Monday, December 16, 2024
The great oil market paradox: Inflation fears meet rising demand- oil and gas 360

The great oil market paradox: Inflation fears meet rising demand

Oil Price Inflation concern. Rate hike fears. These have been the drivers of oil market moves for months now. Demand and supply have largely remained ignored. But this may be about to change. “This is in a year where there [are] economic headwinds, where there [are] recessionary signs everywhere … China’s still picking up,” the chief executive of Aramco acknowledged earlier

Biden administration to purchase additional 6 MMbbl of crude oil for emergency reserve- oil and gas 360

Biden administration to purchase additional 6 MMbbl of crude oil for emergency reserve

World Oil (Bloomberg) – The Biden administration announced Friday it’s purchasing 6 million more bbl of crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as it continues to slowly refill the emergency stockpile. The purchases, scheduled for October and November, come as the nation’s oil reserve is at its lowest point in 40 years following a historic 180 MMbbl drawdown in

Argentina launches gas pipeline from Vaca Muerta shale play- oil and gas 360

Argentina launches gas pipeline from Vaca Muerta shale play

Oil Price Argentina inaugurated on Sunday a natural gas pipeline from the Vaca Muerta shale to a town in the Buenos Aires province, as part of its efforts to become energy independent and stop paying billions of dollars for LNG imports. Argentinian President Alberto Fernández officially launched the first leg of the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline (Gasoducto Presidente Néstor Kirchner), which runs

Focus: Fertilizer company OCI bets big on climate-friendly ammonia- oil and gas 360

Focus: Fertilizer company OCI bets big on climate-friendly ammonia

Nasdaq Without a single sales contract in hand, Dutch fertilizer company OCI OCI.AS is building a $1 billion plant in Texas to produce ammonia with low greenhouse gas emissions, a gamble requiring heavy government subsidies, new markets and a contingency plan.   OCI’s plant would be the world’s first new commercial facility to capture and sequester 95% of the emissions produced

Oil dips on Chinese and U.S. data, but OPEC+ cuts limit fall- oil and gas 360

Oil dips on Chinese and U.S. data, but OPEC+ cuts limit fall

Investing LONDON – Oil prices dipped on Monday after weak economic data from top consumers the United States and China, though expected crude supply cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia limited losses. Brent crude futures fell 19 cents, or 0.2%, to $78.28 a barrel by 1416 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 24 cents, or 0.3%, at $73.62. “Oil