On the heels of news in April that Texas and New Mexico’s Permian Basin is the highest producing oilfield in the word, we now know that the United States hit another record that same month, thanks in large part to production in that region. U.S. crude oil production reached 12.2 million barrels per day in
Read More...West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices will average $62 a barrel in the second half of 2019, and $63/Bbl in 2020, the Energy Information Administration projects in the just-released Short-Term Energy Outlook (Steo), Kallanish Energy reports. EIA’s forecast WTI price of $63/Bbl for December 2019, should be considered in the context of Nymex WTI futures and options
Read More...The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states dipped slightly last week, the fourth week in the last five where the working-rig total has fallen, data from Baker Hughes, a GE company, reveals. For the five-day period ended July 3 (two days shorter than normal due to the Fourth of July
Read More...The number of rigs working in the Lower 48 U.S. states last week rose by a single rig following three consecutive weeks of falling numbers, data from Baker Hughes, a GE company reveals. For the week ended June 28, 931 rigs were working in the Lower 48, up a lone rig from one week earlier,
Read More...A pair of independent producers, Chisholm Oil and Gas of Oklahoma, and Gastar Exploration of Houston, which exited Chapter 11 just five months ago, announced Wednesday they’re merging, Kallanish Energy reports. No pricetag was placed on the deal. The combined company, which will operate under the name Chisholm Oil and Gas and be headquartered in Oklahoma,
Read More...Crude oil prices were little changed Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said the central bank will hold interest rates steady, Kallanish Energy reports. Brent crude futures were down 29 cents, or 0.47%, to $61.85 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude settled down 14 cents, or 0.3%, to $53.76/Bbl. Government data showed U.S. crude inventories fell
Read More...U.S. line pipe prices sunk in May, Kallanish Energy’s sister publication, Kallanish, learns from analyst Pipe Logix. Average U.S. line pipe prices fell by 1.5% from April to May, reaching a combined $1,757/short ton at the distribution level. Domestic prices fell by 1.5%, to $1,930/st, while import prices fell by 1.4%, to $1,584/st. Pipe Logix
Read More...Crude oil prices settled lower Monday after a choppy trading session, as Saudi Arabia and Russia have not yet agreed to extend the Opec+ output-cutting deal, and U.S.-China trade tensions continued to threaten crude demand, Kallanish Energy understands. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures settled 73 cents lower, at $53.26 per barrel, falling 1.4% for the
Read More...Crude oil futures ended Monday’s trading session lower after unsettled trading, as Saudi comments indicated Opec+ would extend supply cuts supported prices, but concerns U.S. tariffs on China and Mexico would hurt demand weakened the market. Opec+, which includes most Opec members, along with a number of non-producers led by Russia, since Jan. 1, has
Read More...Brazilian multinational corporation Petrobras Monday launched the sale of two sets of onshore concessions, Kallanish Energy learns. The concessions are located in the northeastern state of Bahia, where Petrobras is operator and fully owns all but two concessions. The deadline for applications is Jun. 24. The Recôncavo Cluster is comprised of 14 onshore fields, which last year
Read More...Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn last week filed a lawsuit against Occidental Petroleum, looking for board seats and eventually a sale of the company, Kallanish Energy learns. Icahn said in the lawsuit filed in Delaware Chancery Court he’s built a $1.6 billion stake in Houston-based Occidental, and is upset by its decision to acquire Anadarko
Read More...Canadian Natural Resources last week evacuated its Pelican Lake and Woodenhouse operations in northern Alberta, the first major shut-in of oil production triggered by wildfires in 2019, Kallanish Energy reports. The producer removed all 240 people working at the two sites, stopping a combined 65,000 barrels per day of heavy crude production, according to a statement
Read More...Crude oil prices plunged Thursday on a smaller-than-expected decline in U.S. crude inventories and fears of a global economic slowdown due to the U.S.-China trade war, Kallanish Energy understands. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported crude stockpiles fell nearly 300,000 barrels last week, less than the 900,000 Bbl decline analysts forecast in a Reuters poll, and
Read More...U.S. oil and gas independent Devon Energy said this morning it’s selling its Canadian assets to Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. for C$3.8 billion ($2.81 billion) in cash, Kallanish Energy reports. Devon is one of several oil producers to invest in the Anadarko Bain’s Scoop and Stack plays in Oklahoma, which is seen by some industry players
Read More...U.S. crude oil futures gained nearly 1% Tuesday after flooding throughout the Midwest constricted crude flow from the storage hub in Cushing, Oklahoma, Kallanish Energy learns. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures settled at $59.14 a barrel, up 51 cents, or 0.9%, from its close on Friday before the long Memorial Day holiday weekend. Flooded areas
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