(Oil Price) – Saudi Arabia’s revenues from oil exports crashed in April by 21% from a year earlier – to the lowest level in nearly four years – as international oil prices dipped amid concerns about oversupply and potentially weaker global economic growth. Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude oil exporter and leader of the OPEC+ group, saw its export revenues
(Oil Price) – The April market rout, which crashed oil prices into the low $60s per barrel, is creating additional fiscal challenges to petrostates and oil-producing countries heavily dependent on oil revenues, on top of any tariff-related hardships. As Brent Crude prices sank to $63 per barrel, major producers in the Gulf region, as well as Brazil and Nigeria, are looking to contain
(Oil Price) – The U.S. Treasury Department announced a new wave of sanctions on Iran’s energy sector, focusing on oil exports and financial networks that enable Tehran to bypass existing restrictions. These measures are aimed at addressing the country’s continued “destabilizing behavior” in the Middle East, according to a new statement made Tuesday by the U.S. Treasury Department. In Tuesday’s statement,
Oil Price Revenues from the oil industry have pushed Alberta’s projected budget surplus for this year to twice as high as initially expected, at $4.1 billion, or C$5.5 billion. In addition to revenue from oil royalties, the budget surplus for fiscal 2023/24 was pushed up by higher personal and corporate taxes. “Alberta’s economy is resilient, and our finances are on track,” Finance
Oil Price Saudi Arabia received as much as $326 billion in oil revenues for 2022, its biggest oil sales haul in the era of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, although monthly revenues have been lower in recent months after oil prices slid to around $80 per barrel at the end of last year. Saudi Arabia recorded its highest-ever oil revenues back in
Low oil prices cost OPEC $349 billion A report from the EIA showed OPEC’s revenues fell by nearly half from 2014 to 2015 as the group pursued a strategy of defending market share over oil prices. The EIA estimates that the members of OPEC earned about $404 billion in net oil export revenues last year, down $349 billion from 2014’s
