According to StanChart, the global oil surplus we are currently witnessing is due to seasonal weakness in the month of January.
StanChart notes that there’s been a January inventory draw in only three years since 2004, with the first month of the year averaging a build of 1.2 million barrels per day.
StanChart has predicted that this surplus is transitory and will flip into a 1.6 mb/d deficit in February.
Rivals Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources are finalizing a merger that would create an oil-and-gas behemoth worth more than $50 billion, as higher oil prices and a rush to grab prime acreage fuel consolidation in the energy sector.
Europe’s oil refineries are stepping up crude purchases following a surge in the price of diesel and disruptions to imported shipments from the Middle East. The situation is driving up the cost of physical barrels of oil.
The last thing Senegal needed in its long-drawn-out effort to capitalize on large oil and gas finds off its coast was political turmoil.
The Petroleum Holding Fund (PHF) recorded a total inflow of US$1.06 billion in 2023 despite economic headwinds.
Ghana’s total earnings from exports of crude oil, production activities, surface rental and corporate taxes for 2023 witnessed some significant decline.
Houston-based Diamond Offshore Drilling has won a contract with Serica Energy for one of its semi-submersible rigs and an extension from BP for drillship work.
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The Department of Mineral Fuels is preparing to open bidding for petroleum exploration projects in nine terrestrial fields across Thailand before the end of this year in the hope of finding petroleum, natural gas and crude oil.
In a step toward building the first massive wind farms off California’s coast, three Assemblymembers today proposed a $1 billion bond act to help pay for the expansion of ports.
Exxon Mobil Corp. has outlined its intention to proceed with the drilling of two exploration wells offshore Guyana within the current year, despite the proximity of these drilling sites to a region that is subject to dispute with Venezuela. The oil conglomerate is poised to conduct drilling operations west of the Liza field, an area already yielding oil, and situated closer to the border shared with Venezuela. Notably, Exxon Mobil asserts that the ongoing territorial dispute does not impede its plans for exploration and drilling activities in the region.