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The Top 5 Oil Producers of 2023- oil and gas 360

The Top 5 Oil Producers of 2023

Oil Price Defying earlier expectations of slowing growth, U.S. crude oil production has surged this year to extend America’s lead at the top of the ranking of the world’s biggest oil producers.  In September, U.S. oil output surged to a record high for any month in history, and forecasts are that production will continue to increase. U.S. oil producers are set

Canadian oil producers may wait for elections before cutting emissions- oil and gas 360

Canadian oil producers may wait for elections before cutting emissions

Oil Price Several small-sized Canadian oil and gas producers prefer to wait and see if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberals will survive the 2025 election instead of investing a lot of money and cutting production now to start complying with a federal framework to slash emissions by 2030. “Say that we would have to spend significant capital (to

Oil producers in a ‘dire situation’ and unable to ramp up output, says Oxy CEO- oil and gas 360

Oil producers in a ‘dire situation’ and unable to ramp up output, says Oxy CEO

CNBC As oil prices surge to the highest levels since 2008, Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub said U.S. producers cannot increase output right away.   “We’re in a really dire situation,” she said Tuesday at CERAWeek by S&P Global. “We’ve never faced a scenario where we need to grow production, when actually supply chains not only in our industry but every

Stakeholders getting their share after oil producers made a fortune- oil and gas 360

Stakeholders getting their share after oil producers made a fortune

World Oil (Bloomberg) — Skyrocketing oil prices have helped make oil and gas producers the best performers in the stock market this year, triggering a rapid rise in dividend payments and a bonanza of special dividends.   Now, some investors are of the mind that those fat yields are here to stay even as crude prices retreat from $100 a barrel

U.S. State Department adviser thinks Middle Eastern oil producers will boost supply- oil and gas 360

U.S. State Department adviser thinks Middle Eastern oil producers will boost supply

World Oil (Bloomberg) — A U.S. energy envoy said he is confident Persian Gulf producers will increase oil output after President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia, where he met with regional leaders.   “Based on what we heard on the trip, I’m pretty confident that we’ll see a few more steps in the coming weeks,” Amos Hochstein, the State

The price of frac sand has spiked 150% for Permian oil producers- oil and gas 360

The price of frac sand has spiked 150% for Permian oil producers

World Oil (Bloomberg) — Bumping along the desolate highways of the Permian Basin, the world’s busiest oil field, there are long stretches where all you see are drilling rigs, sage brush and miles upon miles of sand. That’s why it’s so strange that Texas crude producers are facing a sand shortage of more than 1 million tons and prices that have jumped 150%. Frac sand, which

Oil producers in a ‘dire situation’ and unable to ramp up output, says Oxy CEO- oil and gas 360

Oil producers in a ‘dire situation’ and unable to ramp up output, says Oxy CEO

CNBC As oil prices surge to the highest levels since 2008, Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub said U.S. producers cannot increase output right away. “We’re in a really dire situation,” she said Tuesday at CERAWeek by S&P Global. “We’ve never faced a scenario where we need to grow production, when actually supply chains not only in our industry but every industry in

Biden rattles his saber at oil producers as prices surge to 2014 high- oil and gas 360

Biden rattles his saber at oil producers as prices surge to 2014 high

World Oil (Bloomberg) –The Biden administration is working with oil-producing countries to ensure supply rises to meet demand, according to the White House, as prices surge to the highest level in seven years. The White House plans to continue to monitor prices in the context of global growth and hold discussions with OPEC+ countries as needed, National Security Council spokeswoman

Oil producers eye long road to recovery as Texas begins to thaw- oil and gas 360

Oil producers eye long road to recovery as Texas begins to thaw

Reuters NEW YORK – Shale oil producers in the southern United States could take at least two weeks to restart the more than 2 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude output that shut down because of cold weather, as frozen pipes and power supply interruptions slow their recovery, sources said. The winter storm that gripped Texas and much of

Saudi minister: Oil producers must remain extremely cautious- oil and gas 360

Saudi minister: Oil producers must remain extremely cautious

Reuters DUBAI – Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Wednesday that it was too early to declare victory against the COVID-19 virus and that oil producers must remain “extremely cautious”. “We are in a much better place than we were a year ago, but I must warn, once again, against complacency. The uncertainty is very high,

Oil producers will fight for market share as consumption growth slows: Kemp- oil and gas 360

Oil producers will fight for market share as consumption growth slows: Kemp

Reuters LONDON  – Petroleum consumption growth has been slowing for decades and the industry shows increasing signs of maturity, which will have profound implications for the business strategies of oil-producing companies and countries.   Slower growth will intensify intra-company and intra-company competition for market share putting downward pressure on prices, revenues, investment and employment over the next two decades. Petroleum

Trump administration putting trust in global oil producers ahead of OPEC+ meet- oil and gas 360

Trump administration putting trust in global oil producers ahead of OPEC+ meet

Reuters WASHINGTON – The Trump administration believes ahead of an expected OPEC+ meeting this week that major oil producers such as Saudi Arabia and Russia will honor their pledges to cut crude production and will not damage the global economy by changing course, a senior official said on Tuesday. “We trust that other major oil producers will not revert to