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nLONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - OPEC and its allies, including Russia, believe oil markets do not need more oil than they plan to release in the coming months, despite U.S. pressure to add supplies to check an oil price rise, four sources told Reuters.>snip<Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration urged the producer group to boost output to tackle rising gasoline prices ...
Apparently the Biden Administration's version of the Green New Deal is *not* to reduce production of oil, since he's just asked for production to be increased. His version of the GND is just to make sure Americans don't have jobs producing that oil.
September 10, 2021 3:56 PM EDT Last Updated 4 hours agoTraders chase Russian oil to fill U.S. supply gap after Hurricane IdaReutersMOSCOW, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Trading houses are rushing to supply Russian Urals crude to the United States where oil production was hammered by Hurricane Ida in August, three trading sources said on Friday.Ida, one of the most devastating hurricanes for oil companies operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico since storms in 2005, led to prolonged halts in the area's offshore oil output. About two-thirds of U.S. offshore production remains shut nearly two weeks after the hurricane made landfall. [nL1N2QC20H]Trading firms, including Trafigura, Vitol and Litasco, have secured about 5 million barrels of Russian Urals for loading in September and for delivery to the United States, the three sources told Reuters.Urals oil arbitrage to the United States is rare. Usually only a few cargoes are shipped every few months. ...