U.S. LNG Exports, Trans Mountain Pipeline: Your Daily Energy News

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

LNG
U.S. LNG Exports Fall in July - U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports plunged in July to the second-lowest level of this year, LSEG ship tracking data showed, as Freeport LNG (Houston, Texas)'s plant shut for eight days after suffering damage from Hurricane Beryl. Freeport LNG is the country's second-largest LNG export facility. The U.S. exported 6.69 million metric tons of LNG in July, compared to 7.11 million tons in June and 7.60 million tons in May, preliminary data from LSEG showed. (Reuters)

CRUDE OIL
EIA: U.S. Oil Demand Sets Seasonal Record in May - U.S. oil demand rose to a seasonal record in May as Americans consumed the most gasoline since before the pandemic, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed on Wednesday. Total crude oil and petroleum product supplied, the EIA's proxy for demand, rose by 792,000 barrels per day (BBL/d) month-over-month to 20.80 million BBL/d in May, the data showed. That is the highest monthly figure since August, and a record high for the month of May. (Reuters)

PIPELINES
Canada's Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Loads 19 Aframax Vessels in July - Nineteen Aframax ships loaded around 330,000 BBL/d of crude oil in July at Canada's West Coast in the second full month of operations on the newly expanded Trans Mountain pipeline, slightly lower than June, vessel-tracking data showed. Trans Mountain had loaded about 350,000 BBL/d on 20 Aframax vessels partially and one non-Aframax vessel in June, the company said last month. It has the capacity to load 34 Aframax ships a month. (Reuters)

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