(World Oil) – Chevron Corp., the only major U.S. oil company left in Venezuela, wants to remain in the sanctioned country for the long-term and sees a role in rebuilding its economy when the time is right. “The kinds of swings that you see in places like Venezuela are challenging but we play a long game,” Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth
(Oil Price) – Alaska’s production outlook is shifting for the first time in nearly a decade, with the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday projecting that North Slope crude output will rise by some 13% next year as two large fields move into high-volume phases. This would mark the strongest annual increase since the 1980s and a rare break from the long
(World Oil) – Pakistan Petroleum Ltd., a state-owned energy company, is reclaiming land from the sea to create a launchpad to ramp up oil and gas exploration. The artificial island will come up about 30 kilometers (19 miles) off the coast of the southern Sindh province, near Sujawal, PPL’s General Manager Exploration and Core Business Development, Arshad Palekar, said on the
(Oil Price) – The U.S. Department of Energy is extending a $1-billion loan to help Constellation Energy restart the Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear reactor to add baseload power to the grid and help the AI advancement in the United States. “Funded by the Energy Dominance Financing Program, this interest-bearing loan will lower Constellation’s cost of financing and leverage private investment to
(BOE Report) – U.S. natural gas futures climbed about 4% on Wednesday on near-record flows to liquefied natural gas export plants and forecasts for higher demand than previously expected as the weather turns colder than normal going into December. Front-month gas futures for December delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 16.8 cents, or 3.8%, to $4.539 per million
(Investing) – LONDON-Oil prices fell sharply on Wednesday after a report of a U.S. proposal to end the Russian war in Ukraine and as oversupply concerns continued to weigh on prices. Brent crude futures fell $1.72, or 2.65%, to $63.17 a barrel by 1421 GMT after gaining 1.1% the previous session. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down $1.65, or 2.72%,
Weekly Crude Oil Storage as of November 14, 2025 U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 3.4 million barrels from the previous week. At 424.2 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are 5% below the five-year average for this time of year, according to the EIA crude oil and petroleum weekly storage data,
