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API: Supersized Crude Build Sends Oil Prices Down

API: Supersized Crude Build Sends Oil Prices Down

Oct 16, 2019 at 16:00 | Julianne Geiger

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has estimated a major crude oil inventory build of 10.45 million barrels for the week ending October 10—compared to analyst expectations of a much smaller…

Mammoth Oil Field Hit Hard By Unplanned Production Cuts

Mammoth Oil Field Hit Hard By Unplanned Production Cuts

Oct 16, 2019 at 13:56 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Oil production at one of the world’s largest offshore oil fields, Kashagan in Kazakhstan, has dropped by 80,000 barrels per day since early October because of unplanned maintenance, Kazakhstan’s energy…

Russia Nears 100% Compliance With Oil Production Target

Russia Nears 100% Compliance With Oil Production Target

Oct 16, 2019 at 13:40 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Russia’s oil production inched down to 11.23 million barrels per day (bpd) in the first half of October, official Russian data showed on Wednesday, yet Moscow is still several thousand…

Venezuela's Prize Oil Asset May Soon Be Up For Grabs

Venezuela's Prize Oil Asset May Soon Be Up For Grabs

Oct 16, 2019 at 10:49 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Venezuela’s opposition is getting ready to file within days a lawsuit in the United States seeking to prevent bond holders of Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA from going after shares…

Turkish Bank Tries And Fails To Skirt U.S. Sanctions

Turkish Bank Tries And Fails To Skirt U.S. Sanctions

Oct 16, 2019 at 09:57 | Irina Slav

The United States announced sanctions against Turkish state-owned Halkbank for violating sanctions against Iran and engaging in a multibillion-dollar scheme for skirting said sanctions. The U.S. attorney for the Southern…

U.S. Shale Output Nears 9 Million Bpd

U.S. Shale Output Nears 9 Million Bpd

Oct 16, 2019 at 09:21 | Irina Slav

Crude oil production from the seven major shale plays in the United States could hit 8.971 million bpd next month, growing by 58,000 barrels per day, the Energy Information Administration…

India's Ingenious Way Around U.S. Oil Sanctions 

India's Ingenious Way Around U.S. Oil Sanctions 

Oct 16, 2019 at 09:12 | Irina Slav

Indian Nyara Energy has been buying Venezuelan crude oil from Rosneft and paying in fuel instead of cash to avoid a breach of U.S. sanctions against Caracas, Reuters reports,…

The World's Largest IPO Is Finally Ready To Go

The World's Largest IPO Is Finally Ready To Go

Oct 15, 2019 at 17:46 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Saudi Arabia’s government is set to officially endorse this week plans to list shares in oil giant Aramco in what would be the world’s largest initial public offering (IPO) ever,…

Can Tesla Survive Without Tax Credits?

Can Tesla Survive Without Tax Credits?

Oct 15, 2019 at 17:02 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Despite a record delivery Q3 quarter for Tesla worldwide, registrations in the U.S. sharply dropped in August and September, in what analysts attributed to the halving of tax credits for…

Winter Is Coming For Oil Refiners

Winter Is Coming For Oil Refiners

Oct 15, 2019 at 15:24 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The U.S. sanctions on Chinese tanker firms and the increased tensions in Middle Eastern waters have spoiled what many refiners had anticipated could be a bumper Q4 quarter just ahead…

Is This The End Of China’s Gas Boom?

Is This The End Of China’s Gas Boom?

Oct 15, 2019 at 09:50 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Chinese demand for natural gas is forecast to rise by 10 percent this year, a slower growth rate than in previous years, as slowing economic growth impacts demand, state-run…

Brazil Eyes A $1.45 Billion Payday As Big Oil Flocks To Pre-Salt

Brazil Eyes A $1.45 Billion Payday As Big Oil Flocks To Pre-Salt

Oct 15, 2019 at 09:38 | Irina Slav

Brazil expects to pocket some $1.45 billion (6 billion reias) from the sixth round of oil and gas block licensing for the pre-salt zone offshore. Reuters reports, citing the special…

Billion-Dollar Acquisitions Are Taking The Permian By Storm

Billion-Dollar Acquisitions Are Taking The Permian By Storm

Oct 15, 2019 at 09:24 | Irina Slav

Whiting Petroleum is talking acquisition with Abraxas Petroleum Corp., a Texas-based company with operations in the Permian, unnamed sources told Reuters. According to one of the sources, the mostly…

Shell CEO Speaks Out Against Anti-Oil Activists

Shell CEO Speaks Out Against Anti-Oil Activists

Oct 15, 2019 at 09:04 | Irina Slav

Investment in oil and gas will continue despite growing climate concerns and the “demonization” of the industry simply because the world demands it, the chief executive of Shell, Ben van…

A New Era For The Saudi-Russia Energy Alliance

A New Era For The Saudi-Russia Energy Alliance

Oct 14, 2019 at 17:46 | Julianne Geiger

Saudi Arabia and Russia signed a deal on Monday to increase cooperation between OPEC+, taking what was a loose alliance between OPEC and several non-OPEC members, including Russia, and making…

Russia: OPEC+ Deal Will Not Be Revised

Russia: OPEC+ Deal Will Not Be Revised

Oct 14, 2019 at 17:35 | Tsvetana Paraskova

OPEC and its Russia-led non-OPEC partners in the production cut pact are currently not discussing changing the terms of their agreement, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday.…

The U.S. Sets Its Sights On LNG Domination

The U.S. Sets Its Sights On LNG Domination

Oct 14, 2019 at 13:06 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The United States will be the global leader in newly-built liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction capacity between 2019 and 2023, data and analytics company GlobalData said in a new…

When Will Saudi Oil Production Return To Pre-Attack Levels?

When Will Saudi Oil Production Return To Pre-Attack Levels?

Oct 14, 2019 at 11:48 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Saudi Arabia will restore its oil production to levels slightly above the output just before the attacks on its oil facilities in mid-September, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman…

Is This The Next Natural Gas Super Alliance?

Is This The Next Natural Gas Super Alliance?

Oct 14, 2019 at 11:39 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Saudi oil giant Aramco could invest in liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Russia in the future, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said at a Saudi-Russian investment forum in…

China’s Oil Imports Jump 11%

China’s Oil Imports Jump 11%

Oct 14, 2019 at 10:55 | Irina Slav

China imported 10.08 million bpd of crude oil last month, up 11 percent on the year, customs data showed as cited by S&P Global Platts. This was the first…

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