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YPF unveils $25-billion investment plan to accelerate Vaca Muerta exports

May 19, 2026

(World Oil) — YPF has submitted a new application under Argentina’s Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI) for its LLL Oil development, a proposed $25-billion project aimed at accelerating large-scale oil exports from Vaca Muerta. The company said the project represents the largest oil export initiative currently proposed in Argentina and the biggest investment submitted under the RIGI framework to date. The development

IEA chief warns commercial oil inventories are depleting rapidly, only weeks left

May 19, 2026

(BOE Report) – Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, said on Monday that commercial oil inventories were depleting rapidly with only a few weeks worth left due to the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. Birol, who is participating in the Group of Seven finance leaders meeting in Paris, told reporters that

Germany launches formal sale process for Uniper

May 19, 2026

(Oil Price) – Germany on Tuesday launched the privatization process of energy giant Uniper, which the government bailed out in 2022 in a multibillion transaction. r an initial public offering for the 99% it holds in Uniper, the government said in an official note in the Financial Times. Potential bidders have until June 12 to submit a letter of intent, declaring

360 Energy Pulse: What mattered this week in energy

May 15, 2026

(By Oil & Gas 360) – Energy markets are beginning to shift from crisis response to structural repricing. This week, tightening supply, weakening confidence in key shipping routes, and renewed coal demand all pointed to the same conclusion: the global energy system is becoming more constrained, more expensive, and more strategically fragmented. THIS WEEK’S 5 HEADLINES THAT MATTERED 1. OPEC

The Gray Swan in the Curve: Hypothesizing oil prices, supply response, and what comes next

May 15, 2026

(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – If the first Gray Swan revealed itself beneath Iran’s tanks and the second hovered over the Strait of Hormuz, the third emerges where markets are most reluctant to linger: in the forward curve and the implications it quietly refuses to accept. This is not a forecast. It is a thought exercise

Commonwealth LNG approves $13 billion Louisiana export project

May 15, 2026

(Oil Price) – Developers of the Commonwealth LNG project have taken the final investment decision to build the $13-billion U.S. export plant in Louisiana, underpinned by investments from Kimmeridge, Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Energy, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the UAE energy investor said on Friday. The Commonwealth LNG facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, will have an annual capacity of 9.5 million tons

OAG360 Past Prologue Series: Just in time energy: Efficient, rational, fragile

May 14, 2026

(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – (Part 5 of 6)- Modern energy markets are not broken. They are optimized. Over the last decade, oil and gas have been reshaped by a single, dominant objective: capital efficiency. Excess capacity was punished. Idle inventory was criticized. Returns mattered more than buffers. The industry responded rationally by removing slack from

Land management company EagleRock raises about $320 million in US IPO

May 14, 2026

(BOE Report) – EagleRock, a land and resource management company that collects royalties and fees from oil and gas ‌production on the land it controls in the Permian Basin, has raised $320.1 million in its U.S. initial public offering on Wednesday. The Houston-based company sold 17.3 million shares at $18.50 apiece, touching a mid-point of its marketed range of $17

Brent & WTI top $100 with U.S.-Iran diplomacy at a standstill; CPI shows oil shock

May 14, 2026

(Investing) – Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, with both crude benchmarks topping $100 a barrel. The advance came amid an impasse between the U.S. and Iran, denting hopes for a swift end to the war. A key U.S. inflation report also showed an outsized impact of surging oil prices due to the Middle East conflict. At 15:50 ET (19:50 GMT), Brent crude

Canada’s energy basins: A different kind of resource story

May 13, 2026

(By Oil & Gas 360) – Part I – Canada’s oil and gas story has never followed the same path as the United States. It hasn’t been defined by speed, short-cycle production, or the ability to rapidly scale in response to price. Instead, it has been built on something else entirely: size, longevity, and resource depth. That difference shows up most clearly in

IEA revises 2026 forecast: Oil deficit widens as Iran war cuts production

May 13, 2026

(Oil Price) – Global oil demand is set to exceed supply in the current year amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, reversing previous projections of a surplus. According to the May 2026 Oil Market Report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), global oil supply is projected to fall by 3.9 million bpd across 2026, with ~10.5 million bpd of Gulf

Can the world really move on from coal?

May 12, 2026

(By Oil & Gas 360) – Coal has been written off many times before. Each time, it stayed. Today, the conversation is returning with more urgency. Climate targets, investor pressure, and policy commitments continue pushing toward a future with less coal. But the real question is no longer whether coal use should decline. The question is whether the world is

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