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Global oil use dropped by 9 million barrels a day last year but should recoup more than 6 million in 2021, said Mike Muller, head of trader Vitol SA’s operations in Asia. View the full article
Equinor has awarded Tenaris the supply of tubulars for the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage facilities in Norway. From its Dalmine mill in Italy, Tenaris will produce 105km 12” Carbon Manganese (C-Mn) seamless line pipe for the milestone project. View the full article
“We have made substantial progress over the last 10 days but there are still things to be worked on and we will reconvene next week,” said Enrique Mora, the EU official in charge of coordinating diplomacy in the Austrian capital. “The spirit of compromise is high.” View the full article
Oil jumped the most since mid-April amid broader market gains and after a U.S. government report showed declining fuel and distillate stockpiles during the high-demand summer driving season. View the full article
Aberdeen-based global well engineering and drilling project management firm Norwell Engineering has won a lucrative contract worth more than $30 million with ONGC, India’s national oil company. View the full article
President Joe Biden acknowledged that OPEC+ countries won’t increase oil output enough to meet U.S. demands and left the door open to a range of options, as the administration weighs whether to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. View the full article
OPEC and its allies agreed to revive more halted production as the outlook for global oil markets improved, with demand largely withstanding the new coronavirus variant. View the full article
Recent moves by the UK government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson indicate that people in his regime must think that they can play both sides of the street, so to speak, when it comes to oil and gas policy, and get away with it. We are here to tell them that this is not practical, much less ethical and effective. View the full article
CGG, a global technology and HPC company, announced a major multi-year global data transformation and curation agreement with bp, that will play a key role in supporting bp’s Subsurface digital strategy. View the full article
The American Petroleum Institute (API) submitted comments urging the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to open offshore acreage to safe and environmentally responsible American energy development. View the full article
a three-person arbitration panel has been finalized to address ExxonMobil's claim against Chevron's $53 billion purchase of Hess Corp over oil-rich assets offshore Guyana. This marks a significant step in resolving the uncertainty surrounding the merger, which Chevron and Hess hoped to complete in early 2024. View the full article
Offshore oil contractor Borr Drilling Ltd. expects almost a third of the world’s fleet of shallow-water rigs to be retired in the coming years because of their age, leading to higher daily leasing rates. View the full article
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said that recent crude price increases and rig additions will help production in the Lower 48 states begin to rise in the second quarter of this year, with total output nearing 11.5 MMbpd in 2022. View the full article
Emissions from the Permian basin dropped 60% from March to April last year as oil producers shut in wells and cut back on new ones due to tumbling crude prices. But methane emissions are now back at pre-pandemic levels as drilling ramps up, according to the non-profit Environmental Defense Fund. View the full article
Oil plunged to the lowest level in three weeks alongside a broader market decline with traders also concerned about growing supply from the U.S. and Iran. View the full article
Shale drilling in North America is going to slow down in the second half of the year from its breakneck pace as explorers cling to promises of austerity, according to Baker Hughes. View the full article
Aquaterra Energy has signed a partnership with renewable hydrogen producer and supplier Lhyfe and offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling to develop an innovative concept for offshore green hydrogen production in the North Sea. View the full article
Saudi Arabia’s larger-than-expected rise in oil prices is a signal it will continue resisting U.S. pressure to pump faster, according to Vitol Group. View the full article
NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc. shares soared more than 20% after the frac provider disclosed higher-than-expected quarterly sales, signaling an acceleration in U.S. shale drilling. View the full article
Tullow Oil Plc agreed to acquire Capricorn Energy Plc in an all-share deal combining resources in Africa and opening up opportunities for expansion across the continent. View the full article
Quarterly and annual results only give you a snapshot showing what has been happening in recent months, so they do not tell you much about longer-term trends, said Will Webster, energy policy manager at Offshore Energies UK. View the full article
Texas LNG Brownsville LLC, a subsidiary of Glenfarne Energy Transition, LLC, has signed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (“HOA”) a long-term LNG free-on-board (“FOB”) sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”) for 0.5 MMtpa of LNG from Texas LNG. View the full article
Mach Natural Resources LP has announced its second-quarter results, showcasing solid upstream performance while adjusting its 2024 operational plans. The company also divested a portion of its Western Anadarko acreage for $38 million. View the full article
A “big chunk” of U.S. shale is profitable at current oil prices, but drillers should be aware of crude’s declining share in the future global energy mix, International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol said in an interview. View the full article
President Joe Biden’s Jan. 27 executive order entitled Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad violates federal law by sidestepping honest debate on whether the “speculative” benefits of the plan outweigh the financial cost to states, Wyoming said in a complaint filed Wednesday in federal court. A similar suit was filed separately by more than a dozen states led by Louisiana. 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.