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Washington May Take Stake In Struggling U.S. Oil Companies

Washington May Take Stake In Struggling U.S. Oil Companies

Apr 30, 2020 at 13:56 | Irina Slav

The federal government may be about to offer the struggling U.S. oil industry loan financing in exchange for stakes, Bloomberg has reported, citing an unnamed…

Oil Producers Insist On 'No Zero Price' Contracts

Oil Producers Insist On 'No Zero Price' Contracts

Apr 30, 2020 at 11:50 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Following the unprecedented market carnage that saw US benchmark prices drop below zero last week, producers selling crude oil to Asian customers have started to add a new clause in…

China’s State Oil Giants Slash Spending

China’s State Oil Giants Slash Spending

Apr 30, 2020 at 10:44 | Julianne Geiger

While the U.S. oil industry is in the throes of panic as demand has fallen out of the oil market, China is suffering its own oil crisis— resulting in capex…

Norway To Slash Oil Output By 250,000 Bpd

Norway To Slash Oil Output By 250,000 Bpd

Apr 30, 2020 at 09:33 | Irina Slav

Norway said that it would reduce its crude oil production by 250,000 bpd in June, and then maintain a 134,000-bpd lower rate of production for the rest of 2020, the…

Chinese Oil Giant CNOOC Cuts US Shale, Canada Oil Sands Output

Chinese Oil Giant CNOOC Cuts US Shale, Canada Oil Sands Output

Apr 29, 2020 at 17:47 | Tsvetana Paraskova

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), a major oil operator with assets around the world, is reducing its 2020 production and spending guidance in light of the unprecedented market downturn,…

The World’s Largest Oil Fund Is Sitting On $725 Million In Unrealized Losses

The World’s Largest Oil Fund Is Sitting On $725 Million In Unrealized Losses

Apr 29, 2020 at 16:33 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The United States Oil Fund (USO), the world’s most popular exchange-traded fund linked to crude oil prices, was sitting on US$725.5 million in unrealized losses on futures as of the…

Italian Car Sales Plunged 98% In April

Italian Car Sales Plunged 98% In April

Apr 29, 2020 at 14:50 | ZeroHedge

You can't get much more of a "worse case scenario" in auto sales than watching numbers plunge an astounding 98%. But that's exactly what has happened with new car sales…

Russia Calls For Market Share Target For OPEC+

Russia Calls For Market Share Target For OPEC+

Apr 29, 2020 at 14:15 | Tsvetana Paraskova

It would make sense for the OPEC+ coalition of oil producers to begin monitoring the group’s market share to measure how effective the OPEC+ actions are, Russian Energy Minister Alexander…

Crashing Fuel Demand Leads To Large Loss For This Big U.S. Refiner

Crashing Fuel Demand Leads To Large Loss For This Big U.S. Refiner

Apr 29, 2020 at 12:29 | Tsvetana Paraskova

U.S. refiner Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) reported on Wednesday a net loss of $1.9 billion for Q1, compared to a profit for the same period last year, after…

Is Venezuela’s PDVSA Abandoning Its Socialist Agenda?

Is Venezuela’s PDVSA Abandoning Its Socialist Agenda?

Apr 29, 2020 at 11:58 | Julianne Geiger

Venezuela seems to be changing tactics when it comes to managing its oil resources. PDVSA is considering a major industry reform that would increase private company activities in its troubled…

Kazakhstan Negotiating 22% Oil Output Cut

Kazakhstan Negotiating 22% Oil Output Cut

Apr 29, 2020 at 10:07 | Irina Slav

Kazakhstan is in talks with the companies operating its two large oil projects to reduce total output by 22 percent in compliance with the latest OPEC+ production cut agreement. The…

Another Big Shale Driller Stops Operations In The Bakken

Another Big Shale Driller Stops Operations In The Bakken

Apr 29, 2020 at 09:35 | Irina Slav

After Continental Resources suspended drilling in North Dakota and started shutting in operating wells, now another company has followed: Oasis Petroleum. Reuters quotes unnamed sources that said the company has started…

Continental Resources Sued Over Failed Oil Deal Amid Price Crash

Continental Resources Sued Over Failed Oil Deal Amid Price Crash

Apr 29, 2020 at 08:17 | Tsvetana Paraskova

A small privately held oil and gas company from Tulsa, Oklahoma, is suing Continental Resources over a deal from which Continental withdrew after oil prices plunged in early March, Reuters 

Oil Storage Crisis Deepens As API Reports Very Large Crude Inventory Build

Oil Storage Crisis Deepens As API Reports Very Large Crude Inventory Build

Apr 28, 2020 at 15:58 | Julianne Geiger

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated on Tuesday another large crude oil inventory build of 9.978 million barrels for the week ending April 24 as the demand destruction continues and…

Flooding Prompts Evacuation At Heart Of Canada’s Oil Sands

Flooding Prompts Evacuation At Heart Of Canada’s Oil Sands

Apr 28, 2020 at 15:30 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which includes Fort McMurray – the hub of Alberta’s oil sands business – has issued a mandatory evacuation order for all of downtown Fort McMurray…

Canada’s Oil Firms Set To Curtail Output By At Least 1 Million Bpd

Canada’s Oil Firms Set To Curtail Output By At Least 1 Million Bpd

Apr 28, 2020 at 11:27 | Tsvetana Paraskova

As Canadian oil firms prepare to start reporting what would surely be bleak Q1 earnings and short-term outlooks, analysts expect that the companies will announce curtailments in production to the…

U.S. Oil Companies Begin Sending Crude To Strategic Petroleum Reserve

U.S. Oil Companies Begin Sending Crude To Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Apr 28, 2020 at 10:30 | Irina Slav

U.S. oil companies have started sending oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Bloomberg reports, citing a Department of Energy official.  According to the official, since the start of April, some…

Maduro Appoints One Of America's Most Wanted As New Oil Minister

Maduro Appoints One Of America's Most Wanted As New Oil Minister

Apr 28, 2020 at 09:32 | Irina Slav

Amid a worsening gasoline shortage and Chevron and Halliburton's imminent exit from Venezuela, the Nicolas Maduro government is looking to reverse the radical decline in its oil industry with two…

World’s Largest Oil Fund Is Once Again Crashing Crude Markets

World’s Largest Oil Fund Is Once Again Crashing Crude Markets

Apr 27, 2020 at 17:35 | Julianne Geiger

The United States Oil Fund (USO) is once again shaking up oil markets, and WTI is now down more than 21% on the day. The USO Fund’s administration, USCF, announced…

Oklahoma Calls On Trump To Declare COVID-19 An “Act Of God” To Help Oil Industry

Oklahoma Calls On Trump To Declare COVID-19 An “Act Of God” To Help Oil Industry

Apr 27, 2020 at 15:43 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt called on U.S. President Donald Trump to declare the coronavirus pandemic an ‘Act of God’ to help oil firms in Oklahoma as they look to curtail…

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