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The annual performance review for the UK’s top producers highlighted 33 new projects targeting 1.3 billion barrels of oil and gas which will significantly bolster the country’s energy security. View the full article
Canadian-based oil and gas exploration company, Eco Atlantic, through its subsidiary Azinam Limited, signed a farmout agreement for the acquisition of an additional 6.25% participating interest in Block 3B/4B offshore South Africa. View the full article
The American Petroleum Institute announced the promotion of Cole Ramsey to Vice President of Upstream Policy. In this role, Ramsey will lead the API Upstream team, manage API’s Upstream Committee and spearhead the coordination of Upstream oil and natural gas issues across the organization to help advance API’s mission. View the full article
Jennifer Granholm was confirmed as Secretary of Energy, putting the former Michigan Governor at the head of agency that will play a key role in implementing President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate agenda. View the full article
“If nothing extraordinary happens, we have already formed our three-month plans,” Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters in Moscow on Wednesday, “Our task will be to look at these plans and maybe confirm or adjust them - yet most likely, this is the meeting to assess the current situation,” he said. View the full article
Schlumberger announced an award to Subsea Integration Alliance of a large contract by Equinor on its Bacalhau project offshore Brazil. The contract scope covers the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the subsea production systems and subsea pipelines. View the full article
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to send a draft of biofuel-blending quotas to the White House for review soon, marking a key step in the Biden administration’s bid to balance competing oil and agricultural interests. View the full article
Halliburton Company released the iStar Intelligent Drilling and Logging Platform, a comprehensive measurement platform comprising multiple services for greater control of drilling and logging operations. View the full article
Exxon Mobil Corp. pledged on Wednesday to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions 20% by 2030, marking its most ambitious emissions target to date but falling far short of the sweeping climate commitments from some of its biggest rivals. View the full article
African energy sector investment platform Energy Capital & Power has created a coalition with Mauritania’s Energy Ministry and NOC to attract foreign stakeholder interest in the country’s potential renewable projects and 28 offshore blocks that are open for bids. View the full article
OPEC+ is more than half a billion barrels behind on its pledge to supply world markets with oil, exacerbating concerns about the group’s ability to balance the global market. View the full article
Investors desperate for clues on the outlook for U.S. shale oil production now have one of their first official forecasts for 2023, with the new chief executive officers of Permian Resources Corp. planning a 10% increase to take advantage of elevated crude prices. View the full article
Last year’s crash in oil prices and China’s rapid rebound from the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic set the stage for a flurry of crude purchases. However, stockpiling has leveled off as oil prices rebounded and storage space runs out. View the full article
McDermott International, Ltd announced that its CBandI Storage Solutions business has been awarded a contract by Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company of Manila Inc. (AGandP) for the engineering, procurement and construction of an LNG storage tank for AGandP's Philippines LNG import and regasification terminal, currently under construction in Batangas, Philippines. View the full article
Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law on Monday banning state investments in businesses that cut ties with the oil and gas industry. The underlying message, according to one of the most powerful energy regulators in the state, is simple: Boycott Texas, and we’ll boycott you. View the full article
Vitol Group and Trafigura Group -- both barred from new oil-trading business with Mexico’s state producer for alleged corruption -- will be subject to the ban until at least the end of 2024 while the government reviews the conduct of other commodity traders, Energy Minister Rocio Nahle said. View the full article
Donald Trump vowed to revive the coal industry, but it’s President Joe Biden who’s driving a big comeback of the dirtiest fossil fuel. View the full article
The second Wells Insight report, published by the UK Oil and Gas Authority, highlights significant opportunities remaining in the UK North Sea basin, despite Covid resulting in a slowdown in 2020. View the full article
B3 Insight announced the launch of a complete produced water dataset that covers all of North Dakota including the extensive Bakken Shale Play. View the full article
B3 Insight announces the completion of the data disclosure pilot for the WaterSage Certification developed in partnership with B3’s Oilfield Water Stewardship Council (OWSC) members. View the full article
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) Board Chairman Jim Wilkes announced the retirement of President and CEO Barry Russell, effective Sept. 1. View the full article
Kaktovik Iñupiat Corporation strongly disputed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announcement that it failed with respect to its permit application to conduct seismic studies in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the company said in a statement. View the full article
West Texas Intermediate slipped 0.6% following a 2.1% decline on Wednesday, when U.S. government data showed the first increase in crude stockpiles in a month. In India, coronavirus cases have topped 300,000 a day, the biggest jump globally, endangering consumption. View the full article
Lundin Energy is starting with the Johan Sverdrup field offshore Norway because the direct emissions from the project are already about 40 times lower than the world average, largely because its offshore facilities are powered by electricity. View the full article
Europe’s oil stocks may not be the most obvious picks in an ESG-conscious world, but some investors can’t get enough of them. View the full article
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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.