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January 18, 2017
Oil fell in New York, reversing earlier gains, after the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted a rebound in U.S. supply.
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January 16, 2017
Egypt's gas market is poised to undergo profound changes in the next five years, and these could have an impact on the global LNG market, seeing Egypt position itself as a prominent seasonal player, research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie shows.
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January 11, 2017
The oil industry will shake off the effects of the biggest downturn in a generation this year as they more than double project approvals and increase exploration spending for the first time in three years, according to Wood Mackenzie.
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December 25, 2016
Oil investors seem to have less reason to doubt that OPEC and other producers will make the cuts needed to balance the market.
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December 21, 2016
Call it a pre-Christmas lottery ticket, but someone in the oil market has been busy making a bold bet, buying contracts that will be profitable if oil surges again to $100/bbl.
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December 20, 2016
Oil climbed before government data forecast to show U.S. crude inventories dropped for a fifth week, trimming a glut.
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December 16, 2016
Oil prices boosted by global output reductions will be capped because of new supply before long, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The cuts by OPEC members and nations outside the group, as well as strong demand growth, will probably help curb inventories by next summer, analysts including Damien Courvalin said in a note dated Dec. 16. While the bank raised its oil-price forecasts for the second quarter of 2017, it decreased its crude estimates for 2018 on concern that new production will enter the market.
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December 15, 2016
As tax reform and regulatory easing across the U.S. oil and gas industry are anticipated in a new administration, EY expects innovation in financial and operational excellence will be a main driver of value and competitiveness in 2017.
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December 08, 2016
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has announced a collaborative project with Landmark, a Halliburton business line and provider of integrated E&P software.
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December 06, 2016
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia agreed that any resumption of crude production from shared oil fields along their border won’t raise their output beyond limits set at an OPEC meeting last week, according to two officials familiar with the talks.
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December 02, 2016
OPEC’s agreement to cut production for the first time in eight years has the potential to balance the oil market, as long as everyone sticks to it, former Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said.
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December 01, 2016
OPEC’s decision to shrink oil production is both a blessing and a curse for natural gas markets.
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November 30, 2016
David Hunt, CEO of PGIM, Prudential Financial Inc.’s $1-trillion asset manager, cautioned against overreacting to the surge in oil prices as OPEC clinched a deal to curtail supply.
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November 28, 2016
The oilfield service companies that supply everything from sand to sophisticated robot rigs are seeking a new lease on life as America’s fracing fortunes begin to turn.
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November 18, 2016
The next global energy transition is already under way, posing risks for some of the world’s largest energy companies.
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October 31, 2016
OPEC’s most senior official said the organization and other major oil producers are “on course” to deliver a deal next month that will temper the global oversupply.
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October 28, 2016
Crude in New York is set for the first weekly drop since mid-September as an OPEC committee meets to discuss how deeply some of its members should cut production to comply with the group’s pledge to reduce supply.
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October 26, 2016
Mexico's wide-ranging energy reform, which began in 2013, is expected to reverse the country's declining oil production, increase the share of renewables in the power sector, and slow the growth in carbon emissions, providing a solid foundation for robust economic growth in the coming decades, according to the International Energy Agency.
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October 14, 2016
Increased drilling by shale producers buoyed by higher prices will slow the decline in U.S. crude production, a government forecast showed.
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October 05, 2016
Encana Corp., one of Canada’s largest energy explorers, is increasing capital spending by as much as 64% as it seeks to pull more crude out of America’s most prolific oil field.
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