Market Drop

The most recent WTI drop of 2.9% is the largest in a month. Supply versus demand continues to be a curious topic that is the main driver of the current crude oil situation.   Oversupply of crude oil in 2020 continues as just in the past few days in the North Sea there are a combined […]

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Oil Output Falls in November

A recent survey conducted by Reuters found that OPEC oil output has dropped during the month of November from October by 110,000 barrels per day (bpd). The cause is from Angola Production fell due to maintenance, along with Saudi Arabia halted supply output before the initial public offering of state-owned Saudi Aramco.

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The Sands of the Time

Many concerns have been raised recently that brings into question the vulnerability of global oil supply. From the upcoming sanctions on Iran, which are expected to make waves in the fourth quarter, to the drop in Venezuelan exports, much is left to be determined. With these challenges at the forefront of ensuring a steady supply […]

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Why U.S. Crude Oil Exporters are Not Happy Today

On Saturday OPEC and non-OPEC producers agreed to raise production by 1 million barrels per day (bpd). Perhaps more important than that, they agreed to return to 100% compliance of the previously agreed upon production cuts of 1.8 million bpd. Production was lagging from struggling countries, i.e., Venezuela, Angola and Libya which effectively equated to […]

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Barrelling into First

The United States has surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia for the first time ever in holding the world’s most oil reserves.  Rystad Energy conducted a three year study of 60,000 oilfields and measured existing fields and recoverable reserves.  The recoverable reserves are barrels that are technologically and economically feasible to extract.  The energy industry measures […]

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