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Oil Achieves Two Month High As Supply Glut Clearance Met With Cheers And Anxiety by Ship & Bunker News Team Wednesday May 12, 2021 A U.S. government report showing domestic crude inventories falling to their lowest since late February lent support to the contention that the world has largely worked off its Covid lockdown induced surplus - and as a result, oil prices on Wednesday rose to an eight-week high. Brent rose $69.32 per barrel (the highest close since March 11), while West Texas Intermediate rose 80 cents, or $66.08. However, the cyber attack on the Colonial Pipeline continu...

1 2021-05-12 08:20:39Xinhua Editor : Li Yan ECNS App Download Petroleum distribution terminals in the U.S. east coast will rely on inventories and alternative supplies until a main fuel pipeline resumes operation, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday. According to EIA, pipeline shipments move at approximately five miles per hour, so some markets may need to rely on inventories for several days after the Colonial Pipeline Company service is restored. The Colonial Pipeline Company, operator of the pipeline carrying gasoline and diesel fuel to U.S. ea...

Note: Map updated to reflect changes in U.S. refineries since initial report. Colonial Pipeline, a major delivery system spanning from the U.S. Gulf Coast to the East Coast for transportation fuels and other refined petroleum products, halted operations on Friday, May 7, to contain the effects of a cyberattack. As of Monday, May 10, the pipeline had not resumed operations of its main lines, although some smaller lines are operational. The company announced that it hopes to restore service by the end of the week. Colonial Pipeline, a 2.5-million-barrel-per-day (b/d) system of approximately ...

Driver vision qualifications, diabetes to be discussed at Medical Review Board meeting The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Medical Review Board will evaluate the vision standard for truck drivers at its next meeting, which will be held May 19-20. The virtual meeting is open to the public. According to an agenda for the meeting published Tuesday in the Federal Register, the MRB will evaluate comments and the vision assessment form from a proposed rulemaking from January. The January proposal, if finalized, would allow drivers who cannot meet either the current distant vi...

A three-truck Alabama-based carrier was found to have poor vehicle maintenance and driver monitoring practices that made the company and a driver "imminent hazards to public safety." Also, diesel prices hit highest national average since December 2018.