Analysis
2023, June, 16, 06:35:00
TEXAS ENERGY CREAK
The city council in Austin, Texas is on the verge of signing on to the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT), a global campaign calling on countries to phase out fossil fuel production and help communities make the transition to a renewable energy economy.
2023, June, 16, 06:25:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES UP BY 7.9 MB TO 467.1 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 7.9 million barrels to 467.1 million barrels.
2023, June, 9, 07:00:00
OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE $75, WTI NEAR $71
Brent dropped 35 cents, or 0.5%, to $75.61 a barrel, WTI eased 35 cents, or 0.5%, to $70.94.
2023, June, 9, 06:40:00
OIL PRICES 2023-24: $79 - $84
The Brent crude oil spot price will average $79 per barrel (b) in the second half of 2023 (2H23) and $84/b in 2024.
2023, June, 9, 06:35:00
SAUDI ARABIA OIL PRODUCTION DOWN 1 MBD
The kingdom’s energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Opec’s de facto leader, made the move as part of a deal in which several weaker African members will have quotas reduced from next year.
2023, June, 9, 06:05:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES DOWN BY 0.5 MB TO 459.2 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 0.5 million barrels to 459.2 million barrels.
2023, June, 9, 06:00:00
WORLDWIDE RIG COUNT DOWN 25 TO 1,783
The Worldwide Rig Count for May was 1,783, down 25 from the 1,808 counted in April 2023, and up 155, from the 1,628 counted in May 2022.
2023, June, 2, 07:00:00
OIL PRICE: BRENT ABOVE $74, WTI ABOVE $70
Brent rose 34 cents, or 0.46% to $74.62 a barrel, WTI rose 30 cents, or 0.43%, to $70.40.
2023, June, 2, 06:50:00
GLOBAL CLIMATE SCAM
Last fall, when the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis looked into the world’s 13 “flagship, large-scale” CCS projects, representing about 55% of global carbon capture capacity, it found that seven of the 13 projects underperformed, two failed outright, and one had to be mothballed.
2023, June, 2, 06:45:00
GLOBAL RENEWABLE MADNESS
Wind and solar need to be backed up, close to 100 per cent, by some other means of power generation. If that backup is provided by open-cycle gas or worse, coal, net zero will never be achieved: nor anything very close to it.
2023, June, 2, 06:40:00
GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENT
"For every dollar invested in fossil fuels, about 1.7 dollars are now going into clean energy. Five years ago, this ratio was one-to-one," Birol said.
2023, June, 2, 06:25:00
OIL ENTROPY
Voluntary production cuts by some members of OPEC is due this coming month. Russia lifts levy on Oil & Gas firms amid G7 Price cap on Crude Oil.
2023, June, 2, 06:05:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES UP BY 4.5 MB TO 459.7 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 4.5 million barrels to 459.7 million barrels.
2023, May, 26, 07:00:00
OIL PRICE: BRENT NEAR $76, WTI ABOVE $71
Brent fell 30 cents to $75.96 a barrel, WTI was down by 14 cents at $71.69 a barrel.
2023, May, 26, 06:55:00
OPEC+ RUSSIA: NO CHANGES
Earlier this year Russia introduced a voluntary cut of 500,000 b/d from March after EU sanctions on imports of most Russian oil and G7 price caps came into force.