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CNOOC to Cut Production and Spending

CNOOC to Cut Production and Spending

CNOOC’s 2016 plan looks to lower production for the first time in a decade

Lower oil and gas prices are forcing at least one of China’s producers to lower its production goal for 2016. In a press release Tuesday, China …

Oman Offers to Cut Its Production 5%-10%

Oman Offers to Cut Its Production 5%-10%

Non-OPEC producer says it’s ready to cut production, but “everyone has to do the same”

Oman became the first non-OPEC oil producer to say that it will cut its production if done in coordination with other producers. Oman’s oil minister, …

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Oil & Gas Industry Looks to 2016 for Answers

Survey of Energy Industry Executives and Investment Professionals Focused on the Oil & Gas Industry

In December, Oil & Gas 360® conducted a survey of industry executives and investors. We asked respondents to predict commodities pricing for 2016, as well …

OECD Commercial Stocks See First Draw in Seven Months

OECD Commercial Stocks See First Draw in Seven Months

Draw on commercial stocks in October is not the start of a trend, but fears of reaching capacity are overstated: IEA

The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development saw commercial stocks of crude oil draw down for the first time …

OPEC Oil Production hits Three Year High  – 31.695 MMBOPD

OPEC Oil Production hits Three Year High – 31.695 MMBOPD

OPEC production reaches highest level since Indonesia left in 2009

In the group’s monthly release out today, OPEC reported that the group produced 31.695 MMBOPD, the most it has produced since 2009 reports The Wall Street Journal. The higher …

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116 MBOPD of Production Expected to Go Offline in January: EIA

Production forecast says NatGas will be down by 365 MMcf/d in Jan

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that next month. Despite the trend of more efficient wells, the EIA said it anticipates lower production in all major oil producing …

OPEC Removes Production Limit Altogether: the End of the Cartel?

OPEC Removes Production Limit Altogether: the End of the Cartel?

“We aren’t going to go back to a cartel … That time has passed” – U.A.E. Minister Al Mazrouei

Just over a year after deciding to change its focus to defending market share rather than oil prices, OPEC members left …

OPEC Production Slips 265 MBOPD Ahead of December Meeting

OPEC Production Slips 265 MBOPD Ahead of December Meeting

Production from OPEC’s two largest producers falls slightly ahead of next meeting

OPEC’s monthly Oil Market Report (OMR) released today showed the group’s production was down slightly to 31.38 million barrels of oil per day (MMBOPD), 256,000 barrels per day …

IEA Sees Flattening Oil Production, Lower Demand Growth

IEA Sees Flattening Oil Production, Lower Demand Growth

Production growth nearly flat

Month-over-month production growth was nearly flat from August to September, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) September Oil Market Report. World oil supply held steady near 96.6 MMBOPD as lower non-OPEC production was offset …

Russian Oil Output Highest Since Collapse of the Soviet Union

Russian Oil Output Highest Since Collapse of the Soviet Union

Russia Hits Post-Soviet Record of 10.74 MMBOPD

Russian oil output hit 10.74 million barrels a day in September, the highest level of production seen in the country since the fall of the Soviet Union, reports The Wall street Journal. …

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Natural Gas Production and Consumption in May the Highest on Record – EIA

Both consumption and production of natural gas in the U.S. were the highest on record for the month of May in 2015

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported today that dry natural gas production was the highest ever recorded in …

July 31, 2015 - 6:59 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Oil Rigs Climb, Oil Prices Dip, Production Already Rolled Over

Oil Rigs Climb, Oil Prices Dip, Production Already Rolled Over

Rig count for the week ended July 31, 2015

The total number of rigs actively drilling for oil or natural gas in the United States declined this week to 874, down two from last week. The number of rigs drilling …

Saudi Arabia Puts Pedal to the Floor on Oil Production

Saudi Arabia Puts Pedal to the Floor on Oil Production

“If you are Saudi Arabia…you would go to full capacity”

Goldman Sachs and Citi Group predict that Saudi Arabia will likely start to push production to its daily maximum of 11 MMBOPD in the second half of 2015, reports Bloomberg

Coal Production Could Plummet 45% in Parts of the U.S. Due to the Clean Power Plan: EIA

Coal Production Could Plummet 45% in Parts of the U.S. Due to the Clean Power Plan: EIA

The Clean Power Plan could dramatically alter coal production, particularly in the West

The Clean Power Plan, passed on June 2, 2014, is aimed at lowering carbon emissions by 30% by 2030 from power plants, many of them coal-fired. While …

June 10, 2015 - 6:30 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles
OPEC: Too Close to Call - Oil & Gas 360

No Surprises from OPEC

The 12 country cartel decides to maintain production—as expected

As many experts predicted, OPEC decided to maintain its production ceiling at 30 million barrels per day (MMBOPD) at its June 5 meeting held in Vienna Austria. Brent and West Texas …

OPEC: Too Close to Call - Oil & Gas 360

OPEC Production Breaks 31 Million Barrels in May; U.S. May Production was Highest in 43 Years

Iraq production growth pushes OPEC output beyond its own quota for the 12th straight month

OPEC continued to increase production in May, following its November plan to defend market share. OPEC output increased by 67 MBOPD from April to …

June 2, 2015 - 5:33 pm International, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, OPEC
OPEC Production is on the Rise

OPEC Production is on the Rise

April production from OPEC countries nearly 31 MMBOPD

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries continued to increase production in April, going nearly 1 MMBOPD over its 30 MMBOPD production ceiling. Total OPEC production reached 30.93 MMBOPD in the month of …

OPEC: Too Close to Call - Oil & Gas 360

OPEC Production Highest Since 2012

Iraq and Nigeria pushed OPEC production higher in April

OPEC supply rose to 31.04 MMBOPD in April, the highest in more than two years, according to a Reuters survey. The increase puts the cartel’s production even further above demand …

May 1, 2015 - 5:34 pm International, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, OPEC
Producers are Getting More from Wells in the Eagle Ford

Producers are Getting More from Wells in the Eagle Ford

Stats from the Texas Railroad Commission show increased test rates in the Eagle Ford

Test rates for wells located in the Eagle Ford Shale have been increasing over the last four quarters, according to information from the Texas Railroad Commission

Oil Prices Reach 2015 High

Oil Prices Reach 2015 High

Data showing slowed U.S. production and slightly higher demand sees oil prices climb

Prices for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude were both up on news that U.S. oil production is continuing to slow. Light, sweet crude for May …

April 15, 2015 - 6:46 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles, Popular
Magnum Hunter Reaping Benefits of 2014 Drilling Program

Magnum Hunter Reaping Benefits of 2014 Drilling Program

Reports Quarterly Records for Upstream and Midstream Segments

Magnum Hunter Resources (ticker: MHR), a Houston-based E&P with operations focused largely on the Appalachia region, reported new quarterly records for production and throughput volumes in a press release on April 15, …

Productivity per Drilling Rig is Up

Productivity per Drilling Rig is Up

A new report from the EIA shows increased productivity per rig

Reports from Baker Hughes (ticker: BHI) last week showed the number of rigs actively drilling for oil and gas in the United States fell below 1,000 for the first …

Chart of the Week: The Big Three

Chart of the Week: The Big Three

Chart of the week: U.S. remains the largest hydrocarbon producer for the third straight year

US Russia and Saudi Production 2014 EIA (Chart of the week)

 

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released the annual statistics on the world’s three largest oil and gas hydrocarbon producers this week. The United …

April 9, 2015 - 10:24 am Chart of Week, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
U.S. Crowned the World’s Largest Producer in 2014

U.S. Crowned the World’s Largest Producer in 2014

EIA: U.S. remains the largest hydrocarbon producer for the third straight year

The United States remained the world’s top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2014, according to Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates. U.S. petroleum production increased …

Tax Revenues Falling Along with Oil Prices

Tax Revenues Falling Along with Oil Prices

States generating less income from oil and natural gas

The decline in oil prices in since June of last year has reduced oil and natural gas production tax revenues in some of the largest oil and natural gas production states, …

March 19, 2015 - 12:44 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Production Predicted to Decline in Three Major U.S. Basins

Production Predicted to Decline in Three Major U.S. Basins

The EIA predicts overall U.S. production to continue growing despite declines in the Eagle Ford, Niobrara and Bakken plays.

The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) most recent Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), which covers the months of March and April 2015, include …

March 17, 2015 - 4:19 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles
OPEC – Prices to Firm Up, Production to Stay

OPEC – Prices to Firm Up, Production to Stay

Saudi oil advisor commented over the weekend that he expects oil prices to ‘firm’

Saudi Arabian oil minister, Ibrahim al-Muhanna, said Sunday that he expects oil prices to stabilize amid healthy demand growth and supply. Muhanna suggested that Saudi Arabia …

March 16, 2015 - 3:47 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles, OPEC
Colorado Oil Production up 27% in 2014

Colorado Oil Production up 27% in 2014

Numbers from the COGCC shows oil production in Colorado is up 27% year-over-year from 2013

According to the latest data from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC), oil production in Colorado is up 27% in 2014 from 2013. …

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Libya Declares Force Majeure

Libya’s National Oil Company has declared force majeure on eleven oilfields

Libya’s state-run National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared force majeure on eleven of its oilfields Wednesday due to the deteriorating security situation in the country, reports Reuters. The country’s …

March 5, 2015 - 5:17 pm International, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Ohio Oil & Gas Production Up Exponentially from 2013

Ohio Oil & Gas Production Up Exponentially from 2013

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources reported over a 200% increase in oil production, and more than a 350% increase in natural gas production, from 2013 to 2014.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) last week released fourth quarter