OPEC oil output has risen for a fourth month in October, a Reuters survey found, as a restart of more Libyan installations and higher Iraqi exports offset full adherence by other members to an OPEC-led supply cut deal. The 13-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has pumped 24.59 million …
Read More »OPEC Members Rebel over Production Cut Extension
While the oil market speculates on whether or not OPEC+ will ease its production cuts in January amid sluggish demand, rumors emerged on Thursday that the three biggest OPEC producers behind Saudi Arabia may not be on board with extending the current cuts into next year. Iraq, the United Arab …
Read More »OPEC Surrounded by Bears as Critical U.S. Election Nears
The members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their non-OPEC allies, have set the stage for a dramatic meeting at the end of November as bears look firmly in control of oil markets. The expanded OPEC-plus alliance, which is dominated by Saudi Arabia and Russia, could have …
Read More »Iraq’s Crumbling Economy is Becoming a Threat to OPEC
From his third-floor office in eastern Baghdad, Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar can see the rowdy protesters below as they march toward Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of Iraq’s latest uprising. On Sunday, thousands of Iraqis again gathered with national flags at the square, across the Tigris river from …
Read More »Barkindo: Rising Infections may Delay Oil Market Recovery
OPEC’s secretary general said an oil market recovery may take longer than hoped as coronavirus inflections rise around the world, and OPEC and its allies would “stay the course” in balancing the market. OPEC and allies including Russia made a record oil output cut in April as the pandemic hit …
Read More »Oil Rises 2% on U.S. Gulf Shut Downs, Outlook Weak
Crude settled higher on Tuesday as companies shut down some U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production ahead of an approaching storm, although surging coronavirus infections and rising Libyan supply limited gains, Trend reports with reference to Reuters. Companies including BP, Chevron, Shell and Equinor ASA evacuated rigs or closed facilities. …
Read More »OPEC Chief Says does not Expect Renewed Oil Collapse
OPEC’s secretary general said on Monday OPEC+ producers did not expect a renewed oil-price collapse as seen in the second quarter, and said producers in the OPEC+ alliance would continue to “stay the course” in balancing the market. OPEC’s Mohammad Barkindo was giving a speech at the virtual India Energy …
Read More »Libya’s Ramped-Up Oil Output Throws another Wrench at Oil Prices and OPEC’s Plans
A truce in Libya has busted open a renewed source of oil supply, further threatening the commodity’s faltering recovery from its historic drop earlier this year. Libya’s main warring factions signed a purportedly permanent truce last week, roughly one month after a blockade on the country’s oil exports by one …
Read More »OPEC+ Cut Decision will Reverberate in US Oil Patch, but Trump Silent as Election Looms
As OPEC and its allies ruminate over whether to ease their collective production cuts at the end of the year, a very interested – though perhaps distracted by the US election – Trump administration will be watching closely from Washington. The OPEC+ agreement, forged in April during the worst of …
Read More »Iraq Invites Int’l Bidders to Mansuriya Gas Field
Iraq has invited international bidders to develop its Mansuriya gas field near the Iranian border, Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar told the state news agency INA last week. The invitation comes after the termination of a contract with a group led by Turkey’s state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corp. that also …
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