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US Natgas End-of-Season Storage Seen at Three-Year Low in October

(Reuters) – U.S. natural gas storage is on track to end the April-October summer injection season at a three-year low of 3.797 trillion cubic feet (tcf) on October 31, 2025, according to analysts’ estimates. That compares with an eight-year high of around 3.938 tcf at the end of the summer injection season in 2024 and …

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US Natgas Prices Steady as Rising LNG Exports Offset Less Hot Forecasts

(Reuters) – U.S. natural gas futures held steady on Friday as rising flows to liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants offset forecasts for less hot weather and lower demand next week than previously expected. Front-month gas futures for August delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 1.4 cents, or 0.4%, to $3.351 per million …

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Saudi Arabia Just Became OPEC’s Newest Cheater

The International Energy Agency says the kingdom exceeded its output quota by about 700,000 barrels a day. The most surprising part of the International Energy Agency’s latest monthly outlook isn’t its demand forecast, which remains pessimistic, but rather what it says about how much oil an OPEC+ stalwart pumped last month. Traditional production quota cheats …

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World Oil Market May be Tighter Than it Looks, IEA Says

World oil market may be tighter than it looks, IEA says IEA sees 2025 demand growth slowing to 700,000 bpd Raises 2025 supply forecast after OPEC+ hike Says price indicators suggest tighter physical market (Reuters) – The world oil market may be tighter than it appears despite a supply and demand balance pointing to a …

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OPEC Fortifies Outlier View That Oil Demand Will Grow to 2050

By Grant Smith OPEC reinforced its view — an outlier even within the petroleum industry — that global oil consumption will keep increasing to the middle of the century. Demand will grow by roughly 19% to reach almost 123 million barrels a day by 2050, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said in a …

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Oil Edges Higher as Investors Weigh Market Outlook

Summary Brent, WTI rise after 2% loss in previous session IEA describes tight market despite flagging surplus for 2025 Summer travel demand propping up prompt market Trump says he will make a major statement on Russia on Monday (Reuters) – Oil prices edged up on Friday, as investors weighed a tight prompt market against a …

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US Natgas Prices Climb 3% on Small Storage Build, Rising LNG Export Flows

(Reuters) – U.S. natural gas futures climbed on Thursday on a smaller-than-expected storage build, rising gas flows to liquefied natural gas export plants and forecasts for hotter-than-normal weather over the next two weeks than previously expected. Front-month gas futures for August delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 10.3 cents, or 3.2%, to $3.317 …

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Discount on Western Canada Select Narrows to $10 a Barrel

The discount on Western Canada Select to the North American benchmark West Texas Intermediate futures narrowed on Thursday to its tightest discount this month. WCS for August delivery in Hardisty, Alberta, settled at $10 a barrel under the U.S. benchmark WTI, according to brokerage CalRock, compared with $10.15 a barrel on Wednesday. * Thursday’s WCS …

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OPEC Trims Oil Demand for Next Four Years, Says No Peak in Sight

Summary OPEC says peak demand is not in sight OPEC expects demand to grow for longer than other forecasters Demand growth is slowing in China (Reuters) – OPEC cut its global oil demand forecasts for the next four years on Thursday as Chinese growth slows, even as it lifted its longer-term view, based on rising …

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APA Curtails US Natgas and NGL Production in Second quarter on Weak Prices

APA Corp said on Wednesday it curtailed about 10 million of cubic feet per day (MMcfpd) of U.S. natural gas production and 750 barrels per day of U.S. natural gas liquids output during the second quarter due to weak prices. `-The U.S. oil and gas producer also completed the sale of its New Mexico assets …

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