US shale companies produce more crude using fewer rigs
August 13, 2024
US shale companies produce more crude using fewer rigs
OPEC crude oil production remains steady as Iraq, UAE pump above quota
July 2, 2024
World Oil (Bloomberg) – OPEC’s crude production remained steady for a third month, while some key members continued to pump above agreed limits. OPEC produced an average of 26.98 MMbpd in June, or 80,000 bpd less than during the previous month, according to a Bloomberg survey. Small reductions in Iraq and Nigeria drove the decline. The survey showed that Iraq
Brazil’s offshore revival seeks to double crude output by 2030
July 26, 2021
Worldoil.com RIO DE JANEIRO (Bloomberg) –If an energy transition is underway around the world, it hasn’t reached the streets of Ilha da Conceicao, the working-class district at the heart of Rio de Janeiro’s oil revival. There, buses and trucks are piling into Baker Hughes Co.’s shipyard, where the energy services giant is churning out hundreds of kilometers of oil and
U.S. crude output to decline less than previously forecast in 2021: EIA
January 12, 2021
Reuters NEW YORK – U.S. crude oil production is expected to fall by 190,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2021 to 11.1 million bpd, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday, a smaller decline than its previous forecast for a drop of 240,000 bpd. Saudi Arabia this month pledged additional, voluntary oil output cuts, sending oil prices to
North Dakota crude oil production fell in May beyond natural declines
August 20, 2020
EIA Between December 2019 and May 2020, crude oil output in North Dakota fell from an average of 1.5 million barrels per day (b/d) to 0.9 million b/d, a decline of more than 615,000 b/d (41.6%). This production decline is greater than it would have been if producers solely halted new drilling and allowed production from current wells to naturally
Headache for OPEC as oil market structure signals return of glut
July 30, 2020
Reuters SINGAPORE/LONDON – Rising OPEC and U.S. oil supply, coupled with stalled economic and crude demand recovery, have pushed the futures market structure back to indicating a surplus, last observed during oil’s collapse in April and May amid the coronavirus pandemic. The development is a headache for OPEC, which had been hoping demand would recover quicker after a round of
In bare-knuckle negotiations, Exxon slants view of pandemic to suit its aims
May 1, 2020
Reuters HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil Corp is using the coronavirus to increase its leverage in labor and real estate negotiations by alternately doomsaying and dismissing the pandemic’s consequences, labor sources and lawyers dealing with the company said. The largest U.S. oil and gas producer this month told workers in Texas and New Jersey to accept contract offers because they would
Report: Crude oil exports soar while U.S. inventory grows slightly
March 4, 2020
Houston Chronicle Crude oil production and exports soared during the last week of February while U.S. inventories grew slightly, a new report from the Department of Energy showed. During the last week of February, the United States produced a record 13.1 million barrels of crude oil per day and exported nearly 4.2 million barrels of that production, a Wednesday morning
Texas energy sector declined for 10 straight months in 2019
January 29, 2020
Houston Chronicle The health of the Texas energy sector declined for 10-straight months to close out 2019, even as oil and gas production steadily rose throughout the year, according to a new report from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. An index measuring the strength of the Texas oil industry fell by almost 10 percent last year, showing a steady
EIA forecasts U.S. crude oil production growth to slow in 2021
January 23, 2020
EIA EIA’s U.S. crude oil production forecast is based on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) price forecast in the January 2020 STEO, which rises from an average of $57 per barrel (b) in 2019 to an average of $59/b in 2020 and $62/b in 2021 In the January 2020 update of its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that
Oil Production in the Permian Will Double From 2017-2023 – IHS
June 13, 2018
EIA forecasts 11.8 MMBOPD for total U.S. oil production in 2019 A new IHS Markit outlook released today expects the Permian Basin’s crude oil production to more than double its 2017 record of 2.5 MMb/d to 5.4 MMb/d by 2023. This level of production would elevate the U.S. to a power exporter status that rivals Saudi Arabia, with total U.S.
Oil Production by Presidential Term
November 4, 2016
Regardless of who is living in the White House, global demand and supply cause price movements and drive production of crude oil. SAFE has added the presidential terms to the bars of crude oil production since the end of Dwight Eisenhower’s term. The U.S. presidential election is Tuesday, Nov. 8. Don’t forget to vote. The website Diffen.com presents a comparison of the two
