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IEA Cuts 2024 Oil Demand Growth Forecast

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Energy / Crude Oil

Oil Majors Bet Big On Offshore Drilling In 2019

Jan 14, 2019 at 12:42 | Irina Slav

Oil majors will spend US$208 billion on offshore drilling and other oilfield services this year, but not all sector players are positioned to benefit from the higher spending, Bloomberg

Bearish Bets On Diesel Tell A Worrying Story

Jan 14, 2019 at 12:33 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The mood in the crude oil and oil product futures market turned decisively sour in the fourth quarter of 2018 as building crude oil oversupply and signs of slowing global…

How Supermajors Are Transforming The Permian

Jan 14, 2019 at 12:23 | Haley Zaremba

The Permian Basin was once a hotbed of small, independent prospectors, wide-eyed wildcatters, and small companies hoping to strike it rich. Now, it is brimming with supermajors clamoring to buy…

China’s Slowing Economic Growth Could Wreak Havoc On Oil Markets

Jan 14, 2019 at 11:30 | Tim Daiss

Despite renewed hopes that a fresh trade deal could be reached between the U.S. and China by the two sides’ self-imposed March 2 deadline, it may still not be enough…

Saudi Oil Minister: No Need For Extraordinary OPEC Meeting

Jan 14, 2019 at 09:17 | Irina Slav

There is no need for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to schedule an extraordinary meeting before April, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister, Khalid al-Falih, told media, as quoted by…

There’s No Sugarcoating Canada’s Oil Crisis

Jan 11, 2019 at 17:14 | Peter Tertzakian

Has financial disaster been averted in Canada’s oil and gas industry? ‘Disaster’ is all relative. Let’s just say 2019 is going to be a difficult year following a tough set…

Canada’s Crude Oil Production Cuts Are Unsustainable

Jan 11, 2019 at 16:57 | Haley Zaremba

In an attempt to combat a ballooning oil glut and dramatically plummeting prices, the premier of Alberta Rachel Notley introduced an unprecedented measure at the beginning of December when she…

Profit Taking Ends Massive Rally In Crude

Jan 11, 2019 at 16:52 | Jim Hyerczyk

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are trading lower on Friday after hitting their highest level since December 7 earlier in the session. Profit-taking is likely behind the weakness.…

Are Conventional Producers Really Losing Influence?

Jan 11, 2019 at 16:44 | Vanand Meliksetian

Energy professionals and others following the developments in the oil and gas industry during the last couple of years have witnessed a massive rise in reporting concerning hydraulic fracturing technology.…

U.S. Rig Count Flat As Canadian Drillers Add 100+ Rigs In Winter Season

Jan 11, 2019 at 12:20 | Julianne Geiger

Baker Hughes reported no change to the number of active oil and gas in the United States this week. The total number of active oil and gas drilling rigs is…

Mexico Hedges Oil at $55 A Barrel

Jan 11, 2019 at 09:16 | Irina Slav

Amid a fuel crisis that is spiraling out of control, the notorious Mexico oil hedge this year is worth US$1.23 billion with the average export price of Mexican crude…

OPEC’s No.2 Boosted Production, Exports Just Before Cuts Began

Jan 10, 2019 at 12:21 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Iraq increased in December both its oil production and exports, just ahead of the start of the new round of OPEC cuts, but OPEC’s second-largest producer says that it will…

U.S. Oil Shipments To Asia Set To Rise Soon

Jan 09, 2019 at 11:05 | Irina Slav

A combination of lower shipping costs and lower domestic demand will boost U.S. crude oil exports to Asia, Reuters reports, citing sources from the commodity trading and shipping industries.…

Oil Prices Slip On Bearish EIA Report

Jan 09, 2019 at 09:45 | Irina Slav

The Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil inventory draw of 1.7 million barrels for the first week of 2019, after a 6.9-million-barrel build in the last week…

Is This The Answer To Canada’s Oil Crisis?

Jan 08, 2019 at 17:26 | Tsvetana Paraskova

While even the most likely new pipeline to ship more of Alberta’s crude oil to refining and export markets—Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement—is nearly a year away at the earliest, the…

Is Iran Exaggerating The Demand For Its Oil?

Jan 08, 2019 at 15:27 | Haley Zaremba

After the United States pulled out of the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal and re-imposed and added to sanctions last year, the Trump administration granted waivers to eight countries who were…

U.S. Army Joins Race To Expand U.S. Oil Exports

Jan 08, 2019 at 13:42 | Irina Slav

The news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has placed a US$93-million order with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company for the deepening and widening of its ship…

WoodMac: Demand For Oil In Transportation Sector To Peak In A Decade

Jan 08, 2019 at 10:30 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Global transportation demand for crude oil is expected to peak in the late 2020s, due to the rise of electric vehicles (EVs), improved efficiency standards for internal combustion engine (ICE)…

Evidence Mounts For Shale Slowdown

Jan 07, 2019 at 16:23 | Nick Cunningham

There is a growing pile of evidence pointing to a slowdown in the U.S. shale industry, as low prices take their toll. The rate of hydraulic fracturing began to decline…

Who Are The Biggest Winners In The East-Med Gas Game?

Jan 07, 2019 at 13:50 | Global Risk Insights

The EastMed gas pipeline between Cyprus, Greece and Israel will revolutionise the economies and geo-politics of the region. The project comes from an emerging alliance between the three countries who…

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