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Frac sand, which gets blasted through shale rocks to unlock oil and natural gas, is averaging $55 a ton, up from $22 at the end of 2021. Demand is climbing as oil explorers turn the taps back on after Covid-driven cutbacks. View the full article
A set of reports due to be published in the coming months will show how companies in the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry supply chain can expand to cleaner energies, including carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), hydrogen and offshore wind. View the full article
For over 20 years, the World Oil Awards have recognized and honored the upstream energy industry’s leading innovators and innovations and recognized changes in technology that have made a lasting impact. Nominations for this year's awards will be accepted through this Saturday, July 9, at midnight CST. View the full article
West Texas Intermediate crude futures dropped as much as 10%, the most since March 9, while oil headed for its worst trading day in almost three months as recession fears iced markets, outweighing a fundamentally tight supply market. View the full article
Urgent moves to bring forward the construction of “energy islands” – giant new offshore renewable energy conversion and transmission plants – are being supported by a major new safety advisory and assurance study. View the full article
Varel Energy Solutions (VES) announced it has acquired Sledgehammer Oil Tools, an international leader in the supply of oilfield casing, cementing and completion products. View the full article
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), one of the largest utilities in Europe Middle East and Africa, completed the strategic review of its oil and gas business announced in September 2021. View the full article
North Sea-focused oil and gas operator Ithaca Energy announced that its acquisition of Siccar Point Energy, an Aberdeen-based energy company, has been completed with all conditions having been met. View the full article
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Saudi Arabia to ramp up oil production, seeking to cool record fuel prices in an echo of comments last week from President Joe Biden. View the full article
Through the agreement, Longboat farmed-in to two near-term, gas weighted exploration prospects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf targeting combined gross unrisked mean prospective resources of 223 MMboe. View the full article
CGG announced today that Sercel, its Sensing & Monitoring division, was selected as the successful bidder for the acquisition of ION Geophysical Corporation’s (ION) software business. View the full article
Norway approved higher production from key natural-gas fields in an effort to maintain record exports as Europe reels from cuts in Russian supply. View the full article
India’s windfall tax on domestic crude oil production and fuel exports may help the government bring in 1 trillion rupees ($12.7 billion) in revenues, Press Trust of India reported. View the full article
Industry groups reacted to the Department of Interior’s release of its five-year offshore drilling plan that seeks to block new offshore drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, saying it would be an overall disadvantage to America and its energy security. View the full article
Through the agreement, Longboat farmed-in to two near-term, gas weighted exploration prospects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf targeting combined gross unrisked mean prospective resources of 223 mmboe1. View the full article
It may not be quite throwing caution to the winds, but the prospect of hefty profits and supply that may not stretch to meet consumer demand is enticing U.S. refiners to run at a 21-month high, testing equipment limits to sustain high rates without breakdowns. View the full article
Venezuela’s economy is forecast to expand at its fastest pace in 15 years, marking a rebound for a country that recently emerged from the deepest recession in Latin America. View the full article
India slapped taxes on fuel exports and local crude oil production to tap windfall gains from surging global prices. View the full article
Deirdre Michie OBE has today formally announced that at the end of 2022 she will hand over the reins after almost eight years as Chief Executive of Offshore Energies UK. View the full article
Energy Workforce & Technology Council CEO Leslie Beyer applauded the Supreme Court ruling in WVA vs EPA that limits EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants. View the full article
Canada’s economic expansion suffered a minor setback last month after a robust start to the year, driven by a drop in oil production. View the full article
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the EPA's federal overreach with the Clean Air Act is a win for good government, American energy producers and for hardworking taxpayers, Railroad Commission of Texas Chairman Wayne Christian said. View the full article
The OPEC+ coalition ratified an oil-production increase that completes the return of supplies halted during the pandemic, while deferring discussions on its next move for another day. View the full article
The U.S. Supreme Court restricted the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gases from power plants, siding with coal-mining companies and Republican-led states in a blow to President Joe Biden’s climate-change agenda. View the full article
President Joe Biden said he’ll ask U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region to boost oil production when he meets with them during a trip to Saudi Arabia next month, one of the key avenues he has to address surging inflation costs at home. 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.
