Friday, January 31, 2025
Fed's Bullard Says Rate Cut May Be Needed ‘Soon’ - Oil & Gas 360

Surprise Crude Build Pressures Oil Prices

Oil prices dropped more than a dollar as soon as the DOE announced a surprise inventory build today. That was the first weekly build in crude stockpiles in five weeks. Analysts were expecting U.S. crude inventories to fall by 2.5 million barrels, according to a Reuters poll.    

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Anadarko Announces $1.24 Billion Sale of Marcellus Assets

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (ticker: APC) has agreed to sell its operated and non-operated upstream assets and operated midstream assets in the Marcellus Shale of north-central Pennsylvania to Alta Marcellus Development, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alta Resources Development, LLC, for approximately $1.24 billion. The midstream assets in the Marcellus owned by Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE: WES), Anadarko’s sponsored master limited partnership,

U.S. Shale will Drive 30% Oilservice Spending Rebound in 2017: BI

U.S. Shale will Drive 30% Oilservice Spending Rebound in 2017: BI

Quick Take: 2017 Oilfield Service and Drilling Outlook from Bloomberg Intelligence Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) analysts Andrew Cosgrove and William Foiles presented a briefing today on the outlook for U.S. oil services and drilling. Bottom line: U.S. shale developers will lead a rebound in oilfield service activity in 2017. Oil Price and CapEx Outlook The Bloomberg analysts expect the global oil

Colorado Oil: Adams County Commissioners Vote to Put in a Temporary Moratorium on Oil & Gas Permit Applications- Oil & Gas 360

U.S. Upstream Oil & Gas M&A Nearly Doubles in 2016 as Operators Flock to the Permian

Permian basin and Russia split M&A surge Upstream oil and gas merger and acquisition (M&A) activity took a deep dive following the crash in oil prices in late 2014. A combination of crude oil shedding more than half its value with lingering industry uncertainty over where prices would be going forward left many wary about buying or selling assets. But