Oil
2020, June, 23, 14:25:00
SAUDI ARABIA, KUWAIT ARE WORKING
"Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC) and its partner, Kuwait Gulf Oil Co., continue to prepare its operations at the Wafra field,"
2020, June, 22, 12:30:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $42 ANEW
Brent rose 10 cents, or 0.2%, to $42.29 a barrel, WTI was at $39.87 a barrel, up 4 cents, or 0.1%.
2020, June, 22, 12:00:00
CHINA'S OIL INVENTORIES UP
The slide in crude prices and recovery in economic activity late March had encouraged Chinese buyers to pile their shopping carts with all kinds of cheap crude,
2020, June, 22, 11:45:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 13 TO 266
U.S. Rig Count is down 13 rigs from last week to 266, Canada Rig Count is down 4 rigs from last week to 17
2020, June, 19, 10:50:00
OIL PRICE: ABOVE $42
Brent rose 61 cents, or 1.5%, to $42.12 a barrel, WTI climbed 60 cents, or 1.5%, to $39.44 a barrel.
2020, June, 18, 11:35:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $41 STILL
Brent were up 2 cents at $40.73 a barrel, WTI dropped 14 cents to $37.82 a barrel.
2020, June, 18, 11:20:00
WORLD OIL DEMAND WILL FALL BY 9 MBD
World oil demand is projected to decrease by 9.1 mb/d in 2020, unchanged from the previous month’s assessment. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected global economic activities, eliminating global oil demand growth potential and leading to a y-o-y decline of 6.4 mb/d in 1Q20 and by 17.3 mb/d y-o-y in 2Q20.
2020, June, 18, 11:15:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES UP BY 1.2 MB TO 539.3 MB
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 1.2 million barrels from the previous week. At 539.3 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 15% above the five year average for this time of year.
2020, June, 17, 12:50:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $41 ANEW
Brent was up 29 cents, or 0.7%, at $41.25 a barrel, WTI rose 17 cents, or 0.4%, to $38.55 a barrel.
2020, June, 17, 12:45:00
SAUDI ARABIA: THE TOP
Saudi Arabia exported nearly 11 million barrels of oil per day, a record, and the US about 8.6 million barrels.
2020, June, 17, 12:40:00
GLOBAL OIL DEMAND UPDOWN
Oil demand in 2020 is expected to fall by 8.1 mb/d, the largest in history, before recovering by 5.7 mb/d in 2021.
2020, June, 16, 14:25:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $41 YET
Brent rose 77 cents, or 1.94%, at $40.49 a barrel, WTI gained 61 cents, or 1.64%, to $37.73 a barrel.
2020, June, 16, 14:05:00
GLOBAL UPSRTEAM INVESTMENTS DOWN
Spending is also expected to be largely flat in 2021, landing only marginally higher than 2020 at $386 billion. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, expected total upstream investment would maintain last year’s levels, both in 2020 and 2021.
2020, June, 16, 13:55:00
U.S. PRODUCTION: OIL (-93) TBD, GAS (-693) MCFD
Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to decrease 93,000 b/d month-over-month in June from 7,725 to 7,632 thousand barrels/day, gas production to decrease 693 million cubic feet/day from 81,254 to 80,561 million cubic feet/day .
2020, June, 16, 13:35:00
SOUTH AFRICA'S NUCLEAR CONSULTATIONS
South African Nuclear Power Programme may comprise a blend of baseload power combining both conventional PWR and SMR technologies to a total of 2500 MW