The production cuts may have erased the surplus, but for how long? Stored petroleum around the world fell through 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, ending a period of oversupply in the global market that began before OPEC began production cuts in November 2016, according to data from the EIA. The production cuts took effect in January 2017, reducing
Inventory declines have brought prices to three-year highs The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its monthly Oil Market Report today, outlining the group’s analysis of the overall oil market. In March 2018, OECD stocks declined by 27 million barrels to 2,819 million barrels – 214 million barrels below year-ago levels. This is the lowest level in three years, the IEA
Total S.A. (ticker: TOT) closed the acquisition signed on August 21, 2017, adding around one billion BOE 2P reserves, mainly in OECD countries. The acquisition also increases Total’s production by 160 MBOEPD in 2018, and the company expects to ramp up production to 200 MBOEPD by early 2020. According to Total, this deal makes the company the second-largest operator in
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a new Oil Market Report (OMR) today. In its OMR, the IEA said countries across the globe have been steadily consuming more and more oil over the past few years. The IEA said that global oil demand growth for 2018 has increased slightly to 1.4 million barrels per day (mb/d), partly due to an
Since 1990, China and India have accounted for 57% of the total increase in world energy consumption Earlier this week the EIA put out data that revealed that the world’s developing countries used higher amounts of electricity than OECD countries. In a graph, the heavy users were China, India, Brazil and Egypt, with the U.S., UK and Japan being close
GDP growth rates historically have been tied to electricity usage due to population growth and the need to generate more goods and services to serve the growing populations, but traditional metrics are changing. This relationship between energy usage and economic growth has changed in recent times for several reasons, according to a new study by the EIA. The EIA said
Draw on commercial stocks in October is not the start of a trend, but fears of reaching capacity are overstated: IEA The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development saw commercial stocks of crude oil draw down for the first time in seven months, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) December Oil Market Report. Commercial stocks stood at 2,971 MMBO
Canada gets a downgrade The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) lowered its economic growth expectations for Canada in its most recent report, released March 18. The new predictions put economic growth in Canada this year at 2.2%, down from 2.6% in its November forecast. For 2016, the group now sees growth of 2.1%, down from 2.4% previously. “Oil
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