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China’s crude oil buying spree to continue

LONDON / Reuters China has built its crude oil stockpiles at a record pace in 2017 and while its purchases could tail off towards the year-end, inventories could hit the billion-barrel mark in six months, the International Energy Agency said. China has spent around $24 billion on building its crude reserves since 2015, at an average of $50 a barrel, ...

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‘Record US oil exports set to increase further’

LONDON / Reuters Already record US oil exports are set to surge further in the coming month as stored oil in one of the world’s last areas of excess stockpiles pours into global markets, the chief executive of trading house Mercuria, Marco Dunand, said. The US shale oil revolution upended global energy markets, and in late September the country’s oil ...

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Canada seeks to solve US nuclear woes with faraway dams

Bloomberg The key to replacing aging nuclear plants in the US Northeast may lie 1,000 miles away, along a remote river tumbling through the Canadian wilderness. In boreal forests above the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Hydro-Quebec is building a series of dams that will generate enough electricity for more than one million homes. The $5.2 billion project on the Romaine ...

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