US Crude Stocks Rise More Than Expected But Gasoline and Distillate Inventories Fall – EIA

(Reuters) – U.S. crude stocks rose more than expected even as gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week in a sign of sustained fuel demand, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories rose by 1.7 million barrels to 437 million barrels in the week ended March 14, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ …

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Trump to Clear Venture Global LNG Exports From Louisiana Project, Bloomberg News Reports

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is set to grant Venture Global LNG conditional approval to export natural gas from a proposed Louisiana facility, which had faced delays under former President Joe Biden, Bloomberg News reported. The Energy Department is set to authorize widespread exports from the company’s CP2 project as soon as Wednesday, …

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Putin Advances Strategic Aims While Ceding Little to Trump

(Reuters) – Vladimir Putin has edged closer to his goal of repairing Russia’s relations with the United States and driving a wedge between the U.S. and Europe, while offering only a slim contribution towards Donald Trump’s peace efforts in Ukraine. Before Tuesday’s long phone call between the two presidents, the U.S. side had said it …

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Oil Titans Uneasy Over Tariffs and Crude Prices Meet With Trump

Oil company CEOs will meet with President Trump to express gratitude for his support of the industry, but also to caution him about potential negative consequences of his policies. Summary by Bloomberg AI The CEOs are concerned about the impact of low oil prices, trade tariffs, and potential economic declines on their businesses, despite Trump’s …

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Big Tech’s Data Center Boom Poses New Risk to US Grid Operators

Summary • Data center disconnections threaten grid stability, regulator says • Grid operators face resistance from data centers on proposals for a fix • Texas incidents highlight risks of sudden disconnections by crypto miners BOSTON, March 19 (Reuters) – Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data …

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Goldman Sachs Sees Downside Risk to Oil Price View Amid Tariffs, Spare Capacity

(Reuters) – Tariff escalation and high spare capacity skew medium-term risks to Goldman Sachs’ oil price forecast to the downside, the bank said. “While we reduced our Brent forecast range by $5/bbl to $65-80, we expect oil prices to edge up in coming months, and think that market pricing of volatility and of the upside …

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Trump to Host Top US Oil Chief Executives as Trade Wars Loom

Summary Trump to meet with top oil CEOs in closed-door meeting Industry concerned about falling oil prices, looming trade wars Meeting will mark Trump’s first sit-down with oil and gas leaders since return to White House (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will host top oil executives at the White House on Wednesday as he charts …

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