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Saudi Arabia And Iran Reignite The Oil Price War

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The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is becoming increasingly evident in the oil pricing policies of the two large Middle Eastern producers. The two countries are currently reigniting the market share and pricing war ahead of the returning U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil. efforts to curb Iranian production.

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Opinion: Everyone Is Guessing When It Comes To Oil Prices

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Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. But along with all of the excess crude flowing from the oil patch, there is also an abundance of market indicators that while important, tend to produce a lot of noise that makes any accurate estimate nearly impossible.

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IHS Markit: global commercial vehicle production to drop 22% in 2020 in wake of COVID-19

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IHS Markit is forecasting that global commercial vehicle production (GVW 4-8) volumes in 2020 compared to 2019 will be down 22% (more than 650,000 units) to 2.6 Most commercial vehicle factories in mainland China have returned to production. million units, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. decline in global real GDP in 2020.

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Hyundai Heavy begins exporting LNG engine

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The Ulsan, South Korea-based company will first export the engine to an onshore gas-powered power plant in the Middle East after final paint and packing work. Due to high oil prices and strengthening regulations on emissions, the demand for gas engines is increasing.

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Roland Berger E-Mobility Index finds government subsidies for and projected sales of xEVs declining worldwide

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The index compares the development of e-mobility in seven leading car-manufacturing nations (Germany, France, Italy, US, Japan, China and South Korea) on the basis of three parameters: technology, manufacturing, and market. Extracting oil by fracking could stabilize the oil price over the next few years.

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SK Innovation Q2 profit tops forecast, battery unit eyes EV demand recovery – ET Auto

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SK Innovation, which also owns South Korea’s top refiner SK Energy, said it expects solid refining margins to continue in the second quarter backed by firm demand. The refiner said it has secured contingency plans to source crude oil for its oil products in case of the blockade of the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz.

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IHS Markit: US poised to be world’s largest LNG exporter in 2022 as China becomes top LNG importer

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Spot LNG prices in Asia spiked to nearly $30 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) for a few weeks in January 2021 during extreme cold weather and transportation challenges before settling back to normal ranges in the first half of the year. MMt), followed by South Korea at 46.4 increase or 12.3 increase or 0.2

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