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Oil prices in New York slid 0.8% on Thursday, the biggest decline in two weeks, after rising for eight straight sessions. The IEA said the re-balancing of the global oil markets remains “fragile” and slashed its forecasts for world oil consumption in 2021 as the pandemic continues to limit travel and economic activity. View the full article
An estimated 10,000 people fleeing an insurgent attack in northern Mozambique have sought refuge in a village within the concession area of Total SE’s $20 billion natural gas project, with more still arriving, according to two people with direct knowledge. View the full article
Iran’s oil minister said the country can increase its crude production rapidly, as world powers enter the final stages of negotiations to revive a 2015 nuclear accord with the Islamic Republic. View the full article
“One of the negatives of this quarter has been some horrible hedging; guys locked in at $42 a barrel,” Paul Sankey, the veteran oil-industry analyst and founder of Sankey Research LLC. View the full article
The upstream oil and gas industry is investing heavily in search for new reserves or resource plays, new extraction technologies, and advancements in operational automation. View the full article
Taking place only days after COP26, the global conference will focus on developing smart manufacturing systems that will strengthen resilience, navigate growth opportunities in green technology and meet net-zero carbon targets. View the full article
The difference in business models of shale wells and offshore projects explains why it’s so difficult for oil giants such as Shell to quickly ramp up production when geopolitical disruptions like Russia’s war in Ukraine upend markets. View the full article
The Dutch Mining Council, an independent advisory body to the government, told the cabinet in a letter that it should consider tapping Groningen as an emergency measure to fill storage for the winter, with Russian supplies due to be stopped by the end of the year. View the full article
Shale drillers saw their debt burden fall further in the second quarter, signaling extra room for them to pay dividends, buy back shares or make acquisitions. View the full article
The move expands ConocoPhillips’ footprint in domestic shale fields from Texas to North Dakota and hands the company reserves as far afield as Equatorial Guinea. It adds to a wave of recent megadeals as producers seek new drilling sites on a bet that oil and gas demand will remain robust for years to come. View the full article
The case with Exxon, which claims to have a right of first refusal over Hess’s biggest asset offshore Guyana, will likely take at least until the fourth quarter, meaning the FTC’s review will extend several more months. The agency plans to announce its decision when the arbitration is finished, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing an internal agency matter. View the full article
Shale producers are pumping more oil per dollar invested in oil fields by drilling wells with fewer rigs and using better fracing techniques, BloombergNEF said in a report published Thursday. The U.S. will increase production 4.5% to a record 13.9 MMbpd next year. View the full article
Shell is starting one of the biggest reorganizations in its history as it pivots from a century-long structure that prioritized oil and gas production. There will be as many as 9,000 job losses over the next two years, with cuts already announced in The Netherlands, the UK and Malaysia. A second round of voluntary redundancies is also underway, Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden said last week. View the full article
Russia pumped 43.34 million tons of crude and condensate last month, according to preliminary data from the Energy Ministry’s CDU-TEK unit. That equates to 10.249 million barrels a day, based on 7.33 barrel-per-ton conversion ratio, or 1.3% more than in February. View the full article
Iran started its first transfer of crude oil via its strategic Goreh-Jask pipeline, allowing the country to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported. View the full article
Benchmark U.S. oil futures have advanced 45% this year and at that pace are on track for the biggest annual increase since 2016. In returning so much cash to shareholders, shale drillers are showing they will pass on gains from higher crude prices rather than use them to increase production. View the full article
Inmarsat has secured a contract for its new Fleet LTE service, covering the connectivity needs of several Solstad Offshore North Sea vessels. View the full article
OPEC said the global oil market will switch from being under- to over-supplied as early as next month as the economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic falters. View the full article
Assuming that comments from conference participants are reflective of the industry’s overall mood, then the pace of digital transformation in oil and gas is gaining momentum in 2022. View the full article
As the race to number 10 accelerates, Offshore Energies UK has written open letters to Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss asking them to help consumers over the short and long term by ensuring the next cabinet prioritizes reliable and cleaner energy produced in the UK. View the full article
The Islamabad-based company is targeting oil production of about 50,000 bpd in the next four or five years, from 33,000 bpd currently, Chief Executive Officer Ahmed Hayat Lak said in an interview. The goal is for natural gas production to climb above 900 MMcfd from 720 MMcfd. View the full article
Cisneros, who is chairman of Cisneros Corporation, is entering a joint venture with PDVSA through Globalable Holding SL. The JV known as Petrocabimas is based in the western Zulia state and is projected to quadruple current production to 50,000 bpd by 2026, Cisneros said in a statement. PDVSA did not reply to a request for comment. View the full article
This move is part of bp’s broader strategy to cut emissions and enhance efficiency through advanced infrastructure, including the development of centralized processing facilities and innovative drilling technologies. View the full article
Energean sees potential to find about 110 billion cubic meters of gas that it could sell over the next 10-20 years, doubling the company's current reserves in Israel. View the full article
An estimated 10,000 people fleeing an insurgent attack in northern Mozambique have sought refuge in a village within the concession area of Total SE’s $20 billion natural gas project, with more still arriving, according to two people with direct knowledge. View the full article
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About this blog
I started this blog to express what I sense about the highs and lows of the oil realm, while cautiously analysing historical data, taking into account the geo-political development at the time of recording them.
I got into this field, having been a passive observer of fluctuations of crude oil prices and their global consequences for years.
Then, when on the day of Great Oil Crash in April, 2020, I made a decision to make my own blog, with the motto, ‘analysing data that really matters’.
Having come from an academic background in mathematics and physics, I analyse data using my own tools, created with JavaScript and Python, taking my decision on board while making decisions.
