World Oil (Bloomberg) – The International Monetary Fund expects OPEC and its partners to start increasing oil production gradually from July, a transition that’s set to catapult Saudi Arabia back into the ranks of the world’s fastest-growing economies next year. “We are assuming the full reversal of cuts is happening at the beginning of 2025,” Amine Mati, the lender’s mission
Oil Price Since Saudi Arabia’s announcement that it is scrapping plans to expand its oil production capacity by 1 million barrels per day (bpd), speculation has flourished about the reasons behind the decision. First, analysts speculate that the outlook on long-term oil demand has come into question. Next, investment banks suggest that supply growth from producers outside the OPEC+ agreement
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Venezuelan oil production at a four-year high is expected to decline quickly if the US follows through on threats to reinstate sanctions on the nation. The Biden administration on Tuesday said sanctions relief to Venezuela’s oil and gas sector will be allowed to expire on April 18, unless the government holds free and fair presidential elections.
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Freezing temperatures sweeping the U.S. shut in more than half of North Dakota’s oil production and curbed refinery operations in Texas. The outage in the second-largest U.S. shale basin briefly lifted West Texas Intermediate futures. Physical oil prices also rose on the Gulf Coast as Midwest refiners seek alternatives to North Dakota’s Bakken oil. As much
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Shale drillers from the Permian basin in West Texas to the Bakken shale of North Dakota have ramped up oil production well beyond what analysts foresaw, pushing output to a record just as OPEC and its allies put the brakes on supplies in a bid to arrest price declines. This time last year, U.S. government forecasters
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Oil production from the Permian basin will expand in November and December, marking the region’s longest run of monthly gains in two years. The world’s most productive shale patch is expected to pump a record 5.98 MMbpd in December. In total, U.S. crude production from the seven biggest shale regions will total 9.65 MMpd next month, essentially
Oil Price OPEC’s crude oil production rose in October by 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) compared to September, but the output at the countries bound by the OPEC+ pact continued to be well below the levels agreed, OPEC said on Monday. Total production from all 13 OPEC members averaged 27.90 million bpd in October 2023, up by 80,000 bpd month-on-month,
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Crude production in Canada’s energy heartland fell to the lowest in seven years in June amid maintenance at oil-sands mines and as Suncor Energy Inc.’s output was partially excluded, according to Alberta Energy Regulator data. Alberta’s total oil output dropped 21% to 2.71 MMbpd, the lowest since June 2016, when oil-sands producers were recovering from wildfires
Oil Price The Permian basin has not yet seen peak oil production, according to Occidental’s chief executive Vicki Hollub. The executive believes that growth in the play’s production rates will even offset declines in other shale basins across the United States. According to the Energy Information Administration, the Permian will produce 5.622 million bpd of crude oil this month, up from 5.596
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Booming oil production out of shale patch Vaca Muerta will create surpluses in energy trade for Argentina to the tune of $8 billion within a few years, Energy Undersecretary Flavia Royon said in an interview. Drilling is picking up fast in Vaca Muerta after a series of false dawns over the past decade with top developer,
World Oil (WO) — Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL) and its partners announced first oil production from the Frontier 1 sands at its Cole Creek Unit. The company began recompletion operations on the well 11-27-35n-77w at the end of Dec. 2022 to evaluate the light oil potential of the reservoir sands. Frontier 1’s first oil production The lowest of
BOE Report Oil production in South Texas, home of the second largest U.S. shale field, is expected to rise as much as 4% this year, as higher prices spur more drilling and as U.S. crude exports set new records. Output in the Eagle Ford shale field tanked in 2020, but has returned to growth with an average increase per month
