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The Fed Is Driving Down Oil Prices

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The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index jumped to 1,187 in early trading on Friday, the highest level since July 2017. dollar to go up, which is putting downward pressure on prices,” Phil Flynn, analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago, told Reuters. dollar is one important variable influencing oil prices. But the U.S.

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Supply Crunch Or Oil Glut: Investment Banks Can’t Agree

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This year, shale output forecasts combine with OPEC’s production cuts, geopolitical factors, and unexpected outages to further complicate supply/demand and oil price forecasts by Wall Street’s major investment banks. Beyond 2017, the impact of a collapse in longer-cycle conventional investment over 2014-16 begins to be felt.

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ExxonMobil seeking to boost growth, continue work on lower-emissions technologies including biofuels and carbon capture

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ExxonMobil expects to increase annual earnings potential by more than 140% and double potential annual cash flow from operations by 2025 from 2017 adjusted earnings, assuming a 2017 oil price of $60 per barrel adjusted for inflation and based on 2017 margins. In Brazil, the company has acquired 2.3

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Eni report: global oil reserves and oil production up in 2018 due to US

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In 2018, global oil reserves rose slightly (+0.4%), mainly due to growth in the US. also rose in Brazil and Norway. Source: Eni World Oil Review 2019. 2018 recorded an overall growth in oil production of 2.5 Asia Pacific’s oil dependence continues to grow, ranking first in terms of deficit. recorded in 2013-2017.

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market to double by 2012 to $185.3B

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Ultimately, widespread commercialization will depend on whether these ventures can reach price. Key trends identified in the report include: Oil prices are expected to climb over the next decade, driving increased interest in. parity with petroleum-based fuels. — Biofuels Markets and Technologies. dominance and reach 49.5

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Univ of Washington team working to make poplar coppice viable cheap, high-volume biofuel feedstock

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We have the environmental incentives to produce fuels and chemicals from renewable resources, but right now, they aren’t enough to compete with low oil prices. Djaja, Renata Bura and Rick Gustafson (2017) “Can we use short rotation coppice poplar for sugar based biorefinery feedstock? That’s the problem. Chang Dou, Devin S.

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market value to double to $185B by 2021

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between 2017 and 2021, as a combination of higher oil prices, emerging mandate. The report identifies a number of key trends, including: Oil prices are expected to climb over the next decade, driving increased interest in. BGPY worldwide, representing a 127% increase over 2010 production volumes and an 8.4%

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