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Oil Prices Hold Steady, Despite 4.9 MMBO Inventory Build

Oil Prices Hold Steady, Despite 4.9 MMBO Inventory Build

Crude oil inventory build offset by refined product draw, supporting prices above $50 per barrel

Both Brent and WTI crude prices are up after falling earlier in the day on expectations of a 3 MMBO crude oil build. The build …

Saudi Aramco IPO to Include Upstream Business, Not Just Downstream

Saudi Aramco IPO to Include Upstream Business, Not Just Downstream

Information about Saudi Aramco IPO advisors to be released soon

Saudi Aramco plans to sell shares in its entire business, the company’s CEO Amin Nasser said. When the IPO was originally announced, there was speculation that the kingdom might only …

Source: Kremlin.ru

Brent Shoots to $53.73 after Putin Offers Support for OPEC Production Cap

Vladimir Putin calls for non-OPEC support of the group’s production cap

Oil prices surged Monday as Russian President Vladimir Putin offered support for OPEC’s proposed production cap policy. Russia, the world’s largest energy exporter, is ready to join the group …

Iran Looks to Be the Winner in OPEC’s Play for Market Share

Iran Looks to Be the Winner in OPEC’s Play for Market Share

Iran’s national oil company signs $2.2 billion deal with Persia Oil & Gas Industry Development Co.

Iran continues to look for ways to rejuvenate its oil and gas sector following news from Algiers last week that the Islamic Republic would …

EnerCom Analysis:  Crude Oil Direction is More Important than Pinpointing Price

EnerCom Analysis:  Crude Oil Direction is More Important than Pinpointing Price

EnerCom built and maintains its own proprietary WTI price model to gain insights into the current market

In the company’s recent monthly report, we reviewed the current drivers of WTI pricing. Because oil is a globally traded commodity with numerous …

Where are Prices Headed Following News of an OPEC Production Quota?

Where are Prices Headed Following News of an OPEC Production Quota?

Unexpected oil deal sees crude oil prices jump

OPEC announced yesterday a plan to reinstate a production cap for the group between 32.5-33.0 MMBOPD. The group reported producing 33.2 MMBOPD in its August report, meaning that OPEC would cut, at …

“Drill Baby Drill is the Message to Texas from OPEC” – Wolfe Research

“Drill Baby Drill is the Message to Texas from OPEC” – Wolfe Research

Is Saudi’s Market Share War Over, Is It On-Hold, or Is It Still Coming?

OPEC surprised the markets yesterday when word came out that for the first time in eight years the cartel planned to put oil production limits in …

OPEC Agrees to Lower Production to 32.5 MMBPD: Bloomberg

OPEC Agrees to Lower Production to 32.5 MMBPD: Bloomberg

OPEC agreed to cut production for the first time in eight years, according to a delegate briefed on the matter that Bloomberg spoke with under conditions of anonymity.

The news shot oil prices up more than $3.00 to a high …

Source: theiet.org

No Production Deal as Iran Looks to Outlast Saudi Arabia

Oil prices down: Iran and Saudi Arabia say no production deal in Algeria this week

Oil prices erased gains from last week on Tuesday as Iran and Saudi Arabia confirmed that there would not be a definitive agreement on OPEC …

OPEC Talks Up Prices, But Oil Production Continues to Overflow

OPEC Talks Up Prices, But Oil Production Continues to Overflow

OPEC using the last arrows in its quiver to try to move oil prices: words

Prior to November 2014, OPEC acted as the swing producer, raising or lowering production in order to send prices one way or another. Since making …

Source: Sweetcrudereport.com

Oil Prices Up Over 1% as Libyan Crude Shipments are Delayed

Oil prices climbed higher as a battle for Libya’s Sidra and Ras Lanuf ports delays crude shipments

Crude oil prices rose over 1% this morning as fighting for one of Libya’s key oil ports delayed shipments out of the country. …

800 MBOPD of Oil Could Return to Markets from Libya and Nigeria

800 MBOPD of Oil Could Return to Markets from Libya and Nigeria

Libya and Nigeria hope to restart exports that could add substantially to the global glut

Both the IEA and OPEC pushed out their forecasts for market balance this week as supply continues to prove resistant to the drop in crude …

OPEC Sees a Market Balance Farther Out There Somewhere

OPEC Sees a Market Balance Farther Out There Somewhere

OPEC production falls slightly, but says strong production elsewhere could lengthen crude oil glut

OPEC’s Oil Monthly Report for August, released Monday, showed stronger than expected production from non-OPEC sources, indicating the crude oil glut may take more time …

September 12, 2016 - 5:49 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, OPEC
Saudi Arabia Looks to Cut $20 Billion in Projects

Saudi Arabia Looks to Cut $20 Billion in Projects

Low oil prices and economic reform put one-third of Saudi Arabia’s transportation, housing and healthcare projects on hold

Low oil prices continue to impact producers around the world, including Saudi Arabia, which spearhead the decision in late-2014 for OPEC to …

OPEC: Too Close to Call - Oil & Gas 360

OPEC Hesitates to Raise Prices Above $60

OPEC says a price near $60 will avoid added shale production

Recently renewed talks of a production freeze among OPEC and some non-OPEC producers including Russia have helped to bolster the price of oil in recent weeks, but the organization …

U.S. Oil Storage Build is Louder than OPEC’s Promises

U.S. Oil Storage Build is Louder than OPEC’s Promises

Oil prices fall as crude storage climbs

Oil fell more than 3% Thursday despite hopes that OPEC might freeze production. Investors were more concerned with this week’s crude oil stockpile build than talk from OPEC after the EIA announced a …

September 1, 2016 - 6:04 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, OPEC
More Volatility: Oil Price Falls as U.S. Petroleum Stocks Rise

More Volatility: Oil Price Falls as U.S. Petroleum Stocks Rise

Largest Weekly Build in Crude Stocks since April

WTI oil price fell this morning after EIA reported that crude oil stocks has increased by 2.5 million barrels, the largest weekly build in crude stocks since April 29, 2016.

The build …

August 24, 2016 - 5:44 pm Analytics, Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
WTI Meets Definition of Bull Market as OPEC Talks About a New Freeze

WTI Meets Definition of Bull Market as OPEC Talks About a New Freeze

This time Iran indicates that it would be willing to cooperate with a new production freeze

Oil prices rose today as news that Iran may be ready to join a wider production freeze surfaced.

Both OPEC and non-OPEC producers such …

Who are the Winners? Shale, Shale, and Shale

Who are the Winners? Shale, Shale, and Shale

Shale will be needed to fill in the gaps for future demand

Oil likely will not be able to sustain a price over $70 per barrel for some time, but that does not mean that the end is near for …

The New Normal:  U.S. Oil Company Executives Determine Global Supply

The New Normal: U.S. Oil Company Executives Determine Global Supply

With OPEC out, is this what the new normal looks like for the oil and gas industry?

Wednesday’s 1.1 million-barrel build in U.S. crude oil inventories drove West Texas Intermediate crude prices down by roughly a buck.  A couple days …

U.S. Rig Count Jumps 4%, Oil Prices Continue to Improve

U.S. Rig Count Jumps 4%, Oil Prices Continue to Improve

The U.S. rig count rose 17 rigs this week, but increased drilling doesn’t weaken oil prices

The U.S. land rig count continued to gain for the week ended August 12, 2016, with 17 additional rigs reported in the United States, …

IEA: Essentially No Oversupply in Second Half of the Year

IEA: Essentially No Oversupply in Second Half of the Year

Supply and demand beginning to cool as oversupply shrinks – IEA, OPEC weigh in

The International Energy Agency sees supply and demand coming into balance during the third quarter of the year, according to its August Oil Market Report.…

Oil Falls Below $40 as Global Oversupply Concerns Persist

Oil Falls Below $40 as Global Oversupply Concerns Persist

OPEC’s July output could be a record

Oil prices have fallen below the $40 per barrel mark as markets continue to worry about global oversupply of crude oil. Oil prices flirted with the $40 mark earlier this week, but finally …

A Year Later, Iran Adds 800 MBOPD, but will it Reach 5 MMBOPD?

A Year Later, Iran Adds 800 MBOPD, but will it Reach 5 MMBOPD?

Iran tapped spare capacity and increased production more than 800 MBOPD

July 14 marks the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiated by Iran and the P5+1, which included the U.N. Security Council …

Oil Reports Cast Contradicting Shadows of Oil Market: Oil Price Falls

Oil Reports Cast Contradicting Shadows of Oil Market: Oil Price Falls

In the last two days, three reports have been released with current data and predictions for the oil market moving forward. Yesterday, the Oil Market Reports for July were released from both OPEC and IEA, as well as the crude …

Not Just Another Cycle: Major Shifts Between 2008 and Today

Not Just Another Cycle: Major Shifts Between 2008 and Today

Just because it’s cyclical, doesn’t mean every cycle is the same

They say history repeats itself, and given the cyclical nature of the oil and gas business, many look to the past when trying to guess what is coming next, …

Middle East Share of World Oil Production Highest since 1975: IEA

Middle East Share of World Oil Production Highest since 1975: IEA

Middle East Oil will account for Most of the World’s Demand Growth IEA Believes

An updated analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) has determined that the current oil price environment has boosted the share of oil produced in the …

July 8, 2016 - 2:34 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, OPEC
OPEC to Regain a Former Member

OPEC to Regain a Former Member

Gabon Minister of Petroleum and Hydrocarbons Etienne Dieudonné Ngoubou visited Vienna a day before his country officially rejoins the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on 1 July, 2016.

Ngoubou met with the Acting OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem …

June 30, 2016 - 3:03 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, OPEC
Photo: Haaretz

The Glut is Over – Saudi Oil Minister

“Supply and demand are almost equal”- Khalid al-Falih

Global oil markets are improving as supply and demand come back to parity said Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih. The global glut that sent oil prices tumbling at the end of …

OPEC Revenue Down 46% in 2015 and Still Sinking

OPEC Revenue Down 46% in 2015 and Still Sinking

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 …

June 15, 2016 - 5:49 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, OPEC