(Oil Price)- Weak factory activity in China, a stronger U.S. dollar, and reports that OPEC+ is going to add more barrels to production in December have combined to push oil prices lower, setting them on a course to their third monthly decline in a row. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $64.61 per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $60.16
(BOE Report)– CALGARY, Alberta, Oct. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prospera Energy Inc. (TSX.V: PEI, OTC: GXRFF) (“Prospera“, “PEI” or the “Corporation“) Prospera Energy is pleased to announce the commencement of a major pipeline replacement and infrastructure upgrade project in the Cuthbert area. The project involves the replacement of two key legacy pipelines over a ten-day construction period, with a total capital
(World Oil)– Brazil’s state-controlled energy company received approval to explore for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, capping a yearslong standoff with environmental regulators Petroleo Brasileiro SA said in a filing Monday that it received permission to drill one exploratory well in the Foz do Amazonas basin. “The drill rig is at the well site and drilling is
(Investing.com)– Exxon Mobil signed an agreement with Iraq on Wednesday to help it develop its large Majnoon oilfield and expand its oil export infrastructure, marking a return to the country two years after leaving. OPEC’s second largest producer is looking to draw back Western oil majors and increase output constrained by years of war, corruption and sectarian tensions. Iraqi Prime Minister
(Oil Price)– For most of the last decade, OPEC and Russia, collectively referred to as OPEC+, have aligned their interests in maintaining high oil prices and set production quotas that furthered this goal. Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest member, has, as part of its Vision 2030 Initiative, a multi-trillion-dollar goal of diversifying its economy away from dependence on hydrocarbons and uses
(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
