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A joint researched program by UK and US research program was launched at Monday, 30 April, called Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. The program will focus on the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, which can significantly affect global sea levels. The glacier accounts for around 4% of global sea level rise.

Oil prices decreased on Thursday 3 of May, as a rise in US crude inventories and a record weekly US production was reported, This increase is opposing to the efforts made by OPEC to decrease supplies and tighten the market. The prices were reduced after a report by EIA, which showed that US crude inventories increase by 6.2 million barrels to 435.96 million barrels.

The US Energy Department’s Vehicle Technologies Office released a multi-topic funding opportunity announcement (FOA). The funding, which will be $12 million, regards the Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines. The funding will have two topics: Multi-Mode Optimized Fuel/Engine System Development; Bioblendstocks to Optimize Mixing Controlled Compression Ignition Engines.

US crude oil exports averaged 1.1 million barrels per day in 2017, an increase of 527,000 b/d from 2016. Despite this acceleration in export growth, the US.Gulf Coast ports cannot fully load Very Large Crude Carriers. Instead, export growth was achieved by using smaller and less cost-effective ships. The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port is the only U.S. facility capable of accommodating a fully loaded VLCC.

The Panama Canal welcomed the first transit of the LNG Sakura as it conducted the first-ever LNG shipment from the Dominion Cove Point terminal in the US to Japan. The transit took place last weekend, and marks the beginning of a new LNG commercial route between the US and Asia from Dominion Cove Point terminal.

US imports of biomass-based diesel, including biodiesel and renewable diesel, totaled 14.1 million barrels in 2017, a 36% decrease from 2016. Despite the fact that increasing Renewable Fuel Standard targets have increased biomass-based diesel demand in recent years, imports fell in 2017 because of US import duties on foreign biodiesel volumes.

Buckeye Partners, Phillips 66 Partners and Andeavor will develop a new deep-water, open access marine terminal in Ingleside, Texas. The South Texas Gateway Terminal will be constructed on a 212 acre waterfront parcel at the mouth of Corpus Christi Bay. The terminal will be capable of berthing VLCC petroleum tankers.

US-based Blank Rome law firm informed that, during the last year, there has been a substantial rise in lawsuits filed against many consumer-facing websites regarding violations of Title III of Americans with Disabilities Act, with plaintiffs alleging that these websites are not accessible to people with vision, hearing, or other disabilities.

Euler Hermes presented its Enabling Digitalization Index 2018, showing each country’s ability to provide the necessary environment for businesses to succeed in an increasingly digitalized global economy. The US, Germany and the Netherlands are the top 3, while out of the 30 top markets, 8 are in the Asia-Pacific region.

US are reportedly concerned about a takeover by the Chinese COSCO, regarding a large container terminal in Long Beach, California. The terminal is part of COSCO's plan to buy the shipping company Orient Overseas International. The expected acquisition of Orient Overseas Container Line is about to be completed until the end of June.