1.  Exports of Kirkuk’s oil will stay at current levels, Iraq’s oil minister told reporters on Wednesday. Minister Thamer Ghadhban said that exports through the Kurdistan...


  2. With brand-name drillers unwilling to jump in, Venezuela is resorting to a newly formed U.S. company for help in shoring up production from its...


  3. Goldman has been terrible at predicting oil! Which big name advisory has been good at predicting price trend ?


  4. Permian – update through September 2018 This article contains still images from the interactive dashboards available in the original blog post . To follow the instructions in...
      


  5. China's largest refiner is very upbeat about its 2018 performance, apparently, slowdown or no slowdown. 
      


  6. Haris Anwar, Senior Analyst at Investing.com, blames the “machines” for the sell-off. "Rather than saying that inmates are running the asylum, I think it's...
      


  7. Um, wasn't California supposed to be very anti-oil and stuff?  California 2018 crude-by-rail imports reach highest level since 2013-14: state
      


  8. Eagle Ford - update through September 2018 This article contains still images from the interactive dashboards available in the original blog post . To follow...
      


  9. I believe that for every barrel produced something like 400 barrels are traded- or something like that.  Therefore the price of oil is dominated...
      


  10. With all the media naysayers, doom-mongers and haters in general against the oil & gas industry, here is something joyfully a bit against the...


  11. Just saw this. "Criticizing the history of government interference in the company, Castello Branco says "fuel prices should be in line with international ones, with...
      


  12. Fracking’s Secret Problem—Oil Wells Aren’t Producing as Much as Forecast "current production levels may be hard to sustain without greater spending because operators will have...
      


  13. In case anyone forgets, I believe @Jan van Eck warned of a continuing crisis unfolding in parts of Canada: Revenues For Canada’s Oil Towns Dwindle As...


  14. Editorial article from Oil Price main news site.  If you don't have a subscription, it's free and easy. Anyway, as you may already have heard...


  15. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Nigeria-Boosts-Oil-Production-As-OPEC-Cuts-Begin.html


  16. This guy says the situation in the shale patch is very dramatic. While he does make, I think, some valid points about shale well...
      


  17. http://time.com/5492648/permian-oil-boom-west-texas/   Interesting article in Time.


  18. How Fracking Turned OPEC Into The Walking Dead I just loved this headline. Can't blame me.
      


  19. Bullish reasons for the cuts. Saudi Arabia cuts more than intended. Venezuela production declines Libya is a wildcard. Bearish reasons Global economy is showing signs of slowing. China's economy will...
      


  20. Aramco's planning to splash $500 billion on international expansion focusing on petrochemicals. That's on top of the Sabic deal, by the way. Why? Because...
      


  21. Entertaining and thoughtful article from Tom Luongo.  I certainly don't agree with everything he says, but his viewpoint is worth reading: OPEC Cuts Deep to...


  22. Oil prices climbed a bit on the opening day of  2019. Bloomberg, as reported by Myra Seafong, in MarketWatch, is reporting a drop in...
      


  23. Greetings! I need some assistance with an issue that I have recently encountered. While domestic oil production is projected to grow to more than 2...
      


  24. So, is this the beginning of an upward price on oil?  The market showed lower production occurring from Saudi Arabia and oil is up...


  25. I think one of the *biggest* factors in 2019 regarding global oil prices and global oil production will be ... what the heck is...


  26. Anyone follow the story with the firing of the two trading execs at Sinopec? Goldman's name has apparently been mentioned and they are denying...
      


  27. My hope for 2018 was an average of $65 oil (Brent). My hope for 2019 is an average of $70 (Brent). These are my own hopes and NOT price...
      


  28. What makes the  people of the US so stupid with all the College and university professors  students etc. etc,  oh i forgot to mention all...
      


  29. Unexpected article.  But this pretty much fits in with my *hope* for $70 Brent in 2019. Malaysia to boost revenue in 2019 on higher oil...


  30. A survey of 32 economists and analysts forecasts the North Sea Brent crude oil benchmark LCOc1 will average $69.13 per barrel in 2019, more...