Category: Production

OPEC+ Jan compliance with oil cuts reaches 85%

OPEC+ compliance with pledged oil output curbs is averaging 85% so far in January, tanker tracker Petro-Logistics said, suggesting the group had improved its adherence to pledged supply curbs

Saudi Arabia pips Russia to be China’s biggest oil supplier in 2020

Saudi shipments to China in 2020 were rose 1.9% from a year earlier to 84.92 million tonnes, or about 1.69 million bpd, data from the General Administration of Chinese Customs showed

OPEC+ compliance with oil cuts at 99% in December

OPEC+ compliance with oil production cuts in December reached 99%, two sources from the producer group told Reuters. The figure is slightly below November’s 101%

OPEC ‘cautiously optimistic’ oil market will recover in 2021

OPEC’s secretary general said he was cautiously optimistic the oil market would recover this year from the slump in demand brought on by the coronavirus pandemic

IEA: Resurgence in COVID-19 cases slows oil demand rebound

Oil demand recovery will take a hit from a spike in new coronavirus cases before vaccine roll-outs and stimulus measures help in the second half of the year, International Energy Agency (IEA) said

OPEC sees US shale output recovering further on oil rally

The outlook for US shale oil is slightly more “optimistic” due to rising prices and output will recover further in the second half of 2021, OPEC said, in a sign its policy of cutting output is helping rivals pump more

Saudi voluntary oil cut to help with low demand in first quarter

Saudi Arabia’s voluntary oil production cut is set to help the oil market navigate through seasonally low oil demand during the first quarter, OPEC’s secretary general told an industry event

EIA: US crude output to decline less than previously forecast in 2021

U.S. crude oil production is expected to fall by 190,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2021 to 11.1 million bpd, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said, a smaller decline than its previous forecast for a drop of 240,000 bpd

OPEC crude output cuts should help US shale profits in 2021

In top two U.S. shale fields, oil and gas companies are profitable in the $30 per barrel to low $40s per barrel range, according to data firm Rystad Energy. This year’s higher prices could push the shale group’s cash from operations up by 32%, Rystad said

Oil falls on renewed lockdowns, stronger dollar

Brent crude oil prices fell as much as $1 per barrel, hit by renewed concerns about global fuel demand amid tough coronavirus lockdowns across the globe, as well as a stronger U.S. dollar