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Inflation in the oil sector is worsening and industry executives see no reason to expect cost pressures on everything from steel pipe to frac sand to ease any time soon. View the full article
OPEC and its allies can likely continue reviving oil production, two key Middle East members said as the group prepares to consider its next supply hike. View the full article
Oil edged up after the Energy Information Administration said the impact of a potential release from U.S. emergency crude reserves would only be short-lived. View the full article
President Joe Biden has been weighing the merits of releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to try to quell gasoline prices. A release by China was raised by the U.S. during this week’s virtual summit with President Xi Jinping, the South China Morning Post reported, citing an unidentified person. View the full article
U.S. crude exports rose to a record as European refiners rushed to stock up supplies ahead of a ban on Russian imports. View the full article
Oil’s stability relative to natural gas and coal underscore that OPEC+ is doing a good job balancing supply and demand, said the energy ministers of Saudi Arabia and Russia. View the full article
Royal Dutch Shell Plc has evacuated non-essential staff from its floating liquefied natural gas facility in northwest Australia as the operator struggled to restore power that knocked out operations earlier in the week, according to people familiar with the matter. View the full article
A4I gives UK companies of any size access to the UK’s top scientists and most advanced facilities, techniques and technologies in the world. It aims to boost productivity and competitiveness by helping companies to solve problems in innovative ways. View the full article
Oil rebounded as investors turned their attention to a key OPEC+ meeting, with the group facing calls from consumers to pump more crude. View the full article
Banks are gradually offering more credit to U.S. shale oil and natural gas producers as the industry recovers from last year’s contraction and energy prices rally. View the full article
Fossil fuel companies should face probes on whether they’re using “loophole-ridden” environmental, social and governance goals to boost executive pay while contributing to environmental destruction, Senator Elizabeth Warren said, adding to her calls to rein in CEO compensation. View the full article
Harold Hamm, who took Continental Resources Inc. public 14 years ago, says right now his closely held competitors can do what he simply can’t: increase oil production to meet rising demand. View the full article
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. almost certainly won investor approval to boost global oil and gas production by adding BHP Group assets while also facing a rebuke on its climate accounting. View the full article
KCA Deutag announced it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire Saipem SpA’s onshore drilling business for a total consideration payable at closing of $550 million in cash and 10% equity interest in the group. View the full article
The U.S. is trying to re-focus its energy relationship with top Middle East OPEC countries, notably Saudi Arabia, after a period of tension between Washington and Riyadh over high oil prices. View the full article
With six blocks under exploration and another licensing round underway, The Gambia is following on the heels of both Senegal and Mauritania as the MSGBC region embraces the boom of a revitalized oil and gas industry. View the full article
An ambitious project aimed at capturing millions of tons of carbon emissions along the U.S. Gulf Coast in Texas garnered the support of some of the world’s biggest refiners and chemical manufacturers. View the full article
The American Petroleum Institute joined with nearly 60 other trade groups representing America’s natural gas and oil industry in opposing the Inflation Reduction Act as passed by the Senate. View the full article
Saudi Aramco posted the biggest quarterly adjusted profit of any listed company globally driven by high crude prices and production. View the full article
The American Petroleum Institute released a statement from President and CEO Mike Sommers in response to a letter President Biden sent to oil refineries, with API saying shifting away from domestic oil and natural gas is a misguided policy. View the full article
Crude production in the Permian Basin is expected to surpass a pre-pandemic high this month as a rebound in the U.S. shale industry fuels activity in its most prolific patch. View the full article
After extensive repairs and improvement work, Norway’s Hammerfest LNG is back in production after the fire in September 2020, Equinor announced. The first LNG is now on tank at Melkøya. View the full article
While the Inflation Reduction Act takes important steps toward new oil and gas leasing and investments in carbon capture and storage, it falls well short of addressing America’s long-term energy needs and further discourages needed investment in oil and gas, API said. View the full article
Swagelok Company, a solutions provider of fluid system products, assemblies, and related services, is marking its 75th year in business by expanding its workforce on Cleveland’s west side through the addition of positions in its existing Strongsville facility and the purchase of an existing, 135,000-square-foot building in Valley City, Ohio. View the full article
Oil tumbled as concerns about a global economic slowdown and growing Covid-19 cased in China reduced risk appetite among traders. West Texas Intermediate lost as much as 8% to slip under $96 a barrel. 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.