In recent months, the world’s biggest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, has lost market share in China to the United States as the world’s top oil importer has boosted imports from America and reduced purchases from the Kingdom. China has imported record volumes of crude oil in recent months, taking advantage …
Read More »OPEC Compliance Still Appears Good as Iraq Pledges Extra Cuts
Pledged overdue output cuts from Iraq in the next couple of months — if delivered — could help mitigate rising OPEC oil supply amid an expected recovery in demand vs. a weak 2Q. Our analysis points to the group’s overall good 93% compliance with quotas in July, despite sustained non-adherence …
Read More »Oil Slides from Five-Month High on Cloudy Demand Outlook
Oil declined from a five-month high in New York with the U.S. Federal Reserve and OPEC+ sounding caution on the demand recovery as many countries struggle to contain the coronavirus. Futures fell 1% toward $42 a barrel amid a broader rout in equities after minutes from the Fed said the …
Read More »China Buys Millions of Barrels of U.S. Oil to Comply with Trade Deal
China, the world’s biggest oil importer, has ramped up purchases of American crude in the lead-up to a highly-anticipated review of the trade deal between the two economic powerhouses. As much as 14 million barrels — or seven super-class tankers full — of U.S. oil will be loaded next month …
Read More »China Ramps up U.S. Oil Purchases before Trade Deal Review
China, the world’s biggest oil importer, has ramped up purchases of American crude in the lead-up to a highly-anticipated review of the trade deal between the two economic powerhouses. As much as 14 million barrels — or seven super-class tankers full — of U.S. oil will be loaded next month …
Read More »Asia Pacific Main Engine of Natural Gas Demand Growth to 2040
Global LNG demand could fall 4.2 percent in 2020 in a multi-wave pandemic scenario before recovering in 2021. The market is expected to begin re-balancing as producers curb supply and the pandemic delays commissioning of new LNG projects. The Global Gas Report 2020 , published by the International Gas Union …
Read More »Venezula Is Set to Increase Oil Exports amid Slump in Output
Venezuela’s long-suffering oil industry is ramping up exports even as production continues its inexorable slide. Exports of crude oil, the commodity that bankrolls the regime of President Nicolas Maduro, are set to reach a four-month high of at least 325,000 barrels a day in August, largely because of diesel-for-crude swaps …
Read More »Venezuela’s Fuel Shortage Set to Get Worse after Refinery Halted
Venezuela’s fuel crisis is poised to deteriorate even further after one of its biggest refineries was halted over the weekend following a nearby oil spill. Petroleos de Venezuela SA’s El Palito refinery stopped producing gasoline after its fluid catalytic cracker was shut due to a malfunctioning valve, said union leader …
Read More »Iraq to Be Forced to 100% OPEC+ Compliance
Iraq will be forced into 100% compliance with the OPEC+ deal in August and September as the producer group loses patience with the laggard, the country’s oil minister said on Thursday. “This tolerance from OPEC won’t last long. We will be forced this month and next month to 100% compliance,” …
Read More »BP Walks Away From the Oil Supermajor Model It Helped Create
In the late 1990s, BP Plc boss John Browne used an oil-price slump to usher in the age of the supermajor, buying U.S. rivals Amoco and Arco to create a transatlantic giant. He kicked off a round of mergers that saw his company and four others dominate the industry — …
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