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Biden authorizes release of more than 180M barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve; 1M bpd for 6 months

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In an effort to address the rapidly increasing cost of gasoline, President Biden authorized the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months—more than 180 million barrels—from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). President George H. Bush authorized a drawdown of 33.75 2005 Hurricane Katrina Sale.

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US Shale Is Now Cash Flow Neutral

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For years, the drilling boom was done with a lot of debt, and the revenus earned from steadily higher levels of output were not enough to cover the cost of drilling, even when oil prices traded above $100 per barrel in the go-go drilling days between 2011 and 2014. That isn’t a typo. Even when US oil production hit a peak at 9.7

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Opinion: Who Will Be Left Standing At The End Of The Oil War?

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Production in the UAE costs just over $12 per barrel, which is pretty much the same as in Iran, though Iranian officials say they will eventually be able to produce for as low as $1 per barrel from their central fields. But these are just the costs of lifting oil out of the ground. Right now, they can’t. Article Source: [link].

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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It was after midnight in the Maltese search-and-rescue zone of the Mediterranean when a rubber boat originating from Libya carrying dozens of migrants encountered a hulking cargo ship from Madeira and a European military aircraft. When I got to Libya, I didn’t have money,” Jacob says. Five more migrants died on the southward journey.

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