The bullish case for oil prices was strengthened dramatically this week, with strong U.S. economic data helping to push Brent well past the $80 mark.
Oil prices advanced after missiles launched by Iran-backed militants killed U.S. troops in Jordan and struck a fuel tanker in the Red Sea.
Three U.S. service members were killed and many injured in an unmanned aerial drone attack on forces stationed in a northeast Jordan outpost.
The lowest gasoline price days of the season are now in the rearview for drivers in the United States, with the spring surge in gasoline prices right around the corner, according to GasBuddy’s Patrick De Haan.
Standard Chartered: sentiment in the oil and commodity markets closely mirrors the beginning of 2023.
Oil traders fear that market surpluses will be larger in the current year than they were last year.
Traders expect the U.S. and Europe, not China, to be the main sources of demand weakness this time around.
Talos Energy Inc. has agreed to acquire QuarterNorth Energy Inc., Houston, for $1.29 billion. The deal would add about 30,000 boe/d from offshore US Gulf of Mexico assets for full-year 2024, averaging about 75% oil from about 95% operated assets.
As 2024 presses on, Rigzone asked several U.S. based oil and gas recruitment experts what themes will dominate oil and gas recruitment this year.
A cold snap in the U.S. and continued attacks on ships in the Red Sea have boosted bullish sentiment in oil markets, although increasing product stocks could counter that narrative.
National average gasoline prices rose 0.6 cents from a week ago, hitting $3.04 on Sunday.
The national average price for diesel in the U.S. has seen a 2-cent drop in the last week, now at $3.89 per gallon.
GasBuddy: the escalating situation in the Red Sea created significant volatility.
Qatar paused sending liquefied natural gas tankers through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait after US-led airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen raised risks in the vital waterway.
API President: “American voters are watching.”.
The Biden administration had indeed been busy trying to curb oil and gas exploration as much as possible, with the culmination coming late last year when the federal government held the last oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico for the next two years.
At the same time, however, the White House gave the go-ahead to the Willow oil project in Alaska.