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Zoom acquires some encryption expertise, Uber makes a big investment in scooters and we review the new 13-inch Macbook Pro. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 7, 2020. 1. Zoom acquires Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise Keybase, whose encryption products include secure file sharing and collaboration tools, should give Zoom some security credibility as […]

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U.S. Heating Oil and Propane Prices
(Dollars per Gallon) 3/30/2020

Heating Oil Residential
2.421 .. U.S.
2.440 .. East Coast
2.010 .. Midwest
Heating Oil Wholesale
1.172 .. U.S.
1.172 .. East Coast
1.192 .. Midwest
Propane Residential
1.869 .. U.S.
2.544 .. East Coast
1.460 .. Midwest
2.119 .. Gulf Coast
1.616 .. Rocky Mountain
Propane Wholesale
0.433 .. U.S.
0.530 .. East Coast
0.389 .. Midwest
0.389 .. Gulf Coast
0.399 .. Rocky Mountain

U.S. Distillate and Propane/Propylene Stocks
(Millions of Barrels) 3/27/2020

122.2 ... Distillate Stocks
64.668 .. Propane/Propylene Stocks

U.S. Distillate and Propane/Propylene Production and Demand
(Millions of Barrels per Day) 3/27/2020

Distillate
4.966 ..Production
3.907 ..Demand
Propane/Propylene
2.100 ..Production
1.352 ..Demand

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Transportation fuel demand has decreased since early March 2020 as a result of reduced economic activity and stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). U.S. refineries have reduced the amount of crude oil and other inputs that they process (also known as refinery runs). U.S. refinery runs fell for four consecutive weeks, reaching 12.8 million barrels per day (b/d) in the week ending April 17, and increased slightly to 13.2 million b/d for the week ending April 24, or nearly 21% lower than the previous five-year average for this time of year.

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