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Nov. 7 (oilprice.com) Oil production from offshore Brazil, Guyana and Suriname, as well as Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale is well-positioned to supply cost-competitive barrels until 2030. Global oil demand is expected to remain robust throughout the 2030s, putting pressure on currently producing assets to keep pace. Rystad Energy’s research forecasts global liquids demand to peak... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) Guyana is emerging as a significant threat to OPEC’s dominance, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2024 World Energy Outlook, released on October 16. The IEA predicts that OPEC’s market share will drop from its current 34% to 33% by 2030, its lowest level since the 1980s, before rebounding to 40% by 2050. ... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Angola's decision to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries could open the way for Beijing to increase investment in the country's oil and other sectors, as part of a deepening of decades-old ties. Angola said on Thursday it was leaving OPEC, effective from Jan. 1, following a row with the producer group... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Angola is leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) because membership is not serving its interests, oil minister Diamantino Azevedo said on Thursday. Angola, which joined OPEC in 2007, produces about 1.1 million barrels of oil per day, compared with 28 million bpd for the whole group. Confirming an earlier report by... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s state-controlled oil explorer is considering opening a Middle East unit as Latin America’s biggest crude producer prepares to join OPEC+’s cooperation charter. Petrobras will begin formal analysis later this month on establishing a subsidiary intended to strengthen commercial ties in the Persian Gulf region, Chief Executive Officer Jean Paul Prates wrote in... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil is expected to join the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries in January but would not take part in the group's coordinated output caps, the chief executive of state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA) told Reuters. The group's surprising announcement on Thursday that the South American nation would join it raised immediate questions on whether Brazil would take... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil hopes to join the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries in January after a full technical analysis, the country's energy minister said on Thursday, however sources said Brazil is not expected to take part in the group's coordinated output caps. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's office confirmed receiving the invite during his... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - OPEC+ oil producers on Thursday agreed to voluntary output cuts totalling about 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) for early next year led by Saudi Arabia rolling over its current voluntary cut. Saudi Arabia, Russia and other members of OPEC+, who pump more than 40% of the world's oil, met online on Thursday... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Goldman Sachs on Sunday revised up its global oil demand forecast for the year while sticking to its 12-month Brent price projection of $93 per barrel as higher realized inventories offset the demand boost from a less pessimistic growth outlook. Goldman analysts estimate global oil demand climbed to an all-time high of 102.8 million... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The bosses of global energy companies this week urged governments to shift the focus to limiting oil demand to reduce emissions, rather than pressuring producers to curb supply, which they say serves only to increase prices. Some western governments have announced plans to scale back or halt oil developments and last year, they increased... Continue Reading →
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