ExxonMobil, Marathon Petroleum: Your Daily Energy News

Energy Market highlights gathered by Industrial Info and IIR Energy

NATURAL GAS
U.S. Sees Large Natural Gas Storage Draw - The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said utilities pulled 79 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of gas from storage during the week ending March 11. That compares with a decline of 16 Bcf in the same week last year and a five-year (2017-2021) average decline of 65 Bcf. Last week's withdrawal cut stockpiles to 1.440 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), or 17.4% below the five-year average of 1.744 Tcf for this time of the year. (Reuters)

CRUDE OIL
U.S. Awards Contracts for Crude Oil Sales from Strategic Reserve - The U.S. Energy Department said on Wednesday that it had awarded contracts for 30 million barrels of crude oil put up for sale from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. A total of 13 companies submitted 109 bids for evaluation, and contracts were awarded to seven companies, including 16.06 million barrels to Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC) (Findlay, Ohio). (Reuters)

PRODUCTION
ExxonMobil, BHP to Expand Australia Offshore Gas Production - Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) (Irving, Texas) and BHP Group (NYSE:BHP) (Melbourne, Australia) said on Thursday they will go ahead with a project to boost natural gas output from their Gippsland Basin Kipper field off southeast Australia, which would help fill a looming gas shortage in the local market. The country's regulators have warned that eastern Australia faces a gas shortfall from 2026. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Production Project Database can click here for related reports. (Reuters)

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