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Trade Wars Or New Oil Markets – Trump’s Asian Dilemma

Feb 16, 2017 at 16:02 | Irina Slav

President Donald Trump has been vocal in referring to China as an unfair rival to the U.S. on global markets. The media has been only too happy to report on…

OPEC Ready To Cut Deeper

Feb 16, 2017 at 09:22 | Irina Slav

OPEC is finding itself backed into a corner: the group, it appears, is prepared to extend the oil production cut agreement that is set to expire at the end of…

U.S. Crude Inventories Reach Record High After EIA Reports Significant Build

Feb 15, 2017 at 09:52 | Irina Slav

For the third week in a row the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported an increase in commercial crude oil inventories of 9.5 million barrels, to a total of…

Iraq Plans For Enormous Boost To Refining Capacity

Feb 14, 2017 at 14:59 | Irina Slav

Iraq’s government is ambitious and it wants to make the most of the country’s oil and gas reserves. Plans for an expansion of the country’s refinery network have been circulating…

Europe’s Big Oil Breaks Even At $50-60 Per Barrel

Feb 14, 2017 at 09:33 | Irina Slav

Europe’s big oil companies need oil to stay in a range between US$50 and US$60 a barrel to remain cash flow positive, Fitch Ratings said. The agency added that…

Artificial Intelligence To Reveal The Biggest Secret In Oil

Feb 13, 2017 at 16:13 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The EIA is, and will continue to be, the gold standard for reporting U.S. oil inventories, and the administration’s weekly reports have the power to immediately swing crude oil prices…

OPEC 310,000 Barrels Per Day Above Production Cut Goal

Feb 13, 2017 at 15:10 | Ron Patterson

The new January OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is out with crude only production numbers for January 2017. All charts are in thousand barrels per day.

OPEC Reports First Output Deal Results: 890,000 Bpd Cut

Feb 13, 2017 at 09:34 | Tsvetana Paraskova

OPEC cut its crude oil production by 890,000 bpd from December to average 32.14 million bpd in January, the cartel said in its Monthly Oil Market Report…

Why The Huge Inventory Build Didn’t Crash Oil Prices

Feb 10, 2017 at 16:32 | SCS OTC Corp

- WTI snapped out of a two week coma on Wednesday trading to a low of $51.22 following an API report revealing a 14m bbl crude oil build which was…

Oil Prices Rise As OPEC Compliance To Cuts Hits 90%

Feb 10, 2017 at 09:53 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Oil prices were up more than 1 percent early Friday morning after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said that OPEC’s supply-cut deal achieved a record initial compliance rate of

U.S. To Sell 10 Million Barrels From Strategic Reserves This Month

Feb 09, 2017 at 09:36 | Irina Slav

Some 10 million barrels of crude from the U.S.’s strategic reserve are scheduled to be sold later this month, the Department of Energy said. The shipment is part of…

Permian Drilling Costs Surge: Are The Days Of Cheap Oilfield Services Over?

Feb 08, 2017 at 16:31 | Irina Slav

It was only a matter of time before drilling, fracking, and oilfield service providers for the oil and gas industry started raising their prices to reflect the improving prospects for…

From Bust To Boom: Why Canada’s Rig Count Increased 50 Percent Last Year

Feb 08, 2017 at 16:26 | Peter Tertzakian

Canadian rigs are going back to the field, coaxed by higher commodity prices and greater productivity. Across the land, 345 iron masts were turning bits last week, so the year-over-year…

Oil Prices Plunge And Bounce Back After EIA Reports Massive Crude Build

Feb 08, 2017 at 09:48 | Irina Slav

The Energy Information Administration sunk oil markets deeper into despair reporting a build of 13.8 million barrels for commercial crude oil inventories in the U.S. Total commercial inventories are…

Iranian Oil Will Not Be Stopped By Trump

Feb 07, 2017 at 17:14 | Gregory Brew

Despite new sanctions by the Trump Administration and an escalating war of words regarding its ballistic missile program, Iran is continuing to push ahead with plans to maintain oil production…

Expensive Middle East Crude Could Lose Market Share To U.S. Shale

Feb 07, 2017 at 17:09 | Tsvetana Paraskova

OPEC’s production cuts have put a floor under oil prices, at least for now. The resulting reduced supplies have also boosted the price of Middle East crude grades, and increased…

This Nation Just Created A New Corporate Superpower In Oil & Gas

Feb 07, 2017 at 09:59 | Dave Forest

Some very important developments in this oil and gas sector this week. From a place that’s becoming a big mover in global petroleum markets: India. India’s government officials announced a…

Electric Cars - An Existential Threat For Oil?

Feb 06, 2017 at 15:07 | Michael McDonald

Nobody would have predicted ten years ago, back when everyone was talking about Who Killed the Electric Car, that oil would someday have to fear the future of General Motor’s…

Putin’s Tough Choice: China Or The West

Feb 03, 2017 at 18:23 | Robert Berke

“With Tillerson's confirmation, Exxon just annexed the United States,” --anonymous blogger. To many observers, the appointment of Tillerson to the helm the State Dept signaled the Administration’s priority of supporting…

Keystone XL Needs Much Higher Oil Prices To Be Viable

Feb 03, 2017 at 18:17 | Arthur Berman

The Keystone XL Pipeline (KXL) is a bet on much higher oil prices several years from now. It will take at least $85 oil prices to develop the new…

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