Category: Production

EIA slashes US, Global oil demand forecasts for 2025

U.S. and global oil demand growth will be smaller next year than prior forecasts, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook report

OPEC+ panel sticks to output policy, doubles down on compliance

A meeting of top OPEC+ ministers has kept oil output policy unchanged including a plan to start raising output from December, while also emphasizing the need for some members to make further cuts to compensate for overproduction

Argentina and Brazil to sign memorandum of understanding for integration of gas networks

The governments of Argentina and Brazil will sign a memorandum of understanding this year, outlining new rules for the integration of their natural gas networks, announced Argentina’s Secretary of Energy, Eduardo Rodríguez Chirillo, in Rio de Janeiro

OPEC+ set to go ahead with Dec oil output hike

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies will go ahead with a planned oil production increase in December but first need to cut output to address overproduction by some members

YPFB: Gas exports to Argentina end in September

Bolivia’s natural gas exports to Argentina will come to an end this month, following local media reports indicating that the neighboring country’s exports had been halted

EU energy imports fall by 10% in second quarter of 2024

According to the EU’s statistical office, Eurostat, between April and June 2024, the EU imported energy products worth €94.9 billion, equivalent to a total of 177.9 million tonnes

US crude inventories hits lowest level in a year, fuel builds, EIA says

Crude inventories fell by 1.6 million barrels to 417.5 million barrels in the week ending Sept. 13, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ expectations

YPF to complete first stage of the pipeline from Vaca Muerta in 2025

The Argentine oil company YPF will complete the first stage of a pipeline that will connect the Vaca Muerta formation with Allen in Río Negro in the first quarter of 2025, with a capacity of 350,000 barrels of oil per day

OPEC again lowers 2024, 2025 global oil demand growth view

OPEC cut its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2024 reflecting data received so far this year and also trimmed its expectation for next year, marking the producer group’s second consecutive downward revision

Traders see prices at $60-70/bbl on oversupply, China demand risks

Global commodity traders Gunvor and Trafigura anticipate oil prices may range between $60 and $70 per barrel due to sluggish demand from China and persistent global oversupply, executives told a conference