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Permian Beats Own Record In Oil Production

Dec 27, 2017 at 09:17 | Irina Slav

The Permian Basin pumped an estimated 815 million barrels of crude this year, beating its previous record of 790 million barrels, achieved back in 1973, IHS Markit reported. The…

Oil Market Will Rebalance By March: Iraqi Minister

Dec 26, 2017 at 09:58 | Irina Slav

With what has now become habitual optimism, the Iraqi oil minister, Jabar al Luaibi, said he expected the global oil market to rebalance by the end of the first…

Saudi Arabia Eyes 80% Jump In Oil Revenues By 2023

Dec 26, 2017 at 09:23 | Irina Slav

Saudi Arabia sees oil revenues soaring by 80 percent over the next six years, according to unnamed sources that spoke to Bloomberg. The information is not public yet but…

Shale Growth Hides Underlying Problems

Dec 22, 2017 at 13:25 | Nick Cunningham

All eyes are on U.S. shale as we head into 2018, with a growing number of analysts worrying that shale will spoil the oil price rally. Estimates of supply growth…

The Surprising Location Of Next Year’s Shale Rush

Dec 21, 2017 at 13:09 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Higher oil prices in recent months have instilled renewed confidence in U.S. shale drillers and prompted them to look for drilling opportunities in basins beyond the permanent growth story these…

Oil Prices Rise After Strong Crude Inventory Draw

Dec 20, 2017 at 09:46 | Irina Slav

The Energy Information Administration reported yet another inventory draw for last week, making it the fifth one in a row with falling inventories. The authority said inventories had gone…

Wall Street Returns To U.S. Shale With A Bang

Dec 19, 2017 at 14:53 | Nick Cunningham

Investors have grown wary of U.S. shale after years of disappointing returns, and they have pressed shale companies to rein in reckless drilling practices. But with money still pouring…

The World's Biggest Offshore Boom Is Accelerating

Dec 19, 2017 at 14:26 | Nick Cunningham

In a sign that Brazil’s offshore sector is competitive in a world of $50–$60 oil prices, two large oil companies just announced significant investments in oil fields in the South…

The Next Big Hurdle For Keystone XL

Dec 19, 2017 at 13:50 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Nearly a decade has passed since TransCanada first proposed in 2008 to build the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Alberta in Canada to Nebraska and the U.S.…

Saudi Arabia’s Big Oil Gamble

Dec 19, 2017 at 11:51 | Osama Rizvi

With Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) now firmly in power in Saudi Arabia, Aramco’s IPO and fundraising to diversify the kingdom’s economy away from oil will surely become a cornerstone of…

Is U.S. Gasoline Consumption Set To Collapse?

Dec 18, 2017 at 11:43 | Tsvetana Paraskova

U.S. individual vehicle miles traveled (VMT) growth has been flat since June 2017, and the potential end of the VMT growth that started in early 2014 may be an indicator…

The Trillion Dollar Industry That Boosts Oil Consumption

Dec 15, 2017 at 15:47 | Jon LeSage

Rapid growth in mobility services like Uber and Didi Chuxing, combined with autonomous and electrified vehicles, will cause a seismic shift in the automotive and energy sectors over the next…

This OPEC Member Aims To Boost Oil Output By 40%

Dec 15, 2017 at 15:47 | Oxford Business Group

A new expansion drive will see Kuwait invest $120bn in hydrocarbons projects through to 2030, with the aim of boosting both upstream and downstream production capacity ahead of an anticipated…

U.S. Shale Looks Beyond The Sweet Spots

Dec 15, 2017 at 09:28 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Although the start to 2017 saw wavering optimism from U.S. oil and gas, healthier corporate balance sheets, improved well economics, and capital continuing to flow into the sector, are setting…

Struggling Venezuela Launches Tender To Buy U.S. Crude

Dec 14, 2017 at 10:34 | Irina Slav

Struggling Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has launched tenders to purchase a total 4.2 million barrels of U.S. and Russian crude oil, which includes up to 3 million barrels of…

EIA Reports Major Draw In Crude Inventories

Dec 13, 2017 at 09:42 | Irina Slav

Amid rising oil prices thanks to the three-week suspension of the Forties pipeline and a major inventory draw estimated by API, the Energy Information Administration injected some more optimism…

The Noose Tightens: Venezuela Struggles To Ship Oil

Dec 12, 2017 at 10:13 | Irina Slav

The picture for Venezuela grows grimmer by the day, as tankers waiting to load fuel oil from Venezuela ports grow in number as the national oil company, PDVSA, struggles to…

Saudis To Slash Oil Exports To Asia By 100,000 Bpd

Dec 11, 2017 at 13:45 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Saudi Arabia will cut its crude oil exports to Asia by more than 100,000 bpd in January compared to December, while keeping its shipments to Europe and the U.S.…

OilCoin: The World’s First Compliant Cryptocurrency

Dec 11, 2017 at 10:52 | Tsvetana Paraskova

A team of banking and technology managers and former U.S. regulatory commissioners said on Monday that they are launching the world’s first regulatory compliant cryptocurrency backed by a physical…

Is Oil About To Collapse?

Dec 08, 2017 at 17:36 | Martin Tillier

When writing about markets, here and elsewhere, I usually try to avoid the temptation to write sensational things. Words like “collapse” and “crash”, or “surge” and “explode” attract clicks, which…

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