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EIA: The net import of crude oil in the United States will drop by 20% in 2025. The us energy information administration (EIA) said on Tuesday that it is expected that the net import of crude oil in the United States will drop by 20% to 1.9 million barrels per day next year, which will be the lowest level since 1971, suggesting that the output of the United States will increase and the demand of refineries will decrease. EIA said in its Short-term Energy Outlook in December that the US oil production is expected to increase from 13.24 million barrels per day in 2024 to 13.52 million barrels per day in 2025. EIA also said that the crude oil processing capacity of refineries will be 16 million barrels per day in 2025, a decrease of 200,000 barrels per day compared with 2024. EIA now predicts that the average spot price of Brent crude oil in 2025 will be $73.58 per barrel, which is lower than the previous forecast of $76.06 per barrel. The average spot price of crude oil in the United States is $69.12 per barrel, which is lower than the last forecast of $71.60 per barrel.Standard Chartered Group: Independent non-executive director David Conner will step down as a member of the board of directors, and Standard Chartered Group (02888) will announce that independent non-executive director David Conner will step down as a member of the board of directors, as well as a member of the audit committee, the risk committee and the remuneration committee of the board of directors, with effect from December 30, 2024. Diane Jurgens and Jackie Hunt, independent non-executive directors, will join the Risk Committee of the Board of Directors with effect from January 1, 2025, while David Tang, independent non-executive director, will retire as a member of the Committee from the same date.Apple will provide Globalstar satellite connection for smart watches, and Apple plans to provide Globalstar satellite communication function on smart watch devices. I am preparing to develop a blood pressure monitoring tool for Apple Watch, which may be launched in 2025. The new watch will adopt MediaTek for the first time. The share price of Globalstar US stocks jumped, with an increase of as high as 21%.

Market information: US President Biden plans to formally prevent Nippon Steel (Nippon Steel) from acquiring American steel companies. US Steel (X) triggered an intraday fuse and fell 8.8% before trading was suspended.The National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that Tecovrimat is safe, but it is not an effective solution to improve the symptoms of monkeypox patients.The first intellectual property securitization product in Henan was issued, and the first special plan for supporting intellectual property assets in Henan Province (Huatai-Luoyang Guohong Industrial and Financial Intellectual Property Assets Support Special Plan [Specializing in Expertise and Innovating]) with Luoyang Industrial and Financial Group as the original owner was issued in the capital market, with the issuance scale of 133 million yuan and coupon rate accounting for 2.67%, which indicated that the intellectual property securitization business in Henan Province had achieved a "zero breakthrough". This special plan takes the intellectual property pledge loan claims of 25 scientific and technological innovation enterprises in Luoyang as the underlying assets, covering scientific and technological enterprises in many important fields such as high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, electronic information, energy conservation and environmental protection, providing financial support for scientific and technological enterprises from research and development to industrialization, and boosting the transformation and application of intellectual property value from "intellectual property" to "assets". (Dahe Finance Cube)

OPEC monthly report, second-hand data show that Russia's crude oil output fell to 899.4 million US dollars/day last month; Libya's crude oil production in November increased by 141,000 barrels per day to 1.24 million barrels per day. Saudi Arabia's crude oil production in November fell by 10,000 barrels per day to 8.96 million barrels per day; Iraq's crude oil production in November decreased by 45,000 barrels per day to 4.04 million barrels per day; Iran's crude oil production in November increased by 37,000 barrels per day to 3.32 million barrels per day; Iraq's crude oil production in November decreased by 45,000 barrels per day to 4.04 million barrels per day; The crude oil output of the United Arab Emirates increased by 0.4 million barrels per day in November to 2.958 million barrels per day; Libya's crude oil production in November increased by 141,000 barrels per day to 1.238 million barrels per day. Kuwait's crude oil production in November decreased by 11,000 barrels per day to 2.408 million barrels per day; Kazakhstan's crude oil production in November increased by 202,000 barrels per day to 1.5 million barrels per day; Kuwait's crude oil production in November decreased by 11,000 barrels per day to 2.408 million barrels per day; Iraq's crude oil production in November decreased by 45,000 barrels per day to 4.04 million barrels per day.Jon Finer, US Deputy National Security Adviser: (When asked about the prospect of the Gaza peace agreement before Biden's term ends) After the cease-fire of Hezbollah, this matter has gained new vitality. Biden wants to end the Gaza war and return the hostages to their homes. We will send officials to the Middle East in the next few weeks. The talks will focus on how to take the hostages home. This is the goal of this government in the remaining weeks.We are full of confidence in the US economy, said Blackstone's head of private equity in North America.