BOE Report An oil production breakthrough that producers say can safely tap ultra-high pressure fields could put up to 5 billion barrels of previously inaccessible crude into production, analysts said. Chevron on Monday disclosed it had pumped first oil from a field at 20,000 pounds per square inch pressures, a third greater than any prior well. Its $5.7 billion Anchor project
Oil Price The Winterfell development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico has started up oil production, one of the partners in the oilfield, Kosmos Energy, said on Wednesday. Winterfell, located in the Green Canyon area in the Gulf of Mexico, was discovered in 2021 at a water depth of approximately 5,400 feet (about 1,600 meters). The field has been developed via a
World Oil (Bloomberg) – If you want to understand why the two largest U.S. oil companies are together spending in excess of $100 billion on acquisitions right now, look no further than the amount of crude they’re extracting from the two hottest oil fields on the planet. Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., which reported earnings Friday, are both predicting
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Matador Resources Co. pumped more oil than expected in the first three months of 2024 at a time when most U.S. producers have pledged flat to moderate production growth this year. Matador also plans to hit the high end of its full-year output expectations, the Dallas-based company said in its earnings report Tuesday. The company’s production
World Oil (Bloomberg) – The International Monetary Fund expects OPEC and its partners to start increasing oil production gradually from July, a transition that’s set to catapult Saudi Arabia back into the ranks of the world’s fastest-growing economies next year. “We are assuming the full reversal of cuts is happening at the beginning of 2025,” Amine Mati, the lender’s mission
Oil Price Since Saudi Arabia’s announcement that it is scrapping plans to expand its oil production capacity by 1 million barrels per day (bpd), speculation has flourished about the reasons behind the decision. First, analysts speculate that the outlook on long-term oil demand has come into question. Next, investment banks suggest that supply growth from producers outside the OPEC+ agreement
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Venezuelan oil production at a four-year high is expected to decline quickly if the US follows through on threats to reinstate sanctions on the nation. The Biden administration on Tuesday said sanctions relief to Venezuela’s oil and gas sector will be allowed to expire on April 18, unless the government holds free and fair presidential elections.
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Freezing temperatures sweeping the U.S. shut in more than half of North Dakota’s oil production and curbed refinery operations in Texas. The outage in the second-largest U.S. shale basin briefly lifted West Texas Intermediate futures. Physical oil prices also rose on the Gulf Coast as Midwest refiners seek alternatives to North Dakota’s Bakken oil. As much
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Shale drillers from the Permian basin in West Texas to the Bakken shale of North Dakota have ramped up oil production well beyond what analysts foresaw, pushing output to a record just as OPEC and its allies put the brakes on supplies in a bid to arrest price declines. This time last year, U.S. government forecasters
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Oil production from the Permian basin will expand in November and December, marking the region’s longest run of monthly gains in two years. The world’s most productive shale patch is expected to pump a record 5.98 MMbpd in December. In total, U.S. crude production from the seven biggest shale regions will total 9.65 MMpd next month, essentially
Oil Price OPEC’s crude oil production rose in October by 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) compared to September, but the output at the countries bound by the OPEC+ pact continued to be well below the levels agreed, OPEC said on Monday. Total production from all 13 OPEC members averaged 27.90 million bpd in October 2023, up by 80,000 bpd month-on-month,
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Crude production in Canada’s energy heartland fell to the lowest in seven years in June amid maintenance at oil-sands mines and as Suncor Energy Inc.’s output was partially excluded, according to Alberta Energy Regulator data. Alberta’s total oil output dropped 21% to 2.71 MMbpd, the lowest since June 2016, when oil-sands producers were recovering from wildfires
