Canadian crude-by-rail shipments ready to surge, spurring new investment

Canadian crude-by-rail shipments ready to surge, spurring new investment

CALGARY (Bloomberg) – Canadian shipments of crude by rail are poised to surge next year, spurring investment in new export infrastructure. Crude-by-rail capacity in Alberta is expected to grow by 100,000 bpd in December after the provincial government eased production limits for oil transported by train, the Energy Ministry said Wednesday. Western Canadian rail loadings …

Massive errors found in facial recognition tech: US study

Massive errors found in facial recognition tech: US study

This will be the eyes of the beast.he will make you a slave tied to artificial intelligence and quantum computing Washington (AFP) – Facial recognition systems can produce wildly inaccurate results, especially for non-whites, according to a US government study released Thursday that is likely to raise fresh doubts on deployment of the artificial intelligence …

Vladimir Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘made-up reasons’

Vladimir Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘made-up reasons’

Moscow (CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his annual news conference Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s impeachment was based on “made-up reasons,” and expressed doubts that Trump will be removed from power. The House of Representatives voted almost exactly along party lines Wednesday to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. …

Defying PM Johnson, Scottish leader steps up battle for independence referendum

Defying PM Johnson, Scottish leader steps up battle for independence referendum

LONDON (Reuters) – Scotland’s nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon will consider “all reasonable options” if Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to stop her from holding a referendum on Scottish independence, she said on Thursday. Sturgeon’s pro-independence, anti-Brexit Scottish National Party (SNP) won 48 of Scotland’s 59 parliamentary seats in last week’s UK-wide election, which she said …

US Admits Sanctions Can’t Stop Russia-led Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

US Admits Sanctions Can’t Stop Russia-led Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

The U.S. sanctions aimed at derailing the Russia-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany came too late to have a meaningful effect on a nearly completed project, two senior U.S. Administration officials told Bloomberg on Wednesday. The U.S. Senate passed on Tuesday the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a massive defense bill …

EIA Weekly Petroleum Report  week ending December 13, 2019

EIA Weekly Petroleum Report  week ending December 13, 2019

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 1.1 million barrels from the previous week. At 446.8 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 4% above the five year average for this time of year. U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.6 million barrels per day during the …

BOOMERVILLE MILE OF HELL Homeless are us!

BOOMERVILLE MILE OF HELL Homeless are us!

Inside the tent city that shames California where tiny strip of land provides squalid shelter for 3,000 homeless people HOMELESSNESS is a “crisis” in America, including at a tent city in California where hundreds of people live among rats and rubbish in a mile-long encampment. One resident, Kat MacKay, says she’s fed up with the …

Oil Inventories Rise Again As API Reports A Crude Build

Oil Inventories Rise Again As API Reports A Crude Build

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has reported a huge surprise crude oil inventory build of 4.7 million barrels for the week ending December 11. Last week saw a build in crude oil inventories of 1.41 million barrels, according to API data. The EIA’s estimates reported a slightley smaller build of 800,000 barrels for that week. …

Warren unveils plan to end ‘the flow of dark money’ as president

Warren unveils plan to end ‘the flow of dark money’ as president

Her proposal aims to curtail financial corruption and laundering schemes both domestically and internationally. Warren plans to target kleptocrats and those who use shell companies in the U.S. and abroad to avoid taxation and provide more government oversight for international transactions. “The flow of dark money puts good governance, the free exchange of ideas, and …

US Senate Passes Defence Budget Bill Stipulating Sanctions on Nord Stream 2

US Senate Passes Defence Budget Bill Stipulating Sanctions on Nord Stream 2

Commentary in Russian with sub titles: English report on DW news: The US Congress passed a defence bill for 2020 on 11 December that includes new sanctions on contractors who are helping build Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The curbs are aimed at preventing its completion, which is still expected this year. The US Senate …