View PDF of Slides – Download Video File The Middle East is filled with countries that have complex energy policies that affect the whole globe. Many of them work together in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to make decisions felt throughout the world energy sector, but they all have their own concerns as well. To help us better understand energy policy in
Wants to double natural gas production but no plans to export After Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister, Ali Al-Naimi, made his first public speech since September 11 of this year, a great deal of emphasis was placed on the minister’s comments about OPEC pricing policy. While undoubtedly important, discussion about whether or not OPEC is intentionally keeping prices low has overshadowed
MS Executive Director Jeremy Friesen Sees Prices Unsustainably Low, As Both Demand And Supply Will Move At These Levels At the November meeting of the Energy Finance Discussion Group in Denver on Nov. 11, Jeremy Friesen, Commodity Strategist for Morgan Stanley’s Commodity Trading Group, gave a presentation that looked at global economic trends and movements of oil supply and demand.
Falling oil prices have helped sell a lot of Rolaids lately, particularly in places like Houston where U.S. E&Ps are trying to plan their future drilling commitments, based on uncertain commodities prices in 2015. On Monday, some NYMEX options traders said they viewed $80 as a bottom, even on the heels of Goldman’s revised bearish oil forecast it released over the
According to a recent survey by Reuters, OPEC’s oil output dipped to a two-year low, falling from 30.32 MMBOPD in August 2013 to 30.07 MMBOPD in September 2013. The survey comes despite the fact that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has not weaned its production and continues to export more than 10 MMBOPD. The September 2013 OPEC output
CNBC – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have opened new pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping lane that Iran has repeatedly threatened to close, in a move that will reduce Tehran’s power over oil markets. The quiet opening of the pipelines comes amid heightened diplomatic tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran’s oil production has fallen to
