April 2015

Revenue for the first quarter of 2015 was $4.6 billion, down 20% compared to the first quarter of 2014.

Schlumberger Announces First-Quarter 2015 Results

OPEC should consider re-introducing individual output quotas, shuffled quietly to one side in 2008, to prevent oversupply hitting prices should Iran increase its oil exports following a deal over its nuclear work, an OPEC delegate said.

OPEC boosted its production to 30.72 million barrels per day in March, the group’s highest monthly output since November 2012.

Crude oil prices for May delivery climbed for a sixth consecutive day on both New York and London markets Apr. 16, which analysts attributed to signs of a possible slowing in US oil production.

U.S. Rig Count is down 34 rigs from last week to 954, with oil rigs down 26 to 734, gas rigs down 8 to 217, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 3.

U.S. shale well productivity rates should keep ticking up in May although total production will fall by 57,000 barrels per day, according to a new report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The US could lose an important global opportunity if it doesn’t move more quickly on its LNG export decisions, America’s Natural Gas Alliance said in a new study. “This is not about trying to get 20 export facilities quickly built,” ANGA Pres. Martin J. Durbin told reporters as the study was released. “It’s about making the process more certain and predictable so more of them can move ahead.”

LNG Forum at the Gas Processors Association's Annual Meeting, ADI Analytics CEO Uday Turaga shared his company's views on the best options for monetizing shale gas resources in North America.

The U.S. government would get a larger share of oil and gas revenue from federal land under a proposal the Interior Department is expected to announce on Friday.