The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a build this week for crude oil of 3.645 million barrels, while analysts predicted a draw of 733,000 barrels. The build comes as the Department of Energy released 7.5 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves in the week ending September 2, leaving the SPR with just 442.5 million

US shale oil drillers continue to show little sign of responding to high global prices with more production, only now it’s not just their focus on rewarding shareholders that’s holding them back, but also a preoccupation with soaring costs. The combined oil and gas production forecasts from a dozen companies that have reported second-quarter results

Gansu Tengxing Biological Factory is located in Lanzhou National Chemical Park, which is a new integrated production base built and operated by Nanjing Tengxiang. The factory integrates R&D, production and storage, and has many independent production workshops, special R&D laboratories,warehouse of raw and auxiliary materials and finished products,and commercial production lines with annual production capacity

Two-thirds of New Renewable Power Cheaper than Coal in 2021 – IRENAAlmost two-thirds or 163 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable power capacity added last year had lower costs than the cheapest coal-fired power plants in G20 countries, a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) showed. Last year, the cost of electricity from onshore

U.S. crude-oil stockpiles are expected to have decreased from the previous week in data due Thursday from the Energy Department, according to a survey of analysts and traders by The Wall Street Journal. Estimates from nine analysts and traders showed U.S. oil inventories are projected to have declined by 1.2 million barrels for the week

$150 oil could still happen, BofA Global Research indicated in a new report sent to Rigzone this week. In the report, BofA Global Research outlined that it sees Brent averaging $102 per barrel this year and in 2023 and highlighted that a potential spike to $150 per barrel could happen if European sanctions push oil

Oil Majors Are Lining Up For The Next Great South American Oil Boom The Guyana-Suriname oil basin may hold much larger reserves than anticipated. Suriname is looking to replicate Guyana’s oil boom through 2030. Low projected breakeven prices and discoveries of light to medium sulfur crude makes Suriname an attractive location for oil majors. The

High LNG exports and warmer weather are the driving forces behind the rally in U.S. natural gas. U.S. natural gas prices have surged by more than 130% since the beginning of the year. The price is currently 3.3 times above the five-year average. U.S. benchmark natural gas prices jumped to above $9 per million British

Centennial Resource Development and Colgate Energy Partners III, LLC have agreed to combine in a $7.0-billion merger of equals, creating the largest pure-play exploration and production (E&P) firm in the Delaware Basin in the Permian, the companies said on Thursday. The combined firm will be the largest pure-play E&P company in the Delaware Basin, with

Global LNG demand will more than double from 356mn tonnes in 2020 to 800mn tonnes by 2050, “fuelled by solid demand from Asia and a rise in gas use for powering hard-to-electrify sectors”, according to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). The biggest regasification capacity additions to 2050 are expected in Asia Pacific, GECF said