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Chevron Sells Major Canadian Oil Assets to CNRL
Houston Takes the Hit as Permian Crude Flows to Gulf Coast Decline
Alberta Sets New Crude Oil Production Record for August; Inventory Cover Hits 15-Year Low


Union Man - Short-Lived Dockworker Strike Stalls Container Traffic, But Impact on Liquids Seen as Minor
Thousands of unionized dockworkers walked off the job at ports along the U.S. East and Gulf coasts October 1 in the first work stoppage for those regions since 1977.
Canadian Drilling – Oil Rig Count Hits 19-Month High; Gas Rig Count Continues Downward Drift
US Rig Count Continues Downward Trend To Begin October, Even As Gas Rigs Climb Back Past 100
Tube Cracking Complicates Plans for Restart at Palisades Nuclear Plant

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I’ll Be Around - CITGO Refineries to Be Bought by Amber Energy Seen as Survivors in Competitive Market
It now seems likely that Elliott Investment Management’s Amber Energy will acquire CITGO Petroleum for $7.3 billion in mid-2025, thereby ending a yearslong legal drama about the fate of CITGO’s three large U.S. refineries and related pipelines and terminal assets.