Sunday, January 12, 2025

Inventories Back at Five-Year Averages—for Now

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

Liquefied Natural Gas Plant, Australia

U.S. Crude Oil, NatGas Exports Both Hit New Highs

U.S. crude oil exports grew to an average of 1.1 MMBOPD in 2017, the EIA said, which is the second full year since restrictions on crude oil exports were removed. Crude oil exports in 2017 were nearly double the level of exports in 2016. Increased U.S. crude oil exports were supported by increasing U.S. crude oil production and expanded infrastructure, the

Permian Basin Economic Indicators

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reported that wages in the Permian Basin fell for the second quarter in a row after spiking in first quarter 2017. The rig count and crude oil production rose in January, the Fed said. Wages Average weekly wages fell 0.3% in the Permian Basin, while wages fell by almost 1% statewide between second quarter

Fed's Bullard Says Rate Cut May Be Needed ‘Soon’ - Oil & Gas 360

PLS Tracks $129.3 Billion in New Oil and Gas Capital in 2017

Capitalize, PLS Inc.’s proprietary comprehensive capital markets tracking platform, released a statistical review of the oil and gas industry’s capital markets activity for calendar year 2017. Key findings: $34 billion in equity raised through offerings in 2017, down 36% from 2016’s $53 billion Of 2017’s eight upstream equity offerings, six were SPACs Big names such as Hess, Antero and BP

Texas Economic Activity, Oilfield Hiring Up: Dallas Federal Reserve

Activity in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District’s energy sector gained momentum in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey. The business activity index—the survey’s broadest measure of business conditions—climbed over 10 points to 38.1, with the increase driven by the exploration and production side of the industry. Oil and gas production increased for the fifth

North Dakota Producing Almost 1.2 Million BOPD

North Dakota production set new records in 2017 even though the rig count has gone down. At least 1.18 million BOPD was produced in October and November. North Dakota gas production hit new highs in November as well – over two million Mcf/day. Keep the oil barrels rolling Oil production in October reached 36,698,095 barrels in total, or 1,183,810 BOPD

Canadian Crude Oil Stats

Canada produced 20.0 million cubic meters (125.6 million barrels) of crude oil and equivalent products in September 2017, up 3.8% from the same month a year earlier. Canada’s statistics arm said the increase was largely attributable to an 11.8% rise in non-upgraded production of crude bitumen, which was offset by declines in synthetic crude (-5.3%) and in light and medium