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Inventories at the Gulf Coast stood at about 235 million barrels last week, about 7% higher than levels at the start of 2016 after the export ban was lifted. ... near operational minimums, and was ...
Cushing is the delivery point for West Texas Intermediate, a blend of US light sweet crude oil streams [1] traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange [19]. Cushing's strategic position as a major hub in oil supply led to WTI's development as a significant physical market price reference or benchmark for over three decades.
The latest US government data released on Wednesday showed a surprise fall of 1.4 million barrels in crude oil inventories last week. ... 2020, in Cushing, Okla. ...
But it was in 2007 through 2009 that the oil storage trade expanded. [6] Many participants—including Wall Street giants, such as Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Citicorp—turned sizeable profits simply by sitting on tanks of oil. [5] By May 2007 Cushing's inventory fell by nearly 35% as the oil-storage trade heated up. [5]
In 1912, the discovery well, the Wheeler No. 1 Oil Well came in near Drumright for wildcatter Thomas Baker Slick, Sr. [1]. Peak production was in May 1917 at 310,000 barrels per day, accounting for two thirds of the refinable crude oil production in the western hemisphere during that time, and provided twenty percent of the petroleum sold in the United States in 1915-1916.
After running up to $122.11 per barrel, U.S. oil futures on Wednesday settled at $90.66, down more than 25% in the last two months. Shrinking U.S. exports likely to build oil stocks at Cushing ...
A 1912 oil boom led to the city's development as a refining center, [7] with over 50 refineries operating in Cushing over its history. [8] Today, Cushing is a major trading hub for crude oil and a price settlement point for West Texas Intermediate on the New York Mercantile Exchange [ 9 ] and is known as the "Pipeline Crossroads of the World."
The Cushing MarketLink pipeline phase started at Cushing, Oklahoma, where American-produced oil is added to the pipeline, then runs south 435 miles (700 km) to a delivery point near terminals in Nederland, Texas, to serve refineries in the Port Arthur, Texas, area. Keystone started pumping oil through this section in January 2014.