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Energy / Crude Oil

Fresh Sanctions Could Seriously Curtail Iran’s Surging Oil Exports

Jan 31, 2024 at 18:04 | Alex Kimani

Last year, we reported that the Biden administration has been increasingly cozying up to Iran as the U.S. and its allies hoped to strike a new nuclear deal with Tehran…

Red Sea Turmoil Tightens Oil Markets As Delays Continue

Jan 31, 2024 at 13:32 | Irina Slav

As many as 100 tankers carrying some 56 million barrels of crude oil and fuels have been diverted from the Red Sea since Yemen's Houthis began targeting ships there…

Oil Ticks Lower on Crude Build

Jan 31, 2024 at 09:39 | Irina Slav

Crude oil prices went lower today after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported an inventory build of 1.2 million barrels for the week to January 26. This compared…

Oil Majors Gear Up for Groundbreaking 2024 Drilling Campaigns

Jan 30, 2024 at 07:50 | Rystad Energy

The upstream industry hopes 2024 can be a bounce-back year for high-impact oil and gas drilling after a lackluster 2023, with Africa and Latin America likely to spearhead…

Global Oil Demand Remains Robust Despite Bearish Sentiment

Jan 30, 2024 at 07:35 | Alex Kimani

Last week, crude oil futures settled at their highest levels in more than two months while energy stocks scored their best week since March 2023 thanks to a cornucopia of…

China to Refill Oil Reserves Following 2023 Drawdown

Jan 29, 2024 at 08:03 | ZeroHedge

It's not just the US that is in desperate need of refilling its strategic oil reserve after Biden drained it to score some quick political points ahead of…

Saudi Oil Flow Continues Through Red Sea Despite Regional Conflict

Jan 29, 2024 at 07:57 | ZeroHedge

China and Russia aren't the only countries being given a "pass" from Yemen's Houthi rebels, but Saudi Arabia is also exporting crude oil…

Libya Eyes Oil Comeback Despite Political Divide

Jan 26, 2024 at 07:53 | Felicity Bradstock

Over the last decade, Libya has struggled to get its oil industry back on track due to political disruptions and a lack of foreign investment in the sector. Years of…

India to Become Single Most Important Driver of Oil Demand Growth

Jan 24, 2024 at 17:21 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Before the end of this decade, the world’s third-largest crude oil importer, India, is set to become the single biggest driver of global oil demand, replacing China, analysts and forecasters…

Oilfield Services Start off Earnings Season with Impressive Results

Jan 24, 2024 at 14:18 | Alex Kimani

We are still in the early innings of the earnings season, with only ~15% of S&P 500 companies having returned their Q4 2023 earnings scorecards. According to FactSet data,…

Oil Ticks Higher on Significant Inventory Draw

Jan 24, 2024 at 09:49 | Irina Slav

Crude oil prices today inched higher after the Energy Information Administration reported an inventory draw of 9.2 million barrels for the week to January 19. This compared with…

UK Firms Have Insured Over €120 Billion in Russian Oil

Jan 24, 2024 at 07:55 | City A.M

A former Cabinet minister has called on the insurance industry to think on its obligations after it was revealed that UK firms have insured over €120bn worth of…

Traders Turn Bearish on U.S. Oil

Jan 23, 2024 at 18:39 | Irina Slav

Traders are selling West Texas Intermediate futures in anticipation of further strong production growth. As a result, prices are weakening further despite the uncertainty of such an outlook. In fact,…

Denser Texas Crude Leads U.S. Oil Production Growth

Jan 23, 2024 at 10:34 | Charles Kennedy

Higher production of relatively denser crude oil in Texas, the top oil-producing U.S. state, drove part of the U.S. crude oil output growth last year, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) 

China Takes Advantage of Lower Oil Prices to Build Inventories

Jan 19, 2024 at 15:22 | Tsvetana Paraskova

China is taking advantage of the slide in oil prices, which began in October, to ramp up its stockpiling of cheaper crude.  In December alone, China is estimated to have…

E&P Companies Face Tough Year Despite Oil Patch 'Bumper Crop'

Jan 19, 2024 at 14:10 | David Messler

The U.S. Energy Industry has defied past norms where declines in drilling and completion activity would quickly result in lower production. Technology has turned that paradigm on its…

Oil Moves Up on Inventory Draw

Jan 18, 2024 at 10:11 | Irina Slav

Crude oil prices inched higher today after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported an estimated inventory decline of 2.5 million barrels for the week to January 12. This 

China Breaks Oil Import Records in Landmark Year

Jan 16, 2024 at 10:17 | Irina Slav

Watching China for a sense of where oil prices are heading has become standard practice among analysts in the past decade—and with a good reason. The Asian powerhouse has become…

Occidental’s CEO Sees Oil Supply Crunch from 2025

Jan 16, 2024 at 10:17 | Charles Kennedy

The world would find itself short of oil from 2025 onwards as exploration for longer-producing crude reserves is set to lag demand growth, Vicki Hollub, chief executive of Occidental Petroleum,…

Norway To Boost Oil and Gas Exploration 

Jan 12, 2024 at 12:51 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Oil and gas companies plan to boost exploration activity and spending offshore Norway this year as Western Europe’s top oil and gas producer looks to maintain production and…

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