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Canada’s oil production could continue to rise for the next decade and then begin declining as countries strive to reduce carbon emissions, the Canada Energy Regulator said Thursday. View the full article
The program was first launched in 2020 to test the extent to which mediation can resolve certain disputes between oil and gas licensees, operators and infrastructure owners in the UK Continental Shelf. View the full article
Employment in the U.S. oilfield services and equipment sector rose by an estimated 4,999 jobs to 633,198 in June, according to preliminary data. View the full article
The Biden administration on Wednesday issued oil and natural gas leases to companies that nabbed the Gulf of Mexico drilling rights in a government auction later invalidated by a federal court. View the full article
Futures in London earlier surged above $71 a barrel, the highest since January 2020, before retreating to trade little changed. The assault on a storage tank farm at Ras Tanura on Sunday was intercepted, Saudi Arabia said, and oil output appeared to be unaffected. View the full article
Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. added momentum to a nascent recovery in the U.S. oil industry as they reported bumper cash flow, a dramatic improvement after a torrid 2020. View the full article
Shell, already the operator of the field, has right of first refusal to any sale by BP. As such, its decision to acquire the stake puts an end to BP’s deal to divest the holding to Tailwind Energy Ltd., an explorer backed by trading house Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. View the full article
Taqa wants to divest itself of at least 17 fields plus stakes in the Sullom Voe shipping terminal, and the Brent and SAGE pipelines in the UK In a separate sales process, it is offering 32 Dutch oil and gas licenses, of which five are directly operated by the company. View the full article
The U.S. shouldn’t ban the export of crude oil, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers said in a letter to President Joe Biden. View the full article
Responding to the Queens’s speech, Offshore Energies UK said the proposed Energy Bill must create the predictability needed to attract the long-term investment crucial to boosting the nation’s energy security. View the full article
Suncor Energy Inc.’s chief executive officer stepped down on Friday after a series of fatalities at the company’s oil sands sites shook confidence in its management. View the full article
Oil fell the most in a week as the dollar strengthened and investors shrugged off an attack on the world’s largest crude terminal in Saudi Arabia. View the full article
Six senior executives of Citgo Petroleum Corp. who have been detained by the Venezuelan government since 2017 were transferred from prison to house arrest, according to a person familiar with the matter. View the full article
Physical oil markets are screaming for more supply. Prices are rising in the North Sea, the key region that’s central to the value of many oil transactions, while differentials for Nigerian grades have also made notable gains. View the full article
As the government pushes for a constitutional reform to electricity laws, Finance Minister Ramirez de la O said now “would be a little late” to change overall energy laws that last decade gave private companies access to the Mexican market. View the full article
An oil-data startup backed by Palantir Technologies Inc. co-founder Joe Lonsdale plans to help energy explorers, bankers and investors figure out how much crude and natural gas reserves trapped underground are really worth. View the full article
Royal Dutch Shell Plc shareholders approved the relocation of the company’s headquarters to London from The Netherlands, a move that will help it to boost returns while transitioning to clean energy. View the full article
Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling offered to divest some of its offshore operation platforms to avoid an in-depth investigation from the U.K.’s antitrust regulator over the $2.6 billion deal, potentially smoothing the way for approval. View the full article
National Ocean Industries Association President Erik Milito said Interior has had 16 months to fulfill its statutory obligation to develop and maintain an offshore oil and gas leasing program and it has failed. View the full article
National Ocean Industries Association President Erik Milito issued a statement after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the reinstatement of Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 257, saying it is essential to keep energy flowing from the Gulf of Mexico. View the full article
Shell Egypt and one of its affiliates have signed an agreement with a consortium made up of subsidiaries of Cheiron Petroleum Corporation and Cairn Energy PLC to acquire Shell’s upstream assets in Egypt’s Western Desert. View the full article
Neodrill has signed a frame agreement with major oil and gas operator Lundin Energy for the deployment of CAN-ductor technology. View the full article
Eni SpA and Vitol Group could lose a share of the proceeds from their offshore oil field in Ghana after resisting a government order to merge their asset with a domestic company’s neighboring field. View the full article
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries lifted output by 290,000 barrels a day, slightly more than stipulated by its road map for restoring output, according to a survey. Saudi Arabia and Iraq were the main drivers of the increase. View the full article
Time will tell which one is out of sync: Is it a forward oil curve that yields 11% on an annualized basis for investors, or is it a headline price of West Texas Intermediate crude near $83 a barrel? 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.