US Oil Inventories Fall across the Board Last Week
Crude oil production slipped to 10.7 million bbl/d, down in part due to storm activity that closed offshore drilling sites in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
What’s Affecting Oil Prices This Week? (Sept. 21, 2020)
The first cut is the deepest…or not? OPEC+ will likely need to add oil output cuts soon, Stratas Advisors says in its latest oil price forecast.
Over Quarter of US Oil Production Shut from Hurricane Sally
Shell shut its Appomattox oil platform about 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, joining BP, Chevron and Equinor in closing facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico less than one month after Hurricane Laura.
What’s Affecting Oil Prices This Week? (Sept. 14, 2020)
From Russia with...honesty—a surprisingly bearish outlook from Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak provided evidence of cohesion in the extended OPEC+ agreement on oil production cuts.
Oil Companies Idle Production as US Gulf Coast Braces for Hurricane Sally
Chevron, BP, Equinor and Murphy Oil all evacuated some offshore workers from production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, the companies reported. Shell also curtailed production at ceftain platforms.
US Crude Oil Stocks End Streak of Inventory Drawdowns with Surprise Build
Crude inventories rose by 2 million barrels in the week to Sept. 4 to 500.4 million barrels, according to an EIA report, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.3 million-barrel drop.
US Crude Oil Production to Fall Less Than Previously Expected in 2020
A swifter rebound in oil production could create another supply glut. Lately, oil futures have slipped to near three-month lows due to oversupply fears.
What’s Affecting Oil Prices This Week? (Sept. 8, 2020)
Bears will get support from U.S. crude oil production—two years lost in this sector.
IEA: Oil Market Stuck Between No Major Slowdown But Stalled Recovery
Keisuke Sadamori, IEA director for energy markets and security, told Reuters the outlook for oil was in the midst of either a second wave or a steady first wave of the coronavirus.
US Blacklists Companies for Helping Facilitate Iran’s Exports of Petroleum, Petrochemicals
The State Department also imposed sanctions on five companies for engaging in transactions related to Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical industry, as well as on three executive officers of the blacklisted companies.