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Reducing Downtime by Building Up High

AJOT | May 16, 2018 | Energy | Project / Heavy Lift

This approach helped cut the project’s duration by more than one month and get the refinery back online sooner.

U.S. Gulf Coast port limitations impose additional costs on rising U.S. crude oil exports

AJOT | May 16, 2018 | Energy | Ports & Terminals | Ports

U.S. crude oil exports averaged 1.1 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2017 and 1.6 million b/d so far in 2018, up from less than 0.5 million b/d in 2016.

Growth in North American Activity as Health Returns to FPS Sector

AJOT | May 15, 2018 | Energy

The Q2 edition of Westwood Energy’s World Floating Production Systems Tracker is released today. Compared to the Q1 edition of the report there have been upward revisions to the number of orders and units installed 2018-2022 as the strong growth in activity first seen at the start of 2017 continues.

Tax credits and solar tariffs affect timing of projected renewable power plant deployment

AJOT | May 15, 2018 | Energy | Alternative | International Trade

The timing and magnitude of adding wind- and solar-powered electricity generators to the U.S. grid are sensitive to federal policies, especially federal tax credits that are currently scheduled to expire or diminish by 2022.

Iran Oil Exports Face Insurance Snag No Matter What Europe Wants

Bloomberg | May 15, 2018 | Energy | International Trade

Most of America’s propane exports go to countries in Asia

AJOT | May 14, 2018 | Energy | International Trade

In 2017, the United States exported 905,000 barrels per day (b/d) of propane, with the largest volumes going to supply petrochemical feedstock demand in Asian countries. Four of the top five countries receiving U.S. propane exports are in Asia—Japan, China, South Korea, and Singapore.

MISC Group financial results for the period ended 31 March 2018

AJOT | May 14, 2018 | Energy | Maritime

Natural gas and renewables make up most of 2018 electric capacity additions

AJOT | May 07, 2018 | Energy

EIA expects nearly 32 gigawatts (GW) of new electric generating capacity will come online in the United States in 2018, more than in any year over the past decade.

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AJOT | Top Story | May 02, 2018

U.S. imports of Canadian crude oil by rail increase

Growth in Canadian crude oil production has outpaced expansions in pipeline takeaway capacity and, along with past pipeline outages, has driven Canadian crude oil prices lower and increased Canadian crude oil exports by rail to the United States.

Iran’s Oil Exporters Have Record Month Before Possible Sanctions

Bloomberg | May 01, 2018 | Energy | International Trade

New import duties drive biomass-based diesel imports down in 2017

AJOT | April 30, 2018 | Energy | International Trade

Although increasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets have driven increased biomass-based diesel demand in recent years, imports fell in 2017 largely because of U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) import duties imposed on foreign biodiesel volumes sourced from Argentina and Indonesia, two of the leading exporters of biodiesel.

Marathon to Buy Andeavor in $23.3 Billion Oil-Refining Deal

Bloomberg | April 30, 2018 | Energy | International Trade

MISC Group welcomes the fifth and final moss-type LNG carrier

AJOT | April 30, 2018 | Energy | Maritime | Bulk

MISC Group, a leading provider of international energy-related maritime solutions and services, today announced it has taken delivery of Seri Cemara, the final edition to a series of five MOSS-Type Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carriers.

GAC Taiwan lands agency contract from DSLNG

AJOT | April 30, 2018 | Energy | Maritime | Bulk

Renewable energy subsidies have declined as tax credits, other policies diminish

AJOT | April 27, 2018 | Energy

Federal subsidies for renewable energy—including biofuels for transportation use and renewable generation of electricity—dropped to $6.7 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2016, a 56% decline from FY 2013.

Texas City Hosts Its First Supertanker as U.S. Crude Gushes Out

Federal financial interventions and subsidies in U.S. energy markets declined since 2013

AJOT | April 26, 2018 | Energy

EIA has updated its report on federal financial interventions and subsidies in energy markets, covering the 2016 U.S. government fiscal year (FY). Subsidies for many energy categories have declined since FY 2013, when spending related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was at or near its highest levels.

CO2 emissions for shipping: greater digital standardisation & sharing needed

AJOT | April 25, 2018 | Energy

Crowley, PowerSecure to Develop LNG Microgrids for Resilient, Dependable Power Supplies

AJOT | April 25, 2018 | Energy | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Crowley FUELS and PowerSecure, a Southern Company subsidiary, have formed an alliance to develop and deploy microgrid solutions incorporating liquefied natural gas (LNG), renewables and storage to provide greater reliability and resiliency to customers and economies throughout the Caribbean and Central America.

MOL Crude Oil Tanker Rescues a Castaway

AJOT | April 23, 2018 | Energy | Maritime | Bulk

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