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Energy / Crude Oil

Colombia’s Oil Industry Tumbles Amid Violent Protests

Aug 10, 2021 at 11:44 | Matthew Smith

After being rocked by a harsh 2020 where the March 2020 oil price collapse and the coronavirus pandemic sharply impacted operations Colombia’s economically…

Can Anything Replace China As Demand Driver For Oil?

Aug 10, 2021 at 11:36 | Irina Slav

That the oil-producing world is highly reliant on China's appetite is a fact we are reminded of from time to time. Last year, Chinese buyers dragged oil prices…

China’s Biggest Refiner To Refine Less Crude This Month

Aug 10, 2021 at 10:54 | Tsvetana Paraskova

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec, is expected to reduce refinery run rates by up to 10 percent at some of its facilities amid renewed travel restrictions in China…

Update On The World’s Most Exciting Oil Play: Interview With Scot Evans

Aug 09, 2021 at 18:51 | James Stafford

As Recon Africa (TSXV:RECO; OTC:RECAF) continues to de-risk what we believe is the most exciting onshore oil play the world has seen in decades, we had a chance…

Saudi Aramco To Raise Oil Output Capacity by 550,000 Bpd By 2025

Aug 09, 2021 at 11:03 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Saudi Aramco plans to have 550,000 barrels per day (bpd) more in oil production capacity by 2025 when the expansion projects on two major oilfields are complete, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned…

Recon Africa De-Risks The World's Most Exciting Oil Find

Aug 05, 2021 at 17:18 | James Stafford

Namibia has every right to celebrate. It’s never produced a barrel, but now, its Kavango Basin test wells have hit hundreds of meters of oil. And the junior exploration company…

Quiet Roads In China Are Concern For Oil Markets

Aug 05, 2021 at 09:07 | Irina Slav

Traffic congestion in Beijing has declined by 30 percent over the past week, and is falling in other parts of the country as well, as the spread of a new…

Has The Oil Market Learned To Live With Covid?

Aug 04, 2021 at 12:22 | Felicity Bradstock

After a few uncertain months, as OPEC oil cuts continued and Covid restrictions came back into place, oil demand for 2021 finally seems stable, with price and demand…

Surprise Crude Inventory Build Forces Oil Prices Lower

Aug 04, 2021 at 09:40 | Irina Slav

Crude oil prices moved lower today after the Energy Information Administration reported an inventory build of 3.6 million barrels for the week to July 30. This compared with analyst…

Merger Mania Paves The Way For A New Era In U.S. Shale

Aug 03, 2021 at 10:58 | Irina Slav

Mergers and acquisitions are how an industry normally handles tough times. Asset prices drop, some companies can no longer survive on their own and become targets for those…

Shale Giants Hit Hard By Poor Hedging Decisions

Aug 02, 2021 at 16:17 | David Messler

The lack of growth in shale production, currently inching higher but primarily from DUC- Drilled but Uncompleted wells, has been largely attributed to capital discipline. Shale companies have…

The U.S. Retains Its Crown As World’s Top Oil Producer

Aug 02, 2021 at 12:57 | Robert Rapier

Last month BP released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2021. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major…

New Mexico Breaks Oil Production Record

Aug 02, 2021 at 09:07 | Irina Slav

New Mexico broke an oil production record in May, pumping an average 1.22 million barrels daily as the Permian Basin returned to output growth again. Bloomberg reports, citing government…

Oil Market Still Far From Being Back To ‘Normal’

Jul 29, 2021 at 13:53 | Irina Slav

Worry about oil demand sparked by the resurgence of Covid-19 in some parts of the world and a fund selloff in oil futures has reversed the recent price rally. OPEC+…

Is America’s Oil Industry Too Big To Fail?

Jul 29, 2021 at 11:00 | Irina Slav

The Biden administration is making strides in reducing the United States’ dependence on fossil fuels for its energy needs. The federal government’s post-pandemic plan involves hundreds of billions…

Total, Equinor To Quit Venezuela Venture

Jul 29, 2021 at 10:16 | Irina Slav

French TotalEnergies and Norwegian Equinor will exit their oil joint venture with PDVSA, Bloomberg has reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. TotalEnergies held a 30-percent stake in…

Oil Tops $75 On Shrinking U.S. Crude Inventories

Jul 29, 2021 at 09:33 | Julianne Geiger

Brent crude futures topped $75 on Thursday morning as U.S. crude oil inventories fell to 7 percent below the five-year average, according to EIA data. The September

Why Norway Won’t Give Up On Oil & Gas

Jul 28, 2021 at 12:43 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Norway doesn’t have any second thoughts about oil exploration and investment in light of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report suggesting that no new fossil fuel exploration would…

Shrinking Global Populations Poses An Existential Threat To Oil

Jul 28, 2021 at 11:14 | Alex Kimani

About a week ago, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman made waves in the oil community after telling Bloomberg News that Saudi…

Exxon Makes Another Major Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana

Jul 28, 2021 at 10:38 | Tsvetana Paraskova

ExxonMobil and its partner Hess Corporation have made another significant crude oil discovery offshore Guyana, the U.S. supermajor said on Wednesday. The Whiptail discovery in the Stabroek Block adds…

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