Category: Production

OPEC+ seen sticking to November output plans

OPEC+ is likely to stick to an existing deal to add 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) to its output for November when it meets next week

OPEC forecasts oil demand rebound before post-2035 plateau

Oil demand will grow sharply in the next few years as economies recover from the pandemic, OPEC stated, adding that the world needs to keep investing in production to avert a crunch despite an energy transition

World to reach peak oil demand before 2030

Global oil demand is expected to peak before 2030, earlier than previously projected, TotalEnergies TTEF.PA forecast. The French oil major – which had previously forecast the peak happening around 2030, rather than before – said its business was now working on the assumption that global consumption would start declining before the end of the decade. […]

Global oil demand seen reaching pre-pandemic levels by early 2022

Global fuel demand is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels by early next year as the economy recovers from the ravages of the pandemic, but excess refining capacity is likely to weigh on the outlook

Saudi retains top spot in oil supplies to China

Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, kept its ranking as China’s top crude supplier for a ninth straight month in August as major producers relaxed production cuts

Soaring gas prices and colder winter could push oil prices up

Goldman Sachs said that with soaring global gas prices, a colder winter in Europe and Asia could in turn boost demand for oil, putting upside risk of $5 per barrel for its Brent price forecast in the fourth quarter of 2021 of $ 80 a barrel

OPEC to stick to oil production deal in October

OPEC and its allies will try to keep oil prices at $70 per barrel in the first quarter of 2022, Iraq’s oil minister said, adding the group is expected to stick to its current production accord when it meet in October “if prices remain stable”

Iran determined to increase its oil exports despite US sanctions

Iran is determined to increase its oil exports despite sanctions imposed by the United States on Tehran’s crude sales, Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji said

The OPEC and allies led by Russia, a group known as OPEC+, agreed to stick to a policy from July of phasing out record output cuts by adding 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) a month to the market

OPEC August oil output rises, but outages limit gain

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has pumped 26.93 million barrels per day (bpd), the survey found, up 210,000 bpd from July’s estimate