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2021, December, 22, 12:20:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $74 YET
Brent rose 1 cent, or 0.01%, to $73.99 a barrel, WTI rose 12 cents, or 0.1%, to $71.24 a barrel.
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2021, December, 22, 11:50:00
NORWAY OIL, GAS PRODUCTION 1.999 MBD
Preliminary production figures for November 2021 show an average daily production of 1 999 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.
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2021, December, 21, 13:25:00
OIL PRICE: NOT BELOW $71 YET
Brent was down 8 cents, or 0.1%, at $71.44 a barrel, WTI rose 5 cents, or 0.1%, to $68.66 a barrel.
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2021, December, 20, 12:45:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $70 ANEW
Brent fell $2.14, or 2.9%, to $71.38 a barrel, WTI fell $2.45, or 3.5%, to $68.41 a barrel.
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2021, December, 20, 12:05:00
U.S. RIGS UP 3 TO 579
U.S. Rig Count is up 3 from last week to 579, Canada Rig Count is down 10 from last week to 167.
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2021, December, 17, 13:05:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $74
Brent fell 59 cents, or 0.8%, to $74.43 a barrel, WTI dropped 67 cents, or 0.9%, to $71.71 a barrel.
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2021, December, 17, 12:55:00
GAZPROM GAS PRODUCTION +14%
According to preliminary data, Gazprom produced 490.4 billion cubic meters of gas between January 1 and December 15, 2021, which is 14.2 per cent (or 61.1 billion cubic meters) more than in the same period of last year.
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2021, December, 17, 12:20:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES DOWN BY 4.6 MB TO 428.3 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 4.6 million barrels from the previous week to 428.3 million barrels.
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2021, December, 16, 14:40:00
OIL PRICE: NOT BELOW $74
Brent rose by 62 cents, or 0.8%, to $74.50 a barrel, WTI gained by 65 cents, or 0.9%, to $71.52.
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2021, December, 15, 13:20:00
OIL PRICE: NEAR $73
Brent fell 91 cents, or 1.2%, to $72.79 a barrel, WTI fell $1.05, or 1.5%, to $69.68 a barrel.
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2021, December, 14, 14:40:00
OIL PRICE: BELOW $75 AGAIN
Brent dropped 24 cents, or 0.32%, to $74.15 a barrel, WTI declined by 27 cents, or 0.38%, to $71.02.
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2021, December, 14, 14:35:00
GLOBAL OIL DEMAND 2021: + 5.7 MBD ANEW
World oil demand is kept unchanged compared to last month’s assessment, showing a growth of 5.7 mb/d in 2021.
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2021, December, 13, 12:55:00
OIL PRICE: BELOW $76
Brent climbed 72 cents, or 1.0%, to $75.87 a barrel, WTI climbed 72 cents, or 1.0%, to $75.87 a barrel.
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2021, December, 13, 12:35:00
SAUDI ARABIA, KUWAIT OIL PRODUCTION RISE
The Neutral Zone fields, which lie in onshore and offshore territory shared by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait at their border, were offline for more than four years until 2020, due to a political dispute that was resolved with a signing of an agreement in December 2019.
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2021, December, 13, 12:25:00
U.S. RIGS UP 7 TO 576
U.S. Rig Count is up 7 from last week to 576, Canada Rig Count is down 3 from last week to 177.