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Opinion: The Current Oil Price Rally Is Reaching Its Limits

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Oil prices have climbed by about 50 percent from their February lows, topping $40 per barrel. But the rally could be reaching its limits, at least temporarily, as persistent oversupply and the prospect of new shale production caps any potential price increase. by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com.

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Harvard Kennedy School researcher forecasts sharp increase in world oil production capacity and risk of price collapse

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World oil production capacity to 2020 (crude oil and NGLs, excluding biofuels). Oil production capacity is surging in the United States and several other countries at such a fast pace that global oil output capacity could grow by nearly 20% from the current 93 million barrels per day to 110.6

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API: March US Gasoline Demand and Production Set Records

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Total March deliveries of all products, including gasoline, distillate, kerosine-jet fuel, and residual fuel, rose 3.5% The record gasoline production in March makes it abundantly clear that supply is not an issue with the higher gasoline prices we’ve seen. US distillate production in March was up 5.3%

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Opinion: Are US Drillers Actually Making A Comeback?

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Oil prices have rebounded strongly since March. The benchmark WTI prices soared by more than 36 percent in two months, and Brent has jumped by more than 25 percent. But that cut in production has itself contributed to the rise in prices. Lower prices would then force further cut backs in rigs and spending.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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The earlier 2011 Final EIS was developed contemporaneously with the start of strong growth in domestic light crude oil supply from tight oil formations, such as those formations found in North Dakota’s Bakken region. Domestic production of crude oil has increased significantly, from approximately 5.5

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White House: OPEC+ oil production increases “simply not enough”

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On Wednesday, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan issued a statement calling on OPEC+ to increase oil production: While OPEC+ recently agreed to production increases, these increases will not fully offset previous production cuts that OPEC+ imposed during the pandemic until well into 2022.

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