crude for. domestic refining. The reductions have triggered lots of clients to. seek alternative crude grades. Even before the preliminary of cuts, Pemex oil exports to. all destinations in March...

Oil & Gas

Algeria buys durum wheat in tender, traders state

Algeria's state grains firm OAIC is thought to have purchased durum wheat in an global tender which closed on Wednesday, European traders stated on Thursday. The accurate volume purchased was uncertain, but trader estimates were primarily about 200,000 metric lots. Price estimates were around $395 to $398 a heap cost and freight (c&& f) included for bigger Panamax shipments and around $ 405 to $410 a lot c&& f for smaller Handymax shipments. A major part of the purchase was said to involve Mexican-origin durum. The tender had sought a nominal 50,000 tons for shipment in 2 periods: June 1-15...

Mining

Peru copper production growth near 13% in February

Peru's copper production grew 12.7% in February to reach 216,752 metric lots, the country's. energy and mining ministry said on Tuesday. Peru is one of the world's top manufacturers of copper, and. mining is a crucial chauffeur of the Andean country's economy. The announcement comes a day after the federal government. reported that the economy broadened 2.85% in February , led by simply over 17% development in metals mining, which. includes copper. Copper's February performance was due in part to a. 219.4% production increase from Glencore's Antapaccay. mine. Anglo American's Quellaveco mine saw production. up 40.7%, with Southern Copper production...

Oil & Gas

Premiums for U.S. Mars unrefined exports to Asia jump after Mexico cuts supply, sources say

Area premiums for U.S. Mars unrefined exports to Asia have actually leapt after Mexico cancelled deliveries to conserve oil for domestic use and amid tightened supply of heavier grades internationally, trade sources said on Wednesday. Deals for the medium-sour Mars crude soared to premiums above $6 a barrel to Dubai quotes for shipment to Asia in July, the sources said, similar to light sweet West Texas Intermediate oil which is of much better quality. This was up from about $3.50 a barrel for June delivery, one of the sources said. The dive in prices has actually shut the arbitrage, preventing...

Oil & Gas

Mexico governmental prospect Sheinbaum vows to improve state energy sector

Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday pledged to keep improving the activity of the country's stateowned energy business, while likewise accelerating the transition to renewable energies. If Sheinbaum wins the June election, as surveys forecast, she will inherit state oil business Pemex and state electricity utility CFE, both of which have actually been coming to grips with large debts and ailing facilities. The previous Mexico City mayor, who has actually guaranteed to be a. guardian of the legacy of energy nationalist President Andres. Manuel Lopez Obrador, said renewables would be a hallmark of. her government. Petroleum production should be...

Oil & Gas Equipment

One dead, 2 seriously hurt after fire struck Pemex oil platform in Mexico

A minimum of one specialist was eliminated after a fire struck an overseas platform operated by Mexico's nationwide oil company Pemex, the firm said in a. declaration on Sunday, including that two others remained in grave. condition. A total of nine employees suffered injuries in the blaze on. Saturday afternoon that struck the business's Akal-B platform,. situated in the southern Gulf of Mexico, where most of Pemex oil. output stems. 5 of the nine were Pemex employees while the rest were. professionals from local provider Diavaz and COTER. A day earlier, Pemex said just two of its employees had been....

Natural Gas

Gas demand for LNG falls as Cheniere lowers output

There was a substantial decrease on Tuesday in the amount of U.S. gas being melted for export with a drop in need from Cheniere Energy's Corpus Christi plant in Texas and its Sabine Pass operation in Louisiana, according to information from financial firm LSEG. Cheniere is the largest U.S. producer and the world's 2nd biggest exporter of liquefied gas (LNG) along with the biggest purchaser of natural gas in the United States. The United States overall was the world's biggest exporter of LNG in 2015, according to the U.S Energy Details Administration. At Corpus Christi the need was down by...

Natural Gas Liquids

Freeport LNG gas consumption running near no for 5th day

Freeport LNG's. liquefaction plant remains primarily offline for a fifth straight. day, with gas usage rates at 125 million cubic feet per. day (mmcf/d), or 5% of its completely functional usage, data from. monetary company LSEG showed on Monday. Freeport LNG has actually been the second-largest U.S. LNG exporter,. with an installed capacity of 15 million lots per annum (MTPA),. however mechanical problems and repair work to its Quintana, Texas,. plant added to minimized U.S. LNG output in February and. March, the data reveal. Freeport LNG did not right away reply to an ask for. remark. Because completion of January,...

Oil & Gas

US imports of Mexican unrefined fall to least expensive on record, EIA says

U.S. weekly imports of Mexican petroleum was up to the lowest on record in the early April, as Mexico's state energy business Pemex cut exports to supply more to its domestic refineries. The imports dropped to 209,000 barrels daily (bpd) in the week ended April 5, information from the U.S. Energy Details Administration (EIA) revealed on Wednesday. The imports balanced about 733,000 bpd in 2023. The previous weekly low was 226,000 bpd in the last week of 2021. reported recently that Pemex requested its trading system to cancel approximately 436,000 bpd of unrefined exports for April and a minimum of...

Oil & Gas

Pemex's Tupilco Profundo to contribute 117 mln bbl to Mexico output

Mexican state energy business Pemex prepares to produce 116.9 million barrels of oil and 124.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas from the Tupilco Profundo field throughout its life-span, the oil regulator said on Thursday. Tupilco Profundo is one of the most significant discovers made throughout the federal government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as Pemex continues struggling to offset its declining production from older fields - particularly in the Gulf of Mexico. Pemex had actually presented a customized advancement plan for the field in the southeastern state of Tabasco, which it has in the past referred to as...

LNG

Freeport LNG states Trains 1, 2 at Texas facility seen shut up until May

Freeport LNG on Wednesday stated its Train 2 liquefaction system at the Texas plant has actually been closed down, while Train 1 will be removed imminently as it expects examinations and any subsequent repairs at both the units to be finished by May. It was during the January freeze that damage occurred in among the Train 3 motors. Once we understood the cause of the damage, we understood it would be prudent to take proactive steps to check our other two trains, a company representative informed in an email. Freeport said its Train 3 was now online and producing LNG....

Oil & Gas

Freeport LNG's feedgas use falls again

Feedgas consumption at the second biggest U.S. melted natural gas (LNG) plant has actually fallen by practically half over the last week, according to data company LSEG. Natural gas flowing to Freeport LNG's Texas center was down to 758 million cubic feet (mmcf) on Monday from 1463 mmcf on March 3, LSEG data revealed. The United States was the world's biggest exporter of LNG last year, and also biggest exporter of LNG to Europe, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Freeport's plant experienced a significant fire in 2022, and over the last month has had to take among its...

Fossil Fuels

Mining

Biden's brand-new China tariff wall faces leakage through Mexico, Vietnam

The Biden administration's new tariffs on Chinese electric cars and other tactical sectors aim to secure the future of U.S. production, however they will likely speed up a shift of Chinese production to Mexico, Vietnam and somewhere else to avoid them. U.S. authorities and trade professionals state that without strong efforts to cut off transshipped or lightly processed Chinese goods from Mexico and other nations, China's underpriced excess production will still discover its way into U.S. markets. The brand-new tariffs might keep out imports from China however it is likely that much of those imports might be rerouted through nations...

Fossil Fuels

Mexico's Pemex will process 1.45 mln bpd of crude oil in 2024, CEO says

Mexican state energy business Pemex will process 1.452 million barrels each day (bpd). of petroleum this year, CEO Octavio Romero stated on Friday, in. upgraded quotes that include the new Olmeca refinery in Dos. Bocas. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has actually sought to achieve. energy self-sufficiency by ending fuel imports and producing. all the gas Mexico requires during his regard to nearly six. years at the end of September. Romero stated the refinery in the southeastern state of. Tabasco would add 177,000 bpd to Pemex's total processing while. the Deer Park refinery in Texas includes about 271,000 bpd to...

Oil Refineries

Heavy oil lack spells greater cost for carriers, roadway builders

Mexican export cuts and a rerouting of Canadian output are shrinking currently limited supplies of heavy crude in the Atlantic basin, increasing refiners' expenses with a likely knockon impact to industries ranging from shipping and construction to Middle Eastern power plants. Extended OPEC supply cuts and worldwide sanctions on Venezuela, Iran and Russia had already caused shortages of heavier crude, with the complex refineries developed to process it, such as those in the U.S. Gulf, struggling to discover low-cost products. Heavy-sour crudes yield more recurring fuel oils that are either upgraded into higher-value roadway fuels, or converted into marine fuels...

Crude Oil

Oil & Gas Exploration

Power Markets

As demand for United States LNG booms, one plant struggles to remain online

The secondlargest U.S. melted natural gas (LNG) export center has actually been running listed below 80% of its capability due to technical problems, data from monetary company LSEG revealed, denting U.S. exports. Given that Jan. 15, Freeport LNG's Quintana, Texas, liquefaction plant has actually been operating without a minimum of one of its three gas-processing trains. In the last two weeks, it has taken barely enough gas for among its trains to completely operate. On Thursday, it took in 61 million cubic feet (mcf) of gas, compared to its capacity for 2.2 billion cubic feet daily ( bcfd), LSEG information...

Oil & Gas Exploration

Mexico's Pemex to cancel as much as 436,000 bpd of crude exports in April, document shows

Mexico's state energy business Pemex requested its trading unit to cancel approximately 436,000 barrels per day of crude exports this month as it gets ready to process domestic oil at the new Dos Bocas refinery, an internal file seen shows. Pemex and the federal government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said earlier this year that the Dos Bocas refinery constructed in Tabasco state would start producing fuel and diesel in the very first quarter. The refinery, which has been running behind schedule and over budget, is part of Lopez Obrador's strategy to wean the country off costly gas and...

Oil & Gas Exploration

United States March LNG exports flat as Freeport plant troubles continue

U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fell somewhat in March to 7.61 million metric lots (MT) from 7.73 MT in February as production of the superchilled gas from the country's second biggest exporter stayed constrained, initial data from financial company LSEG revealed on Monday. However the U.S. was the largest exporter of LNG in 2015 with exports rising 12% over 2022 to typical 11.9 billion cubic feet per day. Almost half of March's and last year's LNG exports were sent out to Europe, which cut imports of Russian pipeline gas following Russia's intrusion of Ukraine in 2022. Freeport LNG...

Natural Gas Liquids

Fallout from Mexican president's Pemex 'rescue' set to welcome successor

Mexico's outbound president has taken steps to promote a smooth handoff for national oil business Pemex, three sources informed , but the newest moves will likely delay a day of reckoning for the world's most heavilyindebted oil company. Recently, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador presented fresh assistance for Pemex, part of his longstanding goal to make Mexico self-sufficient in the production of motor fuels, revealing a brand-new tax break worth about $6.4 billion. The boost follows a tremendous $90 billion in federal government assistance administered to Pemex given that Lopez Obrador took office in late 2018, spanning tax cuts and...

Oil & Gas Exploration

Woodside flags $1.2 bln charge against possession purchased under BHP merger

Woodside Energy, Australia's biggest energy company, flagged a non-cash post tax-asset disability of around $1.2. billion from its Shenzi oil and gas field in its 2023 financial. earnings, sending its shares to close at a two-month short on. Thursday. Woodside had gotten the Shenzi deepwater oil and gas. fields in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana as part. of its merger with the petroleum possessions of BHP Group in. 2021. Shenzi represented around 5% of 2023 production for. Woodside. Woodside, which recently shelved plans for a $52 billion oil. Behemoth tie-up with smaller rival Santos, stated it....

Oil & Gas Exploration

Mexico's Pemex gets fresh stimulus, days after bond scores cut

Mexico's federal government approved a new fiscal stimulus for its heavily indebted state energy company Pemex, according to a decree released on Tuesday, part of a strategy indicated to satisfy its responsibilities and undertake investments this year. The stimulus consists of a tax credit equivalent to 100% of the company's profit sharing rate, or DUC, for October, November and December 2023, in addition to January 2024, the decree published in the main gazette revealed. Pemex's DUC, successfully a tax paid to the federal government, and one of the most important contributions to state coffers, has been slowly decreased during the...