NDP News and Press, Tortoise Energy Independence Fund Inc. From 10/26/22

Summary Most biofuels come from Brazil. Brazil produces about one million barrels per day of ethanol during its winter months there and none during its summer months. From January 2018 to June 2022, World Other Liquids, less Brazil, increased by two million barrels per day. Th...

Summary 0 out of 23 CEF sectors are positive on price and 0 out of 23 sectors are positive on NAV over the last week. BlackRock CEFs are repurchasing their shares. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on October 18th, 2022. Plea...

Summary June Non-OPEC production increased by 178 kb/d to 48,990 kb/d. The largest increases came from Russia, 510 kb/d and the U.S., 201 kb/d. The current spread between Western Canada Select (WCS) and WTI has increased to $25/b from a more typical $12/b to $17/b. Mexico ...

Summary 2 out of 23 CEF sectors positive on price and 0 out of 23 sectors positive on NAV last week. Tortoise tender offers are live. RIV rights offering. NCZ postpones its distribution. Author’s note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Lab...

Summary The last time I covered NDP was over a year ago; since then, the fund has performed quite well. There have been several distribution boosts and now a tender offer, which is rather small but still provides a bit of a bonus. With OPEC now taking action to prop up the pri...

Summary U.S. July production increased by a minimal 12 kb/d to 11,800 kb/d. ConocoPhilips continues to pursue the Willow oil project in Alaska while NGOs oppose it. In August, a new oil field was discovered - a geological company confirmed the Wyoming deep discovery. The n...

OVERLAND PARK, KS / ACCESSWIRE / October 3, 2022 / Tortoise today announced the following unaudited balance sheet information and asset coverage ratio updates for TYG, NTG, TTP, NDP and TPZ. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. (NYSE:TYG) today announced that as of September 30, 2022, the...

Summary One of the key points I’ve been discussing for the past two years is that the commodity markets are facing a unique set of policy-driven imbalances. When it comes to shortages across the fossil fuel space, the multi-year low in oil inventories has been only temporar...

Summary Even if the political landscape were to become temporarily supportive, it would be too risky to invest in anything other than small projects with rapid paybacks. Regime Uncertainty is a pervasive lack of confidence among investors in their ability to foresee the extent to ...

Summary The Norway Petroleum Directorate reported that production rebounded from June to July to 1,664 kb/d and then rose to 1,773 kb/d in August. Guyana added an additional 30 kb/d of production in August to reach a new high of 390 kb/d. On September 23, 2022, WTI settled bel...