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Posted August 18, 2017Today in Energy
The Danish and Turkish Straits are critical to Europe’s crude oil and petroleum trade ›
The Danish Straits and Turkish Straits, together transited by a combined volume of more than 5 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2016, are important chokepoints for Europe’s crude oil and petroleum liquids supply. Nearly 59 million b/d of global petroleum and other liquids production moved on maritime routes in 2015. More ›
Source: EIA, 2017 World Oil Transit Chokepoints
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Data Highlights
WTI crude oil futures price
8/17/2017: $47.09/barrels
down$1.50 from week earlier
up$0.30 from year earlier
Natural gas futures price
8/17/2017: $2.929/MMBtu
down$0.056 from week earlier
up$0.310 from year earlier
Weekly coal production
8/12/2017: 16.469 million tons
up0.342 million tons from week earlier
up1.235 million tons from year earlier
Natural gas inventories
8/11/2017: 3,082 Bcf
up53 Bcf from week earlier
down254 Bcf from year earlier
Crude oil inventories
8/11/2017: 466.5 million barrels
down8.9 million barrels from week earlier
down24.0 million barrels from year earlier
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