A bill filed in the Illinois General Assembly this week would ban the use of gas powered leaf blowers in the State of Illinois.

9th District Senator Laura Fine of Glenview, Illinois introduced Senate Bill 3313 on Tuesday. The bill calls for a ban of the operation or retail sale of gas powered leaf blowers beginning on January 1st of 2022.

SEOUL — South Korea’s U.S. crude imports in January rose 53.3% from a year earlier, customs data showed on Saturday, reflecting the country’s steady purchases of U.S. oil in the absence of Iranian crude due to sanctions.

In January, the world’s fifth-largest crude importer imported 1.72 million tonnes of U.S. crude, or 406,055 barrels per day (bpd), up 53.3% from 1.12 million tonnes from a year earlier, according to the customs data. That was also up 1.2% from 1.68 million tonnes in December.

The United States was South Korea’s No.2 crude oil supplier in January after Saudi Arabia.

The jump in U.S. crude comes as South Korea, one of Asia’s major Iranian oil buyers, halted importing oil from Iran since May 2019 with the end of U.S. sanctions that allowed South Korea to purchase Iranian crude oil, mainly condensate, or an ultra-light form of crude oil.

South Korea’s imports of Iranian crude were zero in January, compared with 227,941 tonnes,...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- As climate change activists call for the wholesale divestiture of fossil fuel investments, Mayo Clinic’s 87 Texas wells are pumping out an estimated 45,000 gallons of oil and 13 million cubic feet of natural gas a day, tallying up to $28 million in revenue in 2018.

Operator

Welcome to the MRO fourth-quarter 2019 earnings conference call. My name is Sylvia, and I'll be your operator for today's call. [Operator instructions] Please note that this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to Guy Baber.

Mr. Baber, you may begin.

Guy Baber -- Vice President, Investor Relations

Thank you, Sylvia, and thanks to everyone for joining us this morning on the call. Yesterday, after the close, we issued a press release, a slide presentation, and investor packet that address our fourth-quarter and full-year performance, as well as our 2020 capital budget and associated guidance. Those documents can be found on our website at marathonoil.com. Joining me on today's call are Lee Tillman, our chairman, president, and CEO; Dane Whitehead, executive VP and CFO; Mitch Little, executive VP of operations; and Pat Wagner, executive VP of corporate development and strategy.

As always, today's call will contain...