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Posted May 17, 2012Today in Energy

Market Watch: Crude oil is scheduled to flow Thursday on the reversed Seaway Pipeline, linking oil from Cushing, Oklahoma (location of the WTI benchmark) to refineries near Freeport, Texas. Initially, the 500-mile line will move 150,000 barrels per day (bpd); Seaway's volume is set to rise to 400,000 bpd by early 2013.

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Crude oil futures price

5/16/2012: $92.81/bbl

down$4.00 from week earlier
down$4.10 from year earlier

Natural gas futures price

5/16/2012: $2.618/mmBtu

up$0.153 from week earlier
down$1.564 from year earlier

Natural gas inventories

5/11/2012: 2,667 Bcf

up61 Bcf from week earlier
up774 Bcf from year earlier

Crude oil inventories

5/11/2012: 381.6 mmbbl

up2.1 mmbbl from week earlier
up11.3 mmbbl from year earlier

Weekly coal production

5/5/2012: 17.885 million tons

down0.001 million tons from week earlier
down1.545 million tons from year earlier

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