The April oil market crash will test the determination of majors like Shell and BP, which have recently announced goals to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). “Whether or not their position will change” in the aftermath of the oil market crash “will be …
Read More »Crashing Oil Demand Drives a 17 MMbpd Global Output Cut in Q2
Consulting firm IHS Markit expects oil demand in the second quarter of 2020 to be 22 MMbpd less than a year ago.
Read More »U.S. Drilling Rig Count Lowest Since 1975 as Shale Boom Fades
Oil and natural gas exploration plunged to an all-time low as the economic and industrial dislocations from the Covid-19 pandemic snuffed out the remnants of the American shale boom.
Read More »Argentina’s Plan to Protect Drilling by Setting Oil Prices Gains Momentum
West Texas Intermediate has been gaining since its history-making crash in the U.S. last month, trading at around $25. Brent crude has been practically soaring, touching $30 in London.
Read More »NIOC 1398 Review
Iran’s petroleum industry went through a tough and breathtaking period in the calendar year 1398 (ended March 19) as the United States tightened its sanctions on this sector.
Read More »Fate of Almost All Iran Joint Fields Determined
The Director of Integrated Planning at the National Iranian Oil Company said the fate of all Iranian oil and gas joint fields had been determined except for one small field.
Read More »Oil Slips on Fears of Second Covid19 Wave, Supply Glut
Oil prices slid nearly $1 a barrel on Monday as concern over a persistent glut and economic gloom caused by the coronavirus pandemic combined to cancel out support from supply cuts at some of the world’s top producers. Brent crude futures were down 73 cents, or 2.4%, at $30.24 a …
Read More »Oil Slips on Fears of Second Covid19 Wave, Supply Glut
Oil prices slid nearly $1 a barrel on Monday as concern over a persistent glut and economic gloom caused by the coronavirus pandemic combined to cancel out support from supply cuts at some of the world’s top producers. Brent crude futures were down 73 cents, or 2.4%, at $30.24 a …
Read More »Oil to Become Accidental Natgas Savior
Oil markets are driving a sense of optimism in the natural gas market “not seen in years,” according to analysts at the Bank of America Global Research. That’s because the collapse in oil prices accelerated the timeline for associated gas declines as many oil producers look to shut-in production or …
Read More »RIPI Pursing EOR Research Projects
The Upstream Faculty of the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) is pursuing four large-scale research contracts in the field of enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
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