For Africa’s biggest oil-producing country, the idea of looking for oil miles into the sea may be off the table this year, thanks to a wave of bankruptcies facing the global offshore industry. The global offshore industry is currently struggling as some of the biggest offshore drillers struggle with low …
Read More »Eni Announces Oil Discovery in Egypt’s Western Desert
Eni announced the successful drilling of the SWM-A-6X well, in the South West Meleiha development and exploration concession located in the Egyptian Western Desert, some 130 km North of the of Siwa Oasis. The new well has been drilled close to existing production facilities and is already connected to the …
Read More »OPEC Begins Preparations for Age of Dwindling Oil Demand
The coronavirus crisis may have triggered the long-anticipated tipping point in oil demand and it is focusing minds in OPEC. The pandemic drove down daily crude consumption by as much as a third earlier this year, at a time when the rise of electric vehicles and a shift to renewable …
Read More »Nigeria Reduces Oil Production to 1.4 mb/d
For the first time in many years, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has confirmed Nigeria’s ability to cut its output from 1.7 million barrels per day, mb/d in May to 1.4mb/d in June 2020. In its July Oil Market Report obtained by Vanguard, OPEC stated that the data …
Read More »Libyan Crude Exports Drop again as Port Blockade Drags on
Libya will export two oil cargoes totaling 1.2 million barrels in July — a third less than in June — as forces opposed to the Tripoli-based government continue to block shipments from most of the OPEC member’s ports. The Bouri and Farwah terminals will each ship one cargo of 600,000 …
Read More »COVID-19 Impact Pushes Exxon to An Unprecedented Quarterly Loss
Exxon Mobil incurred an unprecedented second straight quarterly loss as almost every facet of the oil giant’s business slumped amid Covid-19 lockdowns that stunted economic activity. The explorer’s oil and natural gas unit took a hit of as much as $3.1 billion as prices for those commodities slumped, according to …
Read More »OPEC’s Next Domino to Fall could Be Nigeria
Again, experts are warning that Nigeria as a country is slipping away in the face of global competition among the oil-producing countries. They are of the opinion that Nigeria remains a country to watch in view of the global COVID19 Pandemic. Because she may not be able to withstand the …
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