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Oil Production Vital Statistics April 2018
Oil Production Vital Statistics April 2018 On the World stage, momentous events are unfolding. The USA, UK and France have bombed Syria risking confrontation with Russia. The Israelis are more than a little concerned about Iranian involvement in Syria. And on the Korean peninsula, peace between N and S is on the cards spreading prosperity […]
What Is A ‘Fair’ Price For Oil?
What Is A ‘Fair’ Price For Oil? Last week, oil prices hit their highest level since late 2014 on the back of continued global and U.S. stockpile drawdowns and expectations that oil demand growth will stay strong this year. Analysts and officials are once again trying to predict what a ‘fair’ price for oil is […]
Venezuelan Oil Enters The Disaster Zone
Venezuelan Oil Enters The Disaster Zone The decline of Venezuela’s oil production for the foreseeable future has been assumed, and to a large extent, already priced into the market. However, an acceleration in the rate of decline is possible, and a few recent developments raise the odds that such a disaster will become a reality. […]
IEA: U.S.-China Trade Row Could Dampen Oil Demand Growth
IEA: U.S.-China Trade Row Could Dampen Oil Demand Growth OPEC is very close to achieving its mission to draw oil inventories down to their five-year average, but the ongoing U.S.-China trade spat is a risk to oil demand growth expectations this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its Oil Market Report on Friday. […]
The Struggle Continues For Bankrupt Shale Drillers
The Struggle Continues For Bankrupt Shale Drillers Remember the wave of bankruptcies that hit shale E&Ps and oilfield services providers in the shale patch between 2015 and 2017? Over those two years, more than 120 oil and gas producers filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States, figures from Haynes & Boone showed last year. […]
OPEC Scrambles To Justify Output Cuts
OPEC Scrambles To Justify Output Cuts Oil inventories are approaching the five-year average level in OECD countries, the all-important threshold for “re-balancing” the oil market. A year and a half on from OPEC’s original deal to limit output, the surplus oil stashed in storage tanks around the world are nearly back to average levels. However, […]
U.S. Rig Count Continues To Rise As Canadian Rig Count Plunges
U.S. Rig Count Continues To Rise As Canadian Rig Count Plunges Baker Hughes reported another 5-rig increase to the number of oil and gas rigs this week. The total number of oil and gas rigs now stands at 995, which is an addition of 186 rigs year over year. The number of oil rigs in […]
BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH IN ENERGY: Investor Warning
BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH IN ENERGY: Investor Warning As the U.S. and global oil industry continue to cannibalize itself just to stay alive, the market is totally clueless because investors are being misled by the fallacy that technology will solve our peak oil crisis. While technology has allowed more oil to make it to the market, it […]
U.S. Shale’s Dirty Secret
U.S. Shale’s Dirty Secret U.S. shale is surging, threatening to take even more market share away from OPEC. But the prospect of U.S. oil edging out barrels from the Middle East is not nearly as simple as it might seem. Oil coming from the major shale plays in the U.S. is light and sweet, while […]
China Now Produces More Oil Abroad Than At Home
China Now Produces More Oil Abroad Than At Home China is among the most import-dependent large oil consumers, but imports, it seems, are not its only problem when it comes to oil. Apparently, production from assets the Chinese state oil companies own abroad now exceeds domestic production, increasing the country’s dependency on foreign oil. That […]
Our Latest Oil Predicament
Our Latest Oil Predicament It is impossible to tell the whole oil story, but perhaps I can offer a few insights regarding where we are today. [1] We already seem to be back to the falling oil prices and refilling storage tanks scenario. US crude oil stocks hit their low point on January 19, 2018 and have started […]
Old Fields Die Hard
Old Fields Die Hard Oil is setting up for a turbulent year. In an industry that is always full of contradictions, 2018 has been a particularly complicated and divisive year for the global oil markets–and it looks like it won’t be letting up any time soon. For months, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) […]
