Crude prices declined despite signs of improving U.S. oil demand and falling fuel inventories that helped boost crude prices to a seven-week high a day earlier.
Stratas Advisors says the latest EIA report illustrates that U.S. production growth has stagnated with U.S. oil production remaining at 13.1 MMbbl/d, which is unchanged from the previous 12 weeks.
Here is a look at some of this week’s renewable energy news, including the International Energy Agency’s forecast on clean energy investment reaching $2 trillion this year.
Supply and demand dynamics overtake geopolitical instability from the Middle East to Ukraine in influencing oil prices.
The OPEC+ deal might include extending some or all of the current voluntary production cuts of 2.2 MMbbl/d.
Looking forward, while supply disruptions remain a possibility, the energy market’s nervousness is easing.
Russia-China trade has dropped since U.S. President Joe Biden had expanded Treasury's ability to target financial institutions, adding authorities may expand further.
Russia ranked as the world’s fourth-largest LNG exporter in 2023, sending out cargoes of 30 mtpa. Russia’s LNG capacity could surpass 74 mtpa capacity by 2030, according to details published by Flex LNG.
The German tariff is a legacy of the European energy crisis that peaked in 2022 after Moscow slashed gas flows to Europe and an undersea explosion shut down the Nord Stream pipeline.
Stratas Advisors says geopolitics are providing a boost for oil prices as conflicts escalate–and while crude oil and oil products continue to flow, the possibility of disruption is increasing.