Thursday, December 26, 2024
Banks haven’t lost their appetite for fossil fuels just yet- oil and gas 360

Banks haven’t lost their appetite for fossil fuels just yet

Oil Price Following the signing of the Paris Agreement by 193 states and the EU and after the COP27 climate summit in 2021, several major financial institutions came under fire for their continued support of fossil fuel companies. As governments worldwide introduce new climate policies and put pressure on oil and gas firms to improve operations and curb their carbon

Los Angeles County passes ban on new oil and gas drilling- oil and gas 360

Los Angeles County passes ban on new oil and gas drilling

Oil Price Los Angeles County has voted to ban new oil and gas drilling in the country, following a similar ban enacted by the City of Los Angeles last month. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed unanimously the ordinance that bans new oil and gas well drilling and phases out existing wells. The ordinance will take

Matador Resources acquires Delaware basin assets for $1.6 billion- oil and gas 360

Matador Resources acquires Delaware basin assets for $1.6 billion

World Oil (Bloomberg) – Consolidation in the Texas oil patch is gaining momentum this week after Matador Resources Co. agreed to acquire Advance Energy Partners Holdings LLC for about $1.6 billion in cash. This is the largest deal in Matador’s 20-year history. Matador said Advance had an estimated production in the first quarter last year of 24,500 to 25,500 barrels

Exxon stops flaring in the Permian, urges others to follow suit- oil and gas 360

Exxon stops flaring in the Permian, urges others to follow suit

Oil Price One of the biggest oil producers taking part in the most prolific U.S. shale play has decided to stop routine gas flaring in the Permian and plans to push for all other shale well operators to do the same. In an interview with Reuters, Exxon officials said they would insist on tougher flaring regulations in a bid to achieve a

Oilsands execs say they can’t invest in decarbonization any faster, despite profits- oil and gas 360

Oilsands execs say they can’t invest in decarbonization any faster, despite profits

BOE Report OTTAWA – Oilsands executives insist they are all in on cutting emissions and will make big investments in green technology, but they maintain there isn’t a place to invest that money yet.   Many companies are coming off a year of windfall profits not because they pumped out more product, but because the war in Ukraine and global

Oil steady on China demand recovery hopes, likely unchanged OPEC+ output policy- oil and gas 360

Oil steady on China demand recovery hopes, likely unchanged OPEC+ output policy

Nasdaq TOKYO/SINGAPORE – Crude oil edged up on Wednesday as optimism for demand recovery in China and a likely unchanged output cut decision by major oil producers offset global recession worries. Brent crude LCOc1 rose 22 cents, or 0.3%, to $86.35 per barrel by 0501 GMT after falling 2.3% in the prior session. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 climbed 13 cents, or

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

U.S. crude oil inventories increase by 0.5 million barrels

Weekly Crude Oil Storage as of January 20, 2023     U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 0.5 million barrels from the previous week.  At 448.5 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