Oil

The U.S. Energy Information Administration just delivered a statistical shock: July’s monthly data shows U.S. total liquids output hitting a record 21.218 million barrels per day, nearly 500,000 bpd higher than the agency’s weekly estimates had implied. Crude production came in at 13.642 million bpd, with natural gas liquids at …

The export availability of crude oil from Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan continues to increase after the pipeline from northern Iraq to the Turkish Mediterranean coast resumed flows on Saturday, one of the foreign companies operating in Kurdistan said on Monday. UK-listed Gulf Keystone Petroleum confirmed that crude oil exports …

Saudi Arabia is expected to raise slightly the price of its flagship crude grade loading for Asia in November, to reflect stronger Middle Eastern oil benchmarks, refining sources told Reuters in a survey released on Monday. The world’s top crude exporter will be tempted to increase its prices amid stronger …

While the world is watching the UN General Assembly discussions on Gaza-Israel, hybrid warfare in Europe (drones) and Trump, global oil markets are showing increased instability, as Ukrainian drones are destroying key oil and gas infrastructure inside of Russia. Over the last few weeks, a tsunami of reports has been …

Hungary has no intention of suspending Russian oil imports despite pressure on the whole of the European Union from U.S. President Donald Trump and EU pressure on Hungary specifically. “We can’t ensure the safe supply [of energy products] for our country without Russian oil or gas sources,” Foreign Minister Peter …

Turkey and the federal Iraqi government have agreed to resume oil exports from Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan via a pipeline to the Turkish coast, Shakhwan Abdullah, Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, said this weekend. Oil exports from Kurdistan have been halted for two and a half years, after …

OPEC+’s decision last week to increase its collective oil production has surprised many, given the soft outlook for oil prices for the remainder of this year and into next. It is true that the 137,000 barrels per day (bpd) rise from October is much lower than the 411,000 bpd and …

The rates for chartering supertankers have surged to a nearly three-year high this month as more crude is moving out of the Middle East and the U.S. to Asia, Reuters reports, citing sources in the shipping industry and data from LSEG. As OPEC+ continues to raise production, shipments out of …

Crude oil prices began the week with a rise, building on gains made last week, as Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure continued, notably on a major oil export terminal in Primorsk, Russia’s second-largest Baltic port and largest oil export hub on the Baltic. At the time of writing, …

China is set to continue its crude stockpiling throughout next year, but even the buying spree from the world’s top crude importer would not be sufficient to support oil prices into the $60s per barrel as a major glut looms over the market in the coming months. Lower oil prices …