Wednesday, February 5, 2025
U.S. shale drillers use ramp up oil production, calling OPEC+ strategy into question- oil and gas 360

U.S. shale drillers use ramp up oil production, calling OPEC+ strategy into question

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

Oil production from Permian basin to expand through year’s end- oil and gas 360

Oil production from Permian basin to expand through year’s end

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

OPEC’s oil production inched up in October- oil and gas 360

OPEC’s oil production inched up in October

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,

Alberta crude oil production falls to seven-year low amidst oil-sands mines maintenance- oil and gas 360

Alberta crude oil production falls to seven-year low amidst oil-sands mines maintenance

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

Permian oil production hasn’t peaked yet- oil and gas 360

Permian oil production hasn’t peaked yet

Oil Price The Permian basin has not yet seen peak oil production, according to Occidental’s chief executive Vicki Hollub.     The executive believes that growth in the play’s production rates will even offset declines in other shale basins across the United States. According to the Energy Information Administration, the Permian will produce 5.622 million bpd of crude oil this month, up from 5.596

Oil production from Argentina shale to create surplus in energy trade- oil and gas 360

Oil production from Argentina shale to create surplus in energy trade

World Oil (Bloomberg) – Booming oil production out of shale patch Vaca Muerta will create surpluses in energy trade for Argentina to the tune of $8 billion within a few years, Energy Undersecretary Flavia Royon said in an interview. Drilling is picking up fast in Vaca Muerta after a series of false dawns over the past decade with top developer,

COPL reports first oil production at Cole Creek Unit in Wyoming- oil and gas 360

COPL reports first oil production at Cole Creek Unit in Wyoming

World Oil  (WO) — Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL) and its partners announced first oil production from the Frontier 1 sands at its Cole Creek Unit. The company began recompletion operations on the well 11-27-35n-77w at the end of Dec. 2022 to evaluate the light oil potential of the reservoir sands.   Frontier 1’s first oil production The lowest of

Oil production picking up in second-largest U.S. shale field- oil and gas 360

Oil production picking up in second-largest U.S. shale field

BOE Report Oil production in South Texas, home of the second largest U.S. shale field, is expected to rise as much as 4% this year, as higher prices spur more drilling and as U.S. crude exports set new records. Output in the Eagle Ford shale field tanked in 2020, but has returned to growth with an average increase per month

U.S. oil production growth’s path is clear- oil and gas 360

U.S. oil production growth’s path is clear

Oil Price How much will U.S. oil production grow this year—this is the question on a lot of minds, both in the United States itself, and across the world.   After proving it could become a game-changer for the global oil market a decade ago, the U.S. shale patch is once again the focus of attention but this time because

Oil production plateaus in the Permian push producers to Midland- oil and gas 360

Oil production plateaus in the Permian push producers to Midland

World Oil (Bloomberg) — With over two-thirds of the Permian’s premium land now drilled, producers are seeking more permits than ever to burrow beneath Midland and its 130,000 residents, according to BMO Capital Markets.   Analysts say the Permian could reach a production plateau within five years. Producers in the Permian’s two main zones are pumping less oil per foot

Putin says Russia could cut oil production over West’s ‘stupid’ price cap- oil and gas 360- oil and gas 360

Putin says Russia could cut oil production over West’s ‘stupid’ price cap

Yahoo Finance MOSCOW – Russia, the world’s biggest exporter of energy, could cut oil production and will refuse to sell oil to any country that imposes the West’s “stupid” price cap on Russian oil, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.   The Group of Seven major powers, the European Union and Australia last week agreed a $60 per barrel price

OPEC raised oil production in September but remained below target- oil and gas 360

OPEC raised oil production in September but remained below target

Oil Price OPEC raised its crude oil production by 146,000 barrels per day (bpd) in September compared to August, but the ten OPEC members in the OPEC+ pact still had their total output well below the target level under the agreement.   OPEC’s oil production rose to 29.767 million bpd last month, according to secondary sources in the cartel’s closely