Best in Energy – 17 November 2022

U.S. hydrogen – funding and technology deployment

Aramco plans downstream investment in South Korea

U.S. diesel inventories at 70-year seasonal low ($FT)

Texas tries to prepare better for extreme winter cold

U.K. inflation accelerates to 11.1% in October

France’s nuclear generation starts to recover

China/Taiwan bilateral communications cease

U.S. PETROLEUM INVENTORIES depleted by -11 million barrels in the week to November 11. Large drawdowns in commercial crude (-5 million bbl), crude in the strategic petroleum reserve (-4 million) and other oils (-3 million) were partially offset by increased stocks of gasoline (+2 million), distillate fuel oil (+1 million) and jet fuel (+0.3 million). Total inventories have depleted by -509 million barrels since early July 2020, the largest drawdown on record and a symptom of persistent under-supply:

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John Kemp

Energy analyst, public policy specialist, amateur historian