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Supply
Oil dropped about 1% Wednesday on fears that more aggressive U.S. interest-rate hikes will pressure economic growth and oil demand.
In mid-morning trading today, WTI futures were up 0.9% at $77.37/bbl, Brent was up 1.0% at $83.45/bbl, and U.S. natural gas was up 2.2% at $2.61/MMBtu.
U.S. crude stocks fell by 1.7 million barrels last week, defying expectations for a build, according to the U.S. administration.
This year’s freefall in U.S. natural-gas prices has upended the acquisitions market and could restrict new drilling, experts say.
Oil executives at a major conference in Houston this week say the era of surging U.S. shale growth is nearing its peak.
Germany is partnering with several Middle Eastern firms to set up a $34 billion green hydrogen project in northwest Africa’s Mauritania.
The U.S. Energy Department is offering to cover up to half the cost of some clean-energy projects in the concrete, steel and chemical industries.
A group of U.S. researchers say they created a new superconductor that can operate at normal pressures and temperatures to transmit electric currents without a loss — a potential boon for energy transmission.
Polypropylene recycler PureCycle warned in SEC filings that it will miss the deadline for filing its 2022 annual report and could default on its bonds as it struggles to bring its flagship plant onstream.
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Flood warnings were issued for Northern California in anticipation of another major storm expected to douse the state with rainfall.
Train, air and water traffic was disrupted across France Wednesday as strikes against pension reform stretched into their second day.
Panama’s government and Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals agreed on a contract to operate a key copper mine following a weeks-long dispute.
Apple is reshuffling management of its international business to put a bigger focus on India, according to reports.
DB Schenker, Deutsche Bahn’s logistics arm, is partnering with ocean carrier MSC to carry at least 30,000 TEUs of cargo using transport with net-zero emissions this year.
BMW will invest almost $600 million at its Mini plant in the U.K., a potential boon for the nation’s lagging auto production.
Chinese electric-vehicle maker BYD plans to spend $20 billion over the next three years to develop commercial vehicles.
Minnesota electricity provider Xcel Energy will soon have the nation’s largest utility-owned network of some 700 charging stations.
Domestic Markets
First-time jobless claims jumped by 21,000 last week to 211,000, a ten-week high and the first time in eight weeks that claims have exceeded 200,000.
U.S. economic activity increased slightly in late February while businesses reported a moderation in price increases that they expect to continue this year, the Federal Reserve said in a report.
The U.S. trade deficit widened by a moderate 1.6% in January on a strong rise in both imports and exports.
Today the White House is expected to release its budget proposal that will reduce federal deficits by $3 trillion over the next decade.
The Bank of Canada left its key overnight interest rate unchanged at 4.5% this week, becoming the first major central bank to suspend its monetary tightening cycle.
Canada recorded an unexpected trade surplus of $1.38 billion in January driven by broad-based gains in exports.
Ukraine’s year-over-year GDP fell by 26% in February after a 32% drop in January, officials said this week. The nation’s economic minister expects GDP to grow 1% this year.
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways reported a $834.42 million loss last year but was positive about the outlook for 2023.
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