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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, also known as OPEC+, have agreed to curb oil supply from August as the global economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. It is worth saying straight from the off that OPEC+ has been cutting oil production since May by 9.7 million barrels per day, or 10 per... Continue Reading →
The number of drilled oil and gas wells this year is expected to reach about 55,350, the lowest since at least the beginning of the century, Norwegian energy industry intelligence firm Rystad Energy said. The demand for drilling equipment is also down. The expected 55,350 wells in 2020 are a drop of 23% fall from... Continue Reading →
The offshore wind industry had by far its busiest half-year ever for final investment decisions in 1H 2020, surpassing the full-year figures from 2019, according to the latest report from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). Offshore wind financings in 1H 2020 totaled $35 billion, up 319% year-on-year and even well above 2019’s record full-year figure (a... Continue Reading →
Global oil demand will soar by a record 7 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2021 as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic but will remain below 2019 levels, OPEC said in its monthly report. It was the first report in which OPEC assessed oil markets next year. It said the forecast assumed... Continue Reading →
Norway's BW Offshore Ltd and DBO Energy are among the firms mulling a bid for Petrobras' Golfinho oilfield cluster, two sources said, as Brazil's state-run oil company seeks to re-spark its asset sale program in the wake of this year's crude price crash. With average daily production of 15,000 barrels of oil and 750,000 cubic meters of gas, Golfinho is... Continue Reading →
Mexico's state oil company Pemex and a private consortium led by U.S.-based Talos Energy Inc have been instructed to come to an agreement detailing how they will jointly develop a large offshore oil find, the energy ministry said on Wednesday. The formal instruction from the energy ministry, dated July 7 but announced in a statement... Continue Reading →
Petroleum consumption growth has been slowing for decades and the industry shows increasing signs of maturity, which will have profound implications for the business strategies of oil-producing companies and countries. Slower growth will intensify intra-company and intra-company competition for market share putting downward pressure on prices, revenues, investment and employment over the next two decades.... Continue Reading →
The COVID-19 pandemic will have a dramatic impact on energy supply and demand in the short term and will have lasting impacts once the pandemic dissipates but on its own will not be enough to advance the world’s progress towards the Paris climate ambitions, classification society DNV GL said. DNV GL said that its energy... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA is set to receive binding offers for the country’s second-largest refinery on Thursday, five people with knowledge of the matter said, as the state oil company aims to restart a plan to divest more than $10 billion in assets. If the deal for the Landulpho Alves refinery, also known as RLAM,... Continue Reading →
Every day, traders in London congregate at 4 p.m. to buy and sell North Sea oil for half an hour. The window, as it’s known in the industry, is where competition between the most powerful players in the market sets the price of Brent crude. Two months ago, every trader wanted to sell cargoes and... Continue Reading →
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