Sempra Energy, U.S. Crude Production: Your Daily Energy News

News highlights gathered by Industrial Info and IIR Energy (Sugar Land, Texas) dealing with the energy markets.

PRODUCTION
U.S. Crude Oil, Natural Gas Output Pulls Back in December from Record Highs - U.S. crude oil and natural gas production pulled back in December from record highs reached a month earlier, according to monthly government data released Friday. U.S. oil output fell to 12.78 million barrels per day (BBL/d) in December from 12.86 million BBL/d in November, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Production Supply Monthly report. Monthly gross natural gas production in the U.S. Lower 48 states, meanwhile, slipped to 106.8 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in December from a record 107.2 Bcf/d in November. (Reuters)

CRUDE OIL
U.S. to Sell Oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve - The U.S. Department of Energy said on Friday it will sell up to 12 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in compliance with the 2015 budget act. The reserve, held in underground salt caverns on the Texas and Louisiana coasts, currently holds 635 million barrels of oil, more than required under international agreements. (Reuters)

LNG
Train 2 of Cameron LNG Begins Commercial Operation - Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) announced that Train 2 of its Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Hackberry, Louisiana, has begun commercial operation. (Project 300073863) (PR Newswire)

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