President Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing the National Energy Dominance Council, a new body within the Executive Office of the President aimed at strengthening America’s energy independence…
https://gcaptain.com/trumps-new-energy-dominance-council-aims-to-supercharge-u-s-production/
The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has approved the construction of a new deepwater port off the Texas coast, marking a significant expansion of America’s oil export capabilities. The Texas GulfLink…
https://gcaptain.com/marad-approves-texas-gulflink-deepwater-oil-port/
WASHINGTON — A top action item on transportation secretary nominee Sean Duffy’s to-do list – if confirmed – is to visit storm-ravaged I-40 in Tennessee and North Carolina and prioritize rebuilding it.
“We need to know that this is going to be front and center with you so that we can get that interstate rebuilt and reopened,” U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., told Duffy at his confirmation hearing Wednesday.
“If I’m confirmed, the first trip I would like to make is … to see the devastation and...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-nominee-duffy-vows-to-prioritize-rebuilding-i-40
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) – The difference in prices for U.S. shale oil in West Texas and at Houston has widened in the last two months on dwindling pipeline space to move the crude to…
https://gcaptain.com/pipeline-pressure-texas-shale-surge-pushes-gulf-coast-crude-prices-higher/
Rare Shipment Of U.S. Oil Heads To South Africa, mentions a GCaptain news source.
A shipment of U.S. oil is headed to South AfricaA shipment of U.S. oil is headed to South Africa for the first time in two years and destined for a Glencore-owned refinery in Cape Town that has restarted operations after an explosion shuttered it in 2020, according to ship tracking data and a source.
U.S. oil exports this year hit a record 4.5 million barrels per day as competitive pricing...
HOUSTON, May 19 (Reuters) – A shipment of U.S. oil is headed to South Africa for the first time in two years and destined for a Glencore-owned refinery in Cape Town that…
https://gcaptain.com/rare-shipment-of-u-s-oil-heads-to-south-africa/
HOUSTON, May 12 (Reuters) – Oil pipelines from the top U.S. shale field to Houston that have run half empty are filling again as rising output has absorbed most of the space…
https://gcaptain.com/record-u-s-crude-exports-rising-shale-output-boosts-oil-flow-to-houston/
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revoked the permit for a proposed 1.92 million barrels-per-day offshore oil export terminal off the coast of Corpus Christi, Texas. The Bluewater oil export…
https://gcaptain.com/epa-pulls-permit-for-proposed-offshore-oil-export-terminal-off-texas/
By Kwaku Gyasi (Bloomberg) — Shipping costs for mid-size oil tankers from the US Gulf to Europe are near the highest levels since early in the pandemic, due to changes in…
https://gcaptain.com/tanker-rates-from-u-s-gulf-to-europe-returning-to-early-pandemic-highs/
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) – U.S. crude shippers are exporting huge amounts of oil to meet strong demand from Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions…
https://gcaptain.com/can-americas-port-infrastructure-handle-more-crude-exports/