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2020, February, 5, 11:25:00
OIL MARKET: WITHOUT A PANIC
"Any overreaction...is not in the interest of the general public, let alone the oil market. We have the consensus that we would not like to see this."
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2020, February, 5, 11:20:00
RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA READINESS
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz "thoroughly discussed" the current oil market conditions as prices have fallen by more than 20% in the past three weeks amid global oil demand concerns, a Kremlin statement said late Monday.
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2020, February, 5, 11:05:00
U.S. OIL & GAS PRODUCTION UP
In 2018, while production was increasing, the total number of wells producing crude oil and natural gas in the United States fell to 982,000, down from a peak of 1,035,000 wells in 2014.
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2020, February, 3, 12:20:00
RUSSIA'S OIL PRODUCTION 11.28 MBD
Brent were 68 cents higher at $58.97 a barrel, WTI were up by 70 cents to $52.84 a barrel
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2020, February, 3, 12:15:00
SAUDI ARABIA'S OIL PRODUCTION 9.744 MBD
Saudi Arabia over-complied with its quota of 10.31 million b/d last year under the old agreement with the 23-member OPEC/non-OPEC coalition, collectively known as OPEC+, as the country made up for laggards Iraq and Nigeria, which flouted their quotas for most of last year.
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2020, February, 3, 11:45:00
IRAQ'S OIL EXPORTS DOWN 3.5%
Iraq's federal exports averaged 3.3 million b/d, compared with 3.43 million b/d in December, the oil ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The January figure is 420,000 b/d lower than the all-time high of 3.726 million b/d reached in December 2018.
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2020, February, 3, 11:40:00
UAE GAS WILL UP
"ADNOC will deploy capital, technology, and expertise to develop and produce shallow gas resources and conduct further exploration to assess further volumes and firm up development costs," it said Monday in a statement.
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2020, February, 3, 11:10:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 4 TO 790
U.S. Rig Count is down 4 rigs from last week to 790, Canada Rig Count is up 3 rig from last week at 247
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2020, January, 31, 12:25:00
U.S. OIL PRODUCTION FORECAST: 14 MBD
In the AEO2020 Reference case, U.S. crude oil production reaches 14.0 million barrels per day (b/d) by 2022 and remains near this level through 2045 as tight oil development moves into less productive areas and well productivity declines.
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2020, January, 29, 12:40:00
BRAZIL'S OIL PRODUCTION 1 BLN BBL
In December 2019, oil production was 3.106 million b/d, exceeding the record recorded in the previous month by 0.52% and that of Dec. 2018 production by 15.44%. Natural gas production also surpassed the previous month's record, registering an increase of 0.87% and reaching an average of 137.8 million cu m/day. The number was up 21.19% year-over-year.
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2020, January, 29, 12:30:00
PEMEX INVESTMENT $1 BLN
The Mexican oil company Pemex plans to invest more than US$1bn to develop and operate the Xanab offshore oil field
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2020, January, 27, 14:50:00
U.S. TIGHT OIL PRODUCTION UP
U.S. oil production from tight formations increased in 2019, accounting for 64% of total U.S. crude oil production.
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2020, January, 27, 14:25:00
NOVATEK RESERVES 252%
The organic reserve replacement rate, excluding the effect from acquisitions and disposals, which mainly related to the disposal of 40% participation interest in Arctic LNG 2 project, amounted to 252%, with the addition of 1,487 million boe, inclusive of 2019 production.
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2020, January, 27, 14:10:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 2 TO 794
U.S. Rig Count is down 2 rigs from last week to 794, Canada Rig Count is unchanged from last week at 244
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2020, January, 24, 13:35:00
U.S. OIL EXPORTS 9 MBD
U.S. petroleum exports hit a new all-time high of 9.0 million barrels per day (mb/d) in the final month of 2019