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Has Brazil's Oil Boom Been Overstated?

Apr 08, 2019 at 16:41 | Nick Cunningham

Recent hiccups for Brazilian oil supply call into question the growth projections for the country, with implications for the global oil market. Brazil’s oil production slipped by 65,000 bpd in…

Oil & Gas Discoveries On The Rise As Oil Majors Dive In

Apr 08, 2019 at 10:31 | Rystad Energy

Oil and gas exploration is off to a flying start in 2019, with majors taking a bigger bite of the conventional resources discovered in the first quarter, according to Rystad…

Nigeria Boasts Oil Production Cost of $23 Per Barrel

Apr 08, 2019 at 09:31 | Irina Slav

The average production cost for a barrel of oil in Nigeria has declined to just US$23 a barrel, Petroleum Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu told local media, adding that oil…

Platts Survey: OPEC Oil Production Down To More Than 4-Year Low

Apr 05, 2019 at 16:19 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Over-delivering Saudi Arabia and blackouts in Venezuela helped push OPEC’s crude oil production down by 570,000 bpd from February to 30.23 million bpd in March—the lowest production from the cartel…

Saudi Arabia Threatens To Drop Dollar For Oil Trades

Apr 05, 2019 at 10:15 | Irina Slav

Saudi Arabia has threatened the United States to stop using dollars for its oil trades in an attempt to discourage legislators from passing a bill dubbed NOPEC aimed at holding…

Russia Seeks New Arctic Oil Frontier

Apr 04, 2019 at 17:08 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Rosneft, Russia’s state-controlled oil company and the largest oil producer in the country, plans to develop an Arctic cluster of oil fields over the next five years. These plans by…

Why Oil Markets Need New OPEC+ Cuts

Apr 04, 2019 at 10:15 | Rystad Energy

As oil prices approach $70 a barrel, Rystad Energy expects that a short-lived price rally through the first half of 2020 will then lose momentum and be…

Canadian Wildcatters Win Big On Alberta’s Oil Cuts

Apr 03, 2019 at 16:57 | Irina Slav

The last year or so has not been kind to Canadian oil producers. Output has been rising as international prices stabilized at higher levels, but pipeline capacity has not changed,…

Oil Falls On Large Crude Inventory Build

Apr 03, 2019 at 09:46 | Irina Slav

Crude oil prices fell today after the Energy Information Administration reported an inventory increase of 7.2 million barrels for the week to March 29. This compared with a 2.8-million-barrel…

Aramco’s Mythical Ghawar Field Could Be Its Weak Spot

Apr 02, 2019 at 16:47 | Nick Cunningham

Some of the most secretive, highly-anticipated details about the Saudi oil industry have just been released. Saudi Aramco is preparing to launch a major bond issuance to purchase the Saudi…

China Can’t Get Enough Of Brazilian Crude

Apr 02, 2019 at 12:40 | Haley Zaremba

As the United States leans into sanctions against Venezuelan oil and the administration of contested president Nicolas Maduro, longtime PDVSA buyers have had to look to other Latin American countries…

Alberta Oil Inventories Rise Despite Production Cuts

Apr 02, 2019 at 11:14 | Irina Slav

Crude oil inventories in Canada’s oil province Alberta rose in February despite a government-imposed production cut aimed at propping up the price of Canadian crude and reducing excess supply in…

Oil Prices Spike On Shale Slowdown

Apr 01, 2019 at 18:58 | Nick Cunningham

The collapse of oil prices late last year, along with pressure from shareholders, has led to a slowdown in the U.S. shale industry. The EIA released new monthly data…

Reuters: OPEC’s Oil Production Drops To Lowest Since 2015

Apr 01, 2019 at 12:53 | Tsvetana Paraskova

OPEC’s oil production in March 2019 fell to its lowest level since February 2015, as Saudi Arabia cut more than it had pledged under the output cut deal and Venezuela…

Big Oil Is Heading Offshore

Mar 29, 2019 at 18:40 | Irina Slav

Oil companies will this year increase their investments in offshore drilling for the first time after five years of spending cuts as optimism for this segment of the industry returns…

The Oil Rally Is Set To Continue

Mar 29, 2019 at 18:32 | Jim Hyerczyk

U.S. West Texas Intermediate and international-benchmark Brent crude oil futures surged to a new high for the year this week. The markets are being underpinned by the OPEC-led production cuts…

US Oil Production Dips For First Time In Nearly Six Months

Mar 29, 2019 at 18:30 | Julianne Geiger

Average daily crude oil production slipped during the month of January for the first time in nearly six months, according to the Energy Information Administration’s latest report published on…

China’s Power Play To Get Its Hands On Foreign Oil

Mar 28, 2019 at 18:04 | Damir Kaletovic

In accordance with the “new guidelines” for its economic development, China is trying to get back to the well-known “Silk Road,” a  $900 billion scheme of a “new era…

The One Thing That Could Derail The U.S. Oil Boom

Mar 28, 2019 at 15:05 | Irina Slav

Two South Korean refiners have canceled the delivery of U.S crude oil cargoes that were due to arrive in January and February this year, Bloomberg reported earlier this week.…

Russia Balks At Continued Oil Production Cut Alliance with OPEC

Mar 28, 2019 at 14:42 | Julianne Geiger

Russia is dragging its feet over the oil production cut deal that it has reached with OPEC and other non-OPEC countries. The deal, which was to go into effect on…

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