Libya’s oil output has risen to 295,000 barrels following a truce in the OPEC nation’s civil war and the lifting of a blockade on energy facilities. Fields that feed the newly restarted eastern ports of Hariga, Brega and Zueitina are ramping up production, according to a person with knowledge of …
Read More »OPEC+ has 2.375 mil b/d of Compensation Cuts Due through End-2020
The OPEC+ alliance has 2.375 million b/d of so-called “compensation cuts” due to make up for previous overproduction in violation of quotas, but not all members have submitted plans to implement the extra reductions, according to an internal document seen by S&P Global Platts. Of the 13 OPEC+ members required …
Read More »Oil Slips as Surge in Virus Cases Clouds Demand Recovery
Oil prices dipped on Monday as rising coronavirus cases upset hopes for a smooth recovery in fuel demand, with the main crude benchmarks on track for their first monthly falls in multiple months after slipping last week. Brent crude fell 37 cents, or 0.9%, to $41.55 a barrel by 0652 …
Read More »Russia Sees Long Way to Recovery for Global Crude Oil Market
Russia expects a long and gradual revival of the oil market after the pandemic this year crushed energy demand across the world. “The recovery won’t be fast, it will take quite a while before the pre-crisis levels can be reached,” Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Sunday. In 2020, on …
Read More »Barkindo: OECD Oil Stocks Below Five-Year Average after First Quarter of 2021
Commercial oil inventories in OECD countries are expected to stand slightly above the five-year average in the first quarter of 2021, before falling below that level for the rest of the year, OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo said on Sunday. The level of oil stockpiles in the developed OECD countries …
Read More »Iraq Oil Exports to US Reached 230 Thousand Barrels/Day in the First Half of 2020
The US Energy Administration announced on Sunday that the rate of Iraqi oil exports to America reached 230 thousand barrels per day during the first half of 2020. The administration said in a report, “the average Iraqi exports of crude oil to America during the first six months of this …
Read More »OPEC Turns 60 at ‘Critical Moment’ for Virus-Hit Oil
OPEC faces a critical moment in its 60-year history with the coronavirus crushing crude demand and prices, discord among its members, and threats from a world seeking cleaner fuels. Founded on September 14, 1960, by Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela who sought to control crude oil output, OPEC …
Read More »Russia Sees Oil Output Rising after OPEC+ Deal Expires in 2022
Russia expects its oil production to increase after the current OPEC+ deal on output curbs runs its course in April 2022, data from the economy ministry published on Saturday showed. Russia, which the ministry expects to produce 507.4 million tonnes of oil this year, is seen increasing its production over …
Read More »Iraq Oil Minister Expects Deal to Up Oil Exports
Iraq’s oil minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar expects an agreement with the OPEC+ group to increase Iraq’s crude oil exports, state news agency INA cited him as saying on Thursday. The agency was quoting the minister’s comments to state-owned newspaper Al-Sabah. It did not give more details.
Read More »EIA Sees Global Oil Market Balancing By End-2021
The OPEC+ production cuts and curtailments in the United States are set to help global inventories to continue drawing down for the rest of the year and most of next year, resulting in a relatively balanced market by the end of 2021, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on …
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