Crude oil in the SPR stood at 397.0 million barrels on April 11, 396.7 million barrels on April 4, and 364.9 million barrels on April 12, 2024, the report revealed. Total petroleum stocks – including crude oil, total motor gasoline, fuel ethanol, kerosene type jet fuel, distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, propane/propylene, and other oils – stood at 1.605 billion barrels on April 11, the report highlighted. Total petroleum stocks were down 1.8 million barrels week on week and up 3.2 million barrels year on year, the report outlined.
The project involves the transportation and installation of a floating production system (FPS) at Garden Banks block 959, which is located off the southeastern coast of Louisiana at water depths of up to 1,635 meters.
In its latest weekly petroleum status report at the time of writing, which was released on March 26 and included data for the week ending March 21, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) highlighted that U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the SPR, decreased by 3.3 million barrels from the week ending March 14 to the week ending March 21.
The oil and gas industry paid a national average wage of $81,808 in 2024, TIPRO stated in its report. This national average grew by $1,767 year on year, according to the report, which showed that the national average stood at $80,041 in 2023, $76,027 in 2022, $70,413 in 2021, $70,558 in 2020, and $71,247 in 2019.
Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, the United States was the world’s largest importer of energy, guzzling down foreign oil and gas like a frat boy at a kegger. But the script has since flipped. Thanks to the shale revolution and a penchant for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), the U.S. has transformed from energy junkie to pusher, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) as its hottest commodity.
The United Arab Emirates’ biggest oil company is seeking to buy its first natural gas producing fields in the US to deepen its presence in the country, according to people familiar with the matter.
Total petroleum stocks – including crude oil, total motor gasoline, fuel ethanol, kerosene type jet fuel, distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil, propane/propylene, and other oils – stood at 1.605 billion barrels on February 21, the report showed. Total petroleum stocks were down 2.2 million barrels week on week and up 16.6 million barrels year on year, the report outlined.
Trinidad and Tobago plans to request an extension from the Trump administration for a US licence allowing Shell and National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (NGC) to develop Venezuela’s Dragon gas project, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
USA Compression Partners LP reported a net income of $25.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, doubling the net income reported in the corresponding quarter a year prior. The company noted that its revenues hit a record high in the fourth quarter of 2024, reaching $245.9 million, which compares to $225 million reported in Q3, 2023.
In its February short term energy outlook (STEO), which was released on Tuesday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed its latest Brent spot price forecasts for 2025 and 2026.