(World Oil)– bp today announced an oil and gas discovery at the Bumerangue prospect in the deepwater offshore Brazil. bp drilled exploration well 1-BP-13-SPS at the Bumerangue block, located in the Santos Basin, 404 km (218 nautical miles) from Rio de Janeiro, in a water depth of 2,372 m. The well was drilled to a total depth of 5,855 m.
(Oil Price)– Despite the slide in oil prices in the second quarter, ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) reported on Friday earnings that exceeded analyst estimates on the back of increased oil and gas production in the U.S. Permian shale basin and offshore Guyana. Exxon’s earnings stood at $7.1 billion for the second quarter, or $1.64 per share, as the company achieved its highest
(BOE Report)– OPEC+ will likely approve another oil output hike on Sunday, sources familiar with the discussions said, adding that the producer group was still debating the final size of the increase for September. OPEC+, which pumps about half of the world’s oil, has been curtailing production for several years to support the market. But it reversed course this year
(World Oil)– TotalEnergies has announced the start of production from the BEGONIA and CLOV Phase 3 offshore Angola projects, which together will add a total of 60,000 bpd of new production. The two subsea tie-back projects will deliver additional production leveraging available capacity on existing FPSOs, TotalEnergies stated, citing added benefits of low marginal costs and low carbon intensities. TotalEnergies
(Oil Price)– The years of very rapid growth in U.S. crude oil production are behind us, in large part due to the maturing of the biggest growth engine, the Permian, according to Goldman Sachs. The investment bank expects declines in America’s crude oil output for this year and next because of the lower oil prices, Daan Struyven, oil research head
(BOE Report)– LONDON, July 10 – U.S. President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill slashed funding for refilling U.S. emergency oil reserves, violating his previous vow to fill them “right to the top”. This about-face raises the question of whether the U.S. still needs the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at all. The American SPR is the world’s largest emergency oil storage, able
(Investing)– OPEC+ is discussing a potential pause in further oil production increases following its next monthly supply hike, Bloomberg reported, citing delegates familiar with the discussions. Saudi Arabia and its partners have a tentative plan to complete their 2.2 million-barrel supply revival in September, with one more monthly increase of 550,000 barrels. After this September increase, the oil producer
(World Oil)– The U.S. sees domestic crude output growth slowing more than expected this year as choppy oil prices limit drilling activity. U.S. crude output is now expected to grow by 160,000 bpd this year to 13.37 million bpd and remain flat in 2026, according to the Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook released Tuesday. The production forecast for this
(BOE Report)– Oil markets are absorbing OPEC+ production increases without building inventories, which means they are thirsty for more oil, United Arab Emirates’ Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said on Wednesday. OPEC+, which pumps about half of the world’s oil, has been curtailing production for several years to support the market. But it has reversed course this year to regain
(Oil Price)– Crude oil prices took a dip today after hitting a two-week high earlier, as traders awaited updates on President Trump’s tariff plans, following the latest delay in trade deals with some key partners such as Japan and South Korea. Brent crude was trading at $70.07 per barrel at the time of writing, with West Texas Intermediate changing hands for $68.26 per
(Oil Price)– Saudi Arabia’s crude exports soared by 412,000 barrels per day (bpd) in April from March, the latest data by the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude exporter, saw its exports in April at an average of 6.17 million bpd, according to the JODI data which compiles self-reported figures from the individual
(BOE Report)– OPEC+ oil producers are set to approve another big output boost for September as they complete both the unwinding of voluntary production cuts by eight members and the United Arab Emirates’ move to a larger quota, five sources said. The group, which pumps about half of the world’s oil, has been curtailing production for several years to support
