Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 26, 2017
Oil prices appear to be stuck in the $50s per barrel, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t serious supply risks to the market. An unexpected disruption could occur at any moment, as has happened in the past, leading to a sudden and sharp jump in prices. The threat of an outage will carry more weight as the oil market tightens.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 12, 2015
Saudi Arabia has long enjoyed the status of being the top crude oil exporter in the world. With record production of 10.564 million barrels per day in June 2015, Saudi Arabia has been one of the major driving forces behind the current oil price slump. Is Saudi Arabia losing the oil price war? “It
Green Car Congress
JULY 30, 2019
In 2018, global oil reserves rose slightly (+0.4%), mainly due to growth in the US. OPEC registered zero growth as production in the Arab Gulf countries were offset by losses in Iran and Venezuela due to geopolitical issues. Source: Eni World Oil Review 2019. 2018 recorded an overall growth in oil production of 2.5
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2015
However, OPEC has been in the line of fire from the western world in light of its stance of not reducing the production levels of its member nations (excluding Iran). Most view this as a strategy to squeeze the American shale production and other non-OPEC nations. Venezuela’s Woes. (Source: opec.org). All is not well for OPEC.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 27, 2017
This sharp slowdown in activity in the conventional oil sector was the result of reduced investment spending driven by low oil prices. It brings an additional cause of concern for global energy security at a time of heightened geopolitical risks in some major producer countries, such as Venezuela, the IEA said.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2011
Chevron’s focus on optimizing the thermal management of the Kern River field has resulted in a steady drop in the steam:oil ratio (barrels steam water per barrel oil), resulting in improved economics of the field even with slowly declining production. Current product flow at Kern River field. Data: California DOGGR.
Green Car Congress
MAY 23, 2016
The 2 June 2016 OPEC meeting will be held amid a backdrop of oil prices near $50 per barrel, a sharp drop in Nigerian production due to sabotage, turmoil in Venezuela, Saudi Arabia operating with a new oil minister, and Iran aggressively pumping close to pre-sanction levels. million barrels per day (bpd).
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