Starting today, U.S. oil will be part of the Brent crude basket that underlies the world’s most traded benchmark contract.
Despite a long history of being Latin America’s best-managed national oil company Colombia’s Ecopetrol is swamped by uncertainty. For over a decade, the integrated energy major has been battling to significantly expand its scant proven oil reserves.
Crude oil prices turned around on Thursday, erasing most of the week’s earlier losses despite the latest EIA report that indicated crude oil inventories rose more than expected.
Crude oil prices moved higher moments before the Energy Information Administration reported an inventory build of 4.5 million barrels for the week to May 26.
Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, exported on average 3.3 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil in May, flat compared to April, according to the Iraqi oil ministry.
Oil prices recorded big declines on Thursday, with WTI and Brent crude down 3% on the intraday session as debt ceiling jitters overcame optimism about another round of OPEC+ production cuts.
MAPUTO, May 24, 2023 – TotalEnergies has published a humanitarian report outlining an action plan to boost local aid and restart its USD 20-billion onshore LNG project in Mozambique, the French energy giant announced on Tuesday.
BRAZZAVILLE, May 25, 2023 – Chevron has begun the sale process for its oil and gas assets in the Republic of Congo, Reuters reported on Thursday.
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State and the Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Al-Kanemi, have allayed fears that the protracted insurgency in the Chad Basin will hinder oil exploration there.
Crude oil prices began to trade on Thursday with little change from Wednesday’s close as opposing forces kept them stable.