Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Why 2023 will be another strong year for the oil industry- oil and gas 360

Why 2023 will be another strong year for the oil industry

Oil Price Last year was a good year for the oil industry. Despite predictions of its looming demise as renewable energy leads to electrification that in turn leads to the death of oil, fossil fuels were the stars of the year, with demand for all, including coal, notably rising. Meanwhile, opposition to Big Oil grew louder and protests turned more

Oil prices rise more than $1 per barrel on Chinese demand hopes- oil and gas 360

Oil prices rise more than $1 per barrel on Chinese demand hopes

Investing BENGALURU – Oil prices rose by more than a dollar per barrel on Thursday, resuming a recent rally built around rising Chinese demand, while the market wrote off a second straight week of large builds in U.S. crude inventories. Brent crude futures were up $1.26, or 1.5%, to $86.24 a barrel at 1:20 p.m. EST (1820 GMT), and U.S. West Texas

World oil demand hit a 9-month high in November- oil and gas 360

World oil demand hit a 9-month high in November

Oil Price Solid demand in China, India, and Japan lifted global oil demand by 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) in November to the highest level since February 2022, new data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Thursday. China’s oil demand rebounded by almost 1 million bpd in November compared to October, while Chinese crude oil imports surged to

U.S. natgas futures hold near 18-month low ahead of storage report- oil and gas 360

U.S. natgas futures hold near 18-month low ahead of storage report

BOE Report U.S. natural gas futures held near an 18-month low on Thursday as the market waits for direction from a federal report expected to show last week’s storage withdrawal was much smaller than usual because the weather then was warmer than normal, keeping heating demand low. That lack of price movement came despite bullish forecasts for colder weather and

U.S. crude oil inventories increase by 0.5 million barrels- oil and gas 360

U.S. crude oil inventories increase by 8.4 million barrels

Weekly Crude Oil Storage as of January 13, 2023     U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 8.4 million barrels from the previous week.  At 448.0 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 3% above the five year average for this time of year, according to the EIA crude oil and